What a fantastic resource! I'm trying to do screenprinting at home with my kids, and wanted to avoid all the nasty solvents and plastics that go into traditional screenprinting. You have NO idea how much this means to me. Absolutely wonderful! Thank you!

do you have a written recipe?

I have been binge watching your ch. for the last few days and wanted to say thank you for all you do. I did watch a few videos a few years ago when graphene started and nothing made sence back then but now everything seems to click. I wasnt ready to hear the greatness. Anyhow ive been a sponge. This looks like a great way to add graphite to the ink and print on inner layer of a coat or clothing for thermal electric heat. Thanks again

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+donzi joe I am glad you find it useful mate and i like the idea - if you do move forward with it - do a video and give me a heads up - i'd love to see

@AveRage_Joe

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Murray-Smith sounds good. first ill need to make some of your wonderful ink. cheers

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

+donzi joe go for it mate

thank you so much, it's been so difficult finding any recipes online muchless purchasable inks.

Thank you it is so helpful, can i use gomme arabic instead the sodium alginate?

Super excited to try this for my art ! One question though, I'm ordering the required ingredients online and everything seems affordable other than the Urea. Are there any other alternatives that I can use to make it cheaper but still functional?

Hey Robert! This is very cool. I've ordered in some of the materials to try this out. Do you know if the ink will hold fugitive natural dyes very well, or would the dye/pigment need to be colorfast to begin with?

When I add the latex rubber it turns into something resembling scrambled eggs. What am I doing wrong?

Hi Robert, For my uni project I am working with natural, eco-friendly pigments, binders etc to print onto fabric. I was just wondering if I would be able to use the recipe in this video as part of my project? I would make sure to reference you. If you would rather I didn't then that's no problem! Thanks, Emily

Hi Robert, Do you know any idea to make biodegradable hydrophobic coating. I am waiting for your reply

Also I didnt see a link to your book on finding dye colors in nature! I would love to check it out, thanks!

@ThinkingandTinkering

6 жыл бұрын

It's on smash words

What about fixing the dye? Do you add soda ash to make permanent?

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this... I can't wait to make my own.

@ThinkingandTinkering

4 жыл бұрын

cheers

How great is this! I'ld love to try it with pigments I've made from plantmaterial.

Hello! I can't find the link for the book about natural color :/

Is the latex liquid when you buy it? Also won’t this block the screen?

OHHH thank you so much, I've just watched how to make the ink base using alginate, I knew seaweed was involved and have been wanting to find screen printing ink with all natural ingredients for years, it's taken until now to look for ways to make it myself as I am changing all my clothing brand to organic and natural. So excited to get experimenting!! Just one thing (for now, I'm sure I'll have more questions) can this be used to screen print onto darker backgrounds, as I currently use a different commercial water based binder for that, but it definitely isn't chemical free so it would be good to know if another ingredient is needed to make it more opaque? Thanks again I'm off to watch more of your video's and buy your book!!

@shengvue9244

5 жыл бұрын

How is your experimentation coming along? I've been looking for a biodegradable ink for a while now and came across this video too. I haven't purchased the materials but just wondering if anyone else has attempt to make it or ran into any issues.

Amazing process! one question though, how durable and lond-lasting will this be? Will it be better than plasticol ink?

should the base be cooled to room temperature before adding the binder? what should the consistency of the base be?

@ThinkingandTinkering

6 жыл бұрын

yes and like wallpaper paste

Looking online I've noticed that some natural latex rubbers are described as being prevulcanised. Which type would work best for the base? Many thanks in advance!

What are you saying @ 6:38?

Hello Robert was not able to catch of the full name of Sodium.. used in the base. Also could not catch the name of the binder name. Thanks

@wigglyfluffy2330

3 жыл бұрын

Sodium alginate Natural rubber latex

Hello Robert, how are you? I enjoy the vídeo, but my English is not so good, could you please write for me the list of materials? thank you for your kindness.

A handy thing I picked up during my arguably not so misspent youth, is that to roughly measure 1g of dry powder, get the cap from the end of a Smarties tube, and fill it to level. Approx 1g :-) We can also make neat little envelopes just the right size for storing 1 or 2 grams of dry powder from sheets from those cubes of square notepaper too, but that's another matter ;-)

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

lol - that is mispent but amazingly useful - what on earth where you doing to learn such a handy trick lol

@FredGandt

10 жыл бұрын

Erm .. quite a lot of amphetamine sulphate. And my shrinks said it might have contributed somewhat to my state of mind :-D

@FredGandt

10 жыл бұрын

P.S. No mistakes or regrets, only opportunities to learn :-)

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

lol - good man

Looking to source some of this "natural Latex" you speak of. Any leads? Also is anyone making fabric inks like this currently? Having trouble finding people that are making block prints this way. Any suggestions?

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

you can get it from eBay - it's just latex rubber - also most art and craft stores have it. I have no idea if anyone else is making it this way sorry - I am a chemist not a printer so i don't know much about the print industry or the field of art prints - again I am sorry for that

@christinaransbury

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I will make my own, very excited. I got a natural latex rubber from " mold builder" it has ammonia in it, is that still biodegradable?

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

awesome - and yes it is

@christinaransbury

6 жыл бұрын

whats the name of your book for foraging for natural dyes? I just tried the formula, working on trying to get it a lot thicker, its quite watery even after adding a fair amount of the alginate... does it thicken over time while sitting? or perhaps I just add more alginate....

@heidimichels

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Murray-Smith p

Sodium alginate is an organic ingredient?

@soberirishman11

4 жыл бұрын

made from brown algae

@soberirishman11

4 жыл бұрын

or seaweed

What does the urea do in this formula?

@ThinkingandTinkering

7 жыл бұрын

a cross linker

@Kyle-sg4rm

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThinkingandTinkering Could you use Ipomoea alba juice instead of Urea to cross-link? And how might you add it, taking into account the water? It could be possible to reduce the juice. And maybe some purification would be necessary, so it doesn't effect the overall colour. Would the Sulfur in the juice produce a white, or less transparent latex than if using Urea to cross-link? Thanks!

Why did you switch from making 1ltr to making 280 ml halfway through the video? Very confusing!

@shengvue9244

5 жыл бұрын

Confusing to me too.

@littlemissabyss9883

4 жыл бұрын

He made 1 L of the carrier base then only used a smaller amount of the base to combine with the binder

do you think that is possible to find a substitute to latex?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

yes the latex is just a flexible binder

@elenitacuchi

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Murray-Smith what kind of other binders do you think I could use?

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

there are too many to go into watch my video on basic ink making

@elenitacuchi

8 жыл бұрын

thank you very much! I love your job!

@ThinkingandTinkering

8 жыл бұрын

u'll have to come and work for us one day lol

like

@ThinkingandTinkering

10 жыл бұрын

cheers mate