Silk Screen Printing Squeegee 8 Inch Single 70 Durometer Ink Scraper Tool

Features: Features a single durometer blade with flat bottom.Single piece of polyurethane material. Designed to balance the squeegee's resistance to all types of different inks.Maintains a high resistance to abrasion. Features a classic style contoured wooden handle. Hardwood Finish. Measurement (Length): 8 inch.Approximately 1.5 inch of Polyurethane is exposed from the wooden handle. Introduction: Squeegee is also called scraper, it is one kind of tool that used to scratch the ink on the screen to leak to the substrate. Use for both graphic and textile applications, for all hand printing and many machine applications. These squeegees are Kiln-dried and precision cut lumber is used for the no-warp handles. Blades are molded under high heat and pressure and have a tensile strength of more than 2,000 lbs. This eliminates ink streaking and provides a printing edge. Specification: Material: rubber, Wood Hardness: 70 Durometer Length: 20cm/7.9 inch Width: 10cm/3.9 inch Thickness: 2.3cm/0.9 inch Package Included: 1 x 70 Durometer 20cm Screen Printing Squeegee Blade A Durometer Instrument or Gauge not used to test hardness of the squeegee. The hardness of squeegee material usually falls between 50 and 90 with 50 being the softest and 90 being the hardest. These are medium-soft as they are somewhat pliable and if you press your nail into the rubber it will leave an indentation. This has a rating of 60, being Medium-Soft.