For packing, use a piece of red press board, and above that, use paper with a smooth finish .  I used to use old xray film for packing but those days are gone.  Vegetable oil will work for cleanup if the ink doesn’t have a lot of dryer in it.  The next step up is WD40.  Ordinarily, I use ordinary paint thinner (oleum)  but don’t try that biodegradeable stuff.  I though that would be really cool, but it just made an awful smear of things, so I wasted my money.  Chuck Wendel

Go to siroller.com.  They make good rollers.  I’ve been using them, and almost all the rollers in Printers’ Hall are SI.  They’ll be as reasonable as anyone on high quality rubber rollers.  We certainly do not recommend using composition rollers.  They are hygroscopic, and do not last nearly as long.  That’s great if you’re a purist,  but the cost of rollers forces me to be pragmatic.  Having the old cores will save you a lot.  You’ll just send them in to SI.  If they are old and don’t have center holes in the ends, it’ll be slightly more because the rollers are ground after being cast.  Hope this helps.

 

Chuck Wendel

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