Comments on: Workshop Wednesday: Gocco Tips from Miranda

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:53:41 +0000

Thanks for the gocco tips. The invitations look really good.

By: Janaan

Janaan — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:28:28 +0000

I also have a PG11 and I’m still not sure how to use the registration plate. Can someone give me any tips? Also, has anyone else had problems getting the master to imprint everything? I will make my master and every single time part of the message wasn’t picked up.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:36:29 +0000

Thank you everyone for these tips. I just ordered my gocco machine and my sister is designing the invitations, so this is perfect timing!

By: finny

finny — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:47:33 +0000

The cards look great. Here are a couple more helpful tips that I’ve picked up from fellow goccoers:
Citrusol is a citrus based degreaser that works great on removing gocco ink smudges from the stamp pad. It also cleans screens easily so that you can reuse them.
To reuse a screen you scrape off as much of the ink as you can. Then place it on a stack of newspaper and using a paper towel or rag with some degreaser on it gently wipe away the remaining ink. You need to keep replacing clean newspaper under the screen.
Another important factor in printing fine lines is the paper you choose to print on. The smoother the paper is, the more detail you can get without having to finess it as much.

By: Thryn

Thryn — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:44:04 +0000

These are some great tips!
I have a question about #5 though, from one gocco-er to another. I was confused about your tip to put masking tape on the stamp pad to keep it in place since I never had a problem with that, until I saw the photo. Do you still have the protective plastic film on the pad. If you take the film off, the pad has a slight tackiness which keeps the card from shifting while printing. After a printing for a while, it may become a bit less tacky because of a buildup of paper dust. Taking a piece of packaging tape and removing the paper dust from the pad as you would remove lint from clothings cleans the pad and brings back the tackiness. Then I put the film back on the pad when I’m done printing to keep it clean.

I’ve been able to use fonts as small as 10 points with very fine lines, but it’s important to have a thick enough, even layer of ink on the master, and also not to apply too much pressure. That can cause the ink to bleed out and blur together as you said.

Thanks for the excellent tips. It’s great to hear about another person’s experience with the gocco!

By: RaeAnne

RaeAnne — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:01:42 +0000

Love the design! I image your wedding will be fun, creative, and beautiful from these invites. Thanks for the tips

By: danae

danae — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:20:21 +0000

thx for the gocoo tips!

By: lynette in la

lynette in la — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:19:14 +0000

Love that gator invite!