Weddingbee boards

1. Depending on what type of Gocco you have, there are different number of bulbs you need per screen.  For the smaller PG-5 (the newer version is orange), you will need TWO one time use bulbs for ONE screen.   For the larger Gocco, you will need 4.

http://northwoodstudios.tripod.com/

Northwood Studios is a great place for supplies and information.  Plus, the owner is fabulously nice and easy to deal with.

Best of luck!

Ditto to the post above about northwoodstudios for supplies.  Very fast shipping for stuff too so if you do run out you wont have to wait too long for stuff.  keep in mind also that suppliers run out as well on their stock.

Bulbs are not re-useable sadly.  Screens are depending on how large the image is that is burned onto it.  If you have blank space, that area can be flashed again.

 I have the large PG Arts version that takes 4 bulbs for the whole screen so I conserve as much as possible.

 Buying the supplies gets expensive so be prepared for that.  Also test your paper and ink combos, not all colors work well on all colors of paper, plus some paper is more absorbant then others and will effect your finished dried product.

Good luck! I love y gocco

I printed the front of around 100 invites with an ink-heavy design that was 3.5" square or so. I used about 3/4 of a tube of silver to do this, with some scraping of ink (leftover) on the screen afterwards. If you have lighter imagery, like text, or more delicate graphics a tube can get you pretty far.

I've been getting my supplies on etsy.

TIP 1: The screens do not print all the way out to the edge. I've had problems if I get graphics near the 1/2" or so just inside the "frame" of the screen... the screen just won't expose graphics that close to the edge. Keep that in mind if you're trying to print entire 3x5 cards or anything - it won't work and you'll have to do them piecemeal.

TIP 2: get some of the ink blocking foam they have and use it to keep the ink in smaller areas. it will save you from wasting tons of ink! Also think about the layout of your screens, so that you can utilize the most space, with the blocking foam, you can burn a screen for lots of smaller things you'd like to print (like a little monogram or whatever.)

TIP 3: mess around with your gocco and have enough supplies to truly test things out before you start a "real" project.

TIP 4: an old credit card or other plastic card works very well for scraping up extra ink left on the screen.

GOOD LUCK!!!!