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MHM E-Type
Screened Gear:
I didn't get the pedel with my press. I guess just another thing I need to buy. I may wait a while for that. I am sure it is atleast $500...
squeegee:
I'm late to this party, but here's our typical set up for white plastisol on E-type, something soft like a quick white.
Flood speed 8-9, flood angle 0, depth set all the way down (this varies with detail and mesh count, raise depth for detail and delicate mesh, hard flood for low mesh/high coverage), decrease flood speed for even more coverage.
Print speed, start at 1 slowest until ink softens, then increase to 2-3 usually. Angle, 6-8 for low detail, 4-6 for more detail. Depth set all the way down (we rarely move the squeegee depth). Pressure, starting out usually 4 bar, 1.5-2 bar once ink is creamy (lower the pressure to bare minimum for best results). We love 60/90/60 squegee blade for second down white, 70 or beveled smilin jack for UB, sometimes a 60/90/60 works well for UB's, sometimes not so well.
We like thick stencils too for UB's, we run most low detail bases on 110/71 S mesh or 125, moderate to high detail or lesser coverage on 150/48 Murakami S mesh (try this stuff if you can it's amazing mesh). Very fine detail we run from 225-300 for UB, depending on the art. We run 1/3 coats on 125/110 mesh, 1/2 on 150 and up. We get 100-110 micron stencils on 110/71 S mesh, 80 micron on 125 and 150/48.
blue moon:
--- Quote from: squeegee on April 25, 2011, 10:17:36 AM ---I'm late to this party, but here's our typical set up for white plastisol on E-type, something soft like a quick white.
Flood speed 8-9, flood angle 0, depth set all the way down (this varies with detail and mesh count, raise depth for detail and delicate mesh, hard flood for low mesh/high coverage), decrease flood speed for even more coverage.
Print speed, start at 1 slowest until ink softens, then increase to 2-3 usually. Angle, 6-8 for low detail, 4-6 for more detail. Depth set all the way down (we rarely move the squeegee depth). Pressure, starting out usually 4 bar, 1.5-2 bar once ink is creamy (lower the pressure to bare minimum for best results). We love 60/90/60 squegee blade for second down white, 70 or beveled smilin jack for UB, sometimes a 60/90/60 works well for UB's, sometimes not so well.
We like thick stencils too for UB's, we run most low detail bases on 110/71 S mesh or 125, moderate to high detail or lesser coverage on 150/48 Murakami S mesh (try this stuff if you can it's amazing mesh). Very fine detail we run from 225-300 for UB, depending on the art. We run 1/3 coats on 125/110 mesh, 1/2 on 150 and up. We get 100-110 micron stencils on 110/71 S mesh, 80 micron on 125 and 150/48.
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huh . . . floodbar all the way down? I am finding that it is banging pretty good already in the middle, can't imagine what it would be like if it was any lower!
pierre
squeegee:
You mean the floodbar banging the pallet? Like I said, it depends on the mesh, for lower counts and a hard flood definately all the way down. Higher mesh count or delicate mesh we raise ours. It depends on the work and the desired results.
I have noticed that both our machines are not identical for the depth setting, so there is probably some difference there from machine to machine. Amount of OC also has a role in this.
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