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Who reclaims your screens???
Shanarchy:
I recently hired as part timer. Two nights a week he cleans my screens. I now have him learning to coat my screens. Best money I ever spent. Ideally he will be reclaiming, coating and exposing screens. I will see where I go from there.
mooseman:
Who reclaims your screens???.............................some guy from my bank.
mooseman
aauusa:
--- Quote from: whitewater on August 06, 2011, 05:02:46 PM ---
--- Quote from: aauusa on August 06, 2011, 09:42:03 AM --- I have a little fairies with tiny wings that come in and do it when I am not here. I am not sure how they get in but I have seen them once in a while so I know they are real.
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was this taken at your shop??
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That was not at my shop but hey if he/it can reclaim well?
Screened Gear:
--- Quote from: whitewater on August 06, 2011, 08:12:14 AM ---I did tell him that every 6 screens is an hour.
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6 screens an hour? That seems way too slow. I know we all clean out screens a little different so it would take longer for some peoples process. I know I clean about 20 to 25 (20X24 manual) screens in an hour. I have not timed me cleaning auto screens. I know it is slower but not that much. I would guess I do 12 to 20 an hour. I don't use a dip tank. I know people that do can soak 6 at a time. they have to be able to do 3 sets of them in an hour??? Am I wrong.
This is my process...
On the press.
remove all ink (The auto screens get taken to the Manual for deINKing)
Then squeegee out all the remaining ink so there is just a fine film on the screen.
remove the tape
After this they sit until reclaimed.
Reclaiming (this is the timed steps)
use GR70 from CCI to remove the remaining ink in the washout booth (Spray on, wipe with scrub brush, let sit, pressure wash off.
Use ER-35 to remove the emulsion (Spray on wipe with scrub brush, let sit, pressure wash off.)
go back at it with some GR-70 to remove any ink stains (this stuff works great the screen looks new after using it)
then I set them aside until I have all the screens to that point.
degrease and put them in the drying cabinet until they are dry and ready to be coated.
Am I missing something
whitewater:
We do 6 at a time...its 3 steps..after each step we stack them back to back for a little soak while we are doing the other one's.. When we rinse off each step on each screen we start with the back and go back and forth on the way down and then on the way up..then we flip to the front and do the same..so doing that for 2-3 steps takes time I guess, but the screens come out awesome! If the person reclaimer does not take the time to do it this way and just sprays all around when I go to coat they look like crap.
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