Best Supplier of Tight Statics

[SteveS]

Who in Texas is offering the highest tensioned statics? The ones we get from GSG are poor at best. We tested some brand new 230 static 23x31s and got an average of 18-20 newtons. We're hoping to get some solid 25s out of the box. We have a L2 Roller Master and a bunch of M3 frames but we're just too busy and have too much employee turnover to keep all the Newman's stretched and ready.

I was hoping to get someone that is making some good tight statics. Any ideas?

[mimosatexas]

I'm not sure if you are familiar with S-mesh, but River City Graphics here in Austin sells S-mesh statics that work harden to around 22-20 Newtons.  I LOVE them, and I know a lot of others on the forums love them as well.  For a static that are unbeatable in my opinion, and due to the nature of the mesh, you can run them at lower tensions without experiencing the skewing/elongation that would happen with standard mesh, partly due to characteristics of the mesh itself and partly because you can run them at lower pressure and still clear ink easily.

[Printficient]

At Xenon we will stretch to a customer's preference. 

[mk162]

if you want regular statics, I would check with Xenon...they do a great job up there...

I will say their prices on frames are a little too high, but for restretches they are a great price.

Brannon at spot color is great as well...and they do s-mesh.

[ABuffington]

River City sells our pre-stretched screens which retain tension very well to get the most life out of a static screen. 

Alan

[scott316]

We aren't in the area you are looking for, but we can hit high tensions.  Here is  a link to our site on re stretches.

http://www.spotcolorsupply.com/Restretch_Frame_Pricing.php


Normal tension 21-26
High tension 29-35

This is what we stretch them to. They will settle with less tension.

[SteveS]

We aren't in the area you are looking for, but we can hit high tensions.  Here is  a link to our site on re stretches.

http://www.spotcolorsupply.com/Restretch_Frame_Pricing.php


Normal tension 21-26
High tension 29-35

This is what we stretch them to. They will settle with less tension.

For restretches, I guess you need our clean aluminum frames? Is having the old glue on them OK or do you need bare 100% aluminum?

[Frog]

This will be a good time to bring up the fact that a few weeks back, the folks at Spot Color and I went through shipping prices and found that two boxes of six each were a way better deal than one of twelve.

With re-stretches, this is twice as important.

And with most restretches, the shops have a machine that cleans off the old glue and prepares the surface for new.

[screenprintguy]

Dirkdigger gave spot color supply a good word on new and restretches. I'm about to have them do a batch of Murakami smesh for us.

[scott316]

We aren't in the area you are looking for, but we can hit high tensions.  Here is  a link to our site on re stretches.

http://www.spotcolorsupply.com/Restretch_Frame_Pricing.php


Normal tension 21-26
High tension 29-35

This is what we stretch them to. They will settle with less tension.

For restretches, I guess you need our clean aluminum frames? Is having the old glue on them OK or do you need bare 100% aluminum?

All we ask is that you remove the ink from the screen. We use the Grunig G-Prep 320 , it uses a rotary cutting head to strip wood and aluminum frames clean. When we say clean , we mean it! All glue is removed leaving a textured surface. The texture creates a superior surface for glue adhesion.

[SteveS]

So do you actually restretch our screens or just use them as trade in?

[Printficient]

At Xenon we also do not require the mesh to be removed.  However we use a proprietary method to remove the mesh without removing any frame material.  We do not use any cutting heads.  Brannon and Scott are good guys.  The only thing I will say about Brent (owner) of Xenon is he has been stretching and making from scratch screens longer than anybody in the US except for 2 others.  As to pricing We won't be beat.  Example 110 White 23 X 31 is $9.42.  A 230 Dyed is $12.04

[tonypep]

IMO the best re-stretchers use the lacquer based glue vs the cyanoacrylate

[SteveS]

What do Spot Color and Xenon use?

[tonypep]

I believe Spot offers either