Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Never seen them have any issues unless they expose incorrectly or the vacuum lid f's up.
QuoteNever seen them have any issues unless they expose incorrectly or the vacuum lid f's up.People say that all the time. What they forget is that early on in the learning process, we pick up bad habits or work stooges. (while having issues in any area) you make adjustments along the way. As long as the end result is good, you think you are doing great but you might have compensated somewhere to make things right and not even realize it. It's a normal part of your day and in fact, "it's how we've always done it". Ever heard that one?It's been said here that Pierre walks about 40' to his exposure unit with screens out in the open. While he is an outstanding award winning printer and gets great result, I'll tell him he's making a mistake by doing that. As a side note, on his more critical stuff, he puts it in a black trash bag.
washed out screens will also benefit from the dry air in the coating room, so combine those to quickly dry your screens. Merging the two spaces will give you more usable room as overall less space is dedicated to walking areas.
Short of building a room... what is the best way to keep screens dry when I'll be pressure washing (reclaiming) in the same 900 square feet?I do have a dehumidifier and central air conditioning in that room... BUT I am in south Louisiana... it's HUMID... ALWAYS.I could drop visqueen around an area fairly easily as I have some... it's also black... would that be "enough" to shield out the humidity?
Not that I could afford the time really, but I stayed up long enough to mess with this. I was interested to see how this would pan out. Not bad. I'm curious to see what others would do. I'm sure its missing some things but space is an issue fort he best options. I could make some of the back rooms slightly thinner. I have the editable file done in Illustator.
This is an early on mistake most printers make because they don't know better. You coat your screens in the evening and head home. Those screens dry all night and have zero moisture content as you left your dehumidifier on 24/7. Now you burn and washout a screen and place that soaking wet screen back into your dry room. That very instant your dry screens start to re-absorb ANY moisture in the air. Do this 3-4 more times and all of a sudden your tiny dark room is back up to 60% humidity and your screens are sticky.