"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
Trust some will find some value in this droll at any rate we are open to any suggestions as we are self taught and do most of our work and learning in the vacuum of our world.mooseman
What is the Viscosity, and % Solids of the emulsions you are useing? When coating 2/2
question...would refrigerating emulsion up the viscosity and get a better eom?just wondering that yesterday.
take a fine bristle paint brush natural bristle and dust off the screen just before you coat especially in dryer humidity environments...dust sucks and sticks to screens no matter how careful you are .
Great write up. Summed it rather well with methods that are time honored ways of doing it. The best EOM gauge we ever had was our thumbnail and the knowledge of those thumbnail readings from past prints. Quote from: mooseman on February 08, 2012, 09:16:05 AMtake a fine bristle paint brush natural bristle and dust off the screen just before you coat especially in dryer humidity environments...dust sucks and sticks to screens no matter how careful you are . I prefer to use the tack cloths from the local home center or paint shop as it traps that pesky dust that plagues our screen rooms.
Dont some tack cloths have some sort of oil in them?Since I have not had any formal training could anyone see this? I coated about 12 screens yesterday and a few of them had these lighter circles on them. I clean the same way each time but these had them, admittiley my washout booth is filthy but I give each screen a generous flood rinse before setting to the side to dry.
...we are open to any suggestions...
...if it ain't broke i don't try to fix it more than two or 3 times....