"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
i used a screen that was over 2 yrs old that was coated in a cabinet when we went to M3's and it still burned and held good for the 24 shirts we were doing...so try itsam
Looks like I'll give a whirl then before I trash it. Anyone know the thickness for a regular screen?
I don't have anything to add about the longevity of cap film, but we have been using it more and more lately and it's been great. I bought the Ulano EZ Film, 50 micron, 17x24 sheets and it's much closer in price to direct emulsion these days. There are some screens, lower mesh counts, that have well over $1.00 worth of emulsion, $1.50 in some cases, on them and the cap film comes out to $2.00 per sheet. But that difference in price is quickly taken away when you consider the labor time involved. You can coat a screen in a minute or less, but cap film is twice as fast to apply, it dries much quicker, it exposes a few light units faster, it sprays out faster, it reclaims faster, so all that adds up. I haven't quantified or compared cap film with direct emulsion to give an absolute factual comparison, but I'll try to get some real numbers on paper for our shop. It's even better for beginners and those who can't get the hang of applying direct emulsion.
Hey hey hey... no need for the name calling. Serious question... why does it reclaim faster? To me if they are both the same EOM and "strength" then it could only reclaim faster because it isn't adhered INTO the mesh as well (due to coating both sides vs laying the film on and letting it "leech" in the mesh). But I've never used Cap. Film so I'm only speculating based on idea and theory of how it "should" work.