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Hey Guys,Are you using reg marks and just taping over them? Uh oh if so. If/when we use reg marks with water base before they hit press we apply block out over them, allow to dry, then apply hardener for jobs over a couple hundred or color changes just to be cautious. We also use a different emulsion but I'm sure the one you have is fine. But the water base will go through the reg marks and around the tape if not
Quote from: brandon on February 12, 2013, 05:54:23 PMHey Guys,Are you using reg marks and just taping over them? Uh oh if so. If/when we use reg marks with water base before they hit press we apply block out over them, allow to dry, then apply hardener for jobs over a couple hundred or color changes just to be cautious. We also use a different emulsion but I'm sure the one you have is fine. But the water base will go through the reg marks and around the tape if notWhat block out are you using? I have only seen waterbase block outs.
Under expose on press can be fixed with exposing your screen after the stencil is washed out. Taping is important. I have got the tape lines on my first run of shirts. You have to keep the ink from working it way under the tape. I tape my reg marks and then add rows of take like shingles on a roof so the print stroke starts on tape. If the squeegee runs over tape it will work ink under it after about 50 shirts. No matter what tape you use.
Quote from: Jon on February 12, 2013, 05:56:58 PMUnder expose on press can be fixed with exposing your screen after the stencil is washed out. Taping is important. I have got the tape lines on my first run of shirts. You have to keep the ink from working it way under the tape. I tape my reg marks and then add rows of take like shingles on a roof so the print stroke starts on tape. If the squeegee runs over tape it will work ink under it after about 50 shirts. No matter what tape you use.Jon I have to disagree. I have been told by both Kiwo and Murikami this is not the case. If you do not nail the exposure the first time your in for problems. I would have to agree with them. We were under exposing and post exposing with nothing but problems. Once I nailed the exposure there was no need to post expose again. On long runs we use diazzo and hardener. Screens hold up for as long as we run now.