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screen printing => Equipment => Topic started by: shellyky on March 24, 2014, 03:27:34 PM

Title: hole in exposure blanket? How can i fix it?
Post by: shellyky on March 24, 2014, 03:27:34 PM

We have an Amergraph with the Neoprene blanket. its not a massive hole but its there and it makes a hissing sound and you can see light thru it when it's on.    Whats the proper way to go about plugging that up w/o ruining it further? 

Title: Re: hole in exposure blanket? How can i fix it?
Post by: Socalfmf on March 24, 2014, 03:30:39 PM

buy a DTS!~

Title: Re: hole in exposure blanket? How can i fix it?
Post by: Printficient on March 24, 2014, 03:32:49 PM

A bicycle tube repair kit

Title: Re: hole in exposure blanket? How can i fix it?
Post by: Nick Bane on March 24, 2014, 03:46:05 PM

^^^ What Sonny said!  thats prob the best way to fix it and keep it going without getting any worse quickly.

Title: Re: hole in exposure blanket? How can i fix it?
Post by: screenprintguy on March 24, 2014, 04:10:19 PM

clear silicone used to do the trick for us before we went DTS

Title: Re: hole in exposure blanket? How can i fix it?
Post by: ABuffington on March 24, 2014, 04:14:40 PM

Agree on the bicycle repair kit or silicone.
To keep it from getting ripped use a black piece of fabric to cover your screen.
Protects the rubber and all the ink goes on it instead of the expensive vacuum blanket.
Cheap to replace as well.

Title: Re: hole in exposure blanket? How can i fix it?
Post by: GKitson on March 24, 2014, 04:15:16 PM

Skip the bike tube repair kit, and go down to the local automotive tire shop and get a couple of their peel & stick patches and the cleaner that goes with it.

After you make the temporary repair, call Mark at Douthit , 313-244-4037 and ask him for the form to order a replacement blanket, then do it.

I don't know where they get the stuff they use but I am sure it came from Krypton with Superman.

Super flexible, will last next to forever and a day!

~Kitson

Title: Re: hole in exposure blanket? How can i fix it?
Post by: blue moon on March 24, 2014, 06:05:25 PM

and duct tape will do as a temporary fix!

pierre

Title: Re: hole in exposure blanket? How can i fix it?
Post by: jsheridan on March 24, 2014, 07:02:01 PM

Quote from: blue moon on March 24, 2014, 06:05:25 PM

and duct tape will do as a temporary fix!

pierre

That's about THE worst temp fix ever.. makes a giant sticky mess.

I'll 3rd the bike tube repair kit for a quick fix. For long term, line the blanket with neoprene using velco along the inside edges. When it gets dirty or rips on a corner, replace just the liner.

I'l also 2nd the rubber from Douthitt.

Title: Re: hole in exposure blanket? How can i fix it?
Post by: screenxpress on March 25, 2014, 01:38:29 AM

Quote from: blue moon on March 24, 2014, 06:05:25 PM

and duct tape will do as a temporary fix!

pierre

You beat me to that.  I thought duct tape fixes everything.  At least that's what I see on Mythbusters, lol.