Our first wave of testing to try and get a no post-expo, no hardener, durable emulsion made us conclude that we can eliminate post-expo but not hardening. There's lots more to test though.
Nova with Diazo is some amazing emulsion. Expo is very long and we do still need to apply hardener. I know others are getting the goods from Nova without hardening though. Nova can hold detail that is over the top and, unlike any emulsion we've yet to trial, will print a run with WB ink that is much more aggressive than many of the textile inks and, after cleanup in the booth, looks like it could run again. Our challenge with Nova has been getting the stencil's EOM where we need it, trying to get more EOM on the squeegee side in this case as delamination has been pretty much it's only weakness.
We were sent a pint, seriously a single pint, of CCI's HXT so we haven't been able to give it a fair shake. We dialed in the expo but the couple screens we put on press were pulled by my printer as they exhibited immediate issues....and then the pint was spent.
We have to revisit this in the Spring when it warms up, too cold to reliably ship emulsion right now and I think we may have had a "stale" bulb that we purchased so we need to retry things after we move.
Big time agree that cooking screens after hardening is beneficial. Alan at Murakami tipped us off to this awhile ago.
Has anyone tried Autosol 8000? TW Ink recommended it and their inks are the most aggressive WB inks I've ever seen or heard of.
