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Offline abchung

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Re: screen moisture meter at Lowes for $30!
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2014, 07:29:08 AM »
I already have 3 hydrometers in my drying room, but would like to look into buying a moisture meter to reduce the guessing game.

I just want to know if the $30 lowes moisture meter works for screen printing.

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Re: screen moisture meter at Lowes for $30!
« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2014, 09:15:58 AM »
I've been using that model for a while now and it works.  It's a lot like the temp gun in that I don't believe it gets a super accurate reading but you can still use it with success.  I'll test a screen that has been in the dark room for a week up against one that is only a few hours old and the freshest screen will read around 6% and the completely dry screens don't read anything most of the time. 
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Re: screen moisture meter at Lowes for $30!
« Reply #17 on: May 12, 2014, 11:07:47 AM »
Cool thanks Alan. I might build one or get one to play around with.