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To figure this accurately, you would need to compare the EOM of the coating, and the thickness of the particular film you are using.One big difference and advantage with film is, you have your EOM or thickness as a constant, as you mentioned. With emulsion, that varies with mesh/coating technique.However, what seems strange or tricky at first, will soon become second nature. The glisten method,will give you good EOM.I am fighting the urge to say "if Gilligan can master this, anyone can" but of course, that is assuming that he did, indeed, master it, LOL!Oh, and even without any answers here for comparison, I'm sure that emulsion is way less. One generally pays for convenience.Film is also far more limited in varieties.
Years ago I used cap film, it can be great! And you are absolutely right the fact that you can apply the cap film wet is great for the workflow.The higher end cap films cost more than direct emulsion but the easy film is about the same in cost is what I remember finding. But I wouldn't consider cost too heavily in this do what works best for your workflow and for your screens in your shop.In moving to using direct emulsion you're going to need to set things up so that you have a good work flow for drying the screens it's a lot easier to dry cap film screens.Thanks Chris. Good points on setting up the work flow. Right now we take one day a week where we clean and coat all screens. As we are going through more screens, I'm considering cleaning screens one day, and coating the next. This is one of the reason I'm re-considering emulsion.Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk
...Surely we can find fatter cost savings in various areas of production unique to each shop....
Quote from: starchild on March 21, 2015, 08:07:50 PM...Surely we can find fatter cost savings in various areas of production unique to each shop.Like masking tape.
...Surely we can find fatter cost savings in various areas of production unique to each shop.
Quote from: Gilligan on March 21, 2015, 11:26:39 PMQuote from: starchild on March 21, 2015, 08:07:50 PM...Surely we can find fatter cost savings in various areas of production unique to each shop.Like masking tape.There ya go bringing tape back into the equation... *fwiw... with the I-Image and permanent blockout screens, we have yet to use a registration mark or have to mask the screens. *ducking* ...
Quote from: jvanick on March 22, 2015, 08:06:52 AMThere ya go bringing tape back into the equation... *fwiw... with the I-Image and permanent blockout screens, we have yet to use a registration mark or have to mask the screens. *ducking* ...J' that joke comes up at least once a month around here, and usually not by me.
There ya go bringing tape back into the equation... *fwiw... with the I-Image and permanent blockout screens, we have yet to use a registration mark or have to mask the screens. *ducking* ...