Drying cabinet?

[Denis Kolar]

I'm looking to get a drying cabinet. Good or a bad idea?
Looking into Vastex Dry-Vault or a Workhorse S-10. Just need a smaller one because I do not print much. 10 screens at the time will be fine.
I would love to be able to get screens ready in an hour after they were coated. (time, room and screen constraints)

Thanks

[GraphicDisorder]

I'm looking to get a drying cabinet. Good or a bad idea?
Looking into Vastex Dry-Vault or a Workhorse S-10. Just need a smaller one because I do not print much. 10 screens at the time will be fine.
I would love to be able to get screens ready in an hour after they were coated. (time, room and screen constraints)

Thanks

We have the Vastex 10 and 24 cabinets, use them basically daily. 

[mimosatexas]

If you're at all handy these are really simple to build for around $100 bucks. It is basically a box with a door and a dehumidifier. You can get crazy with fans and what not, but it's easy to build a simple and effective one.

[mooseman]

a box and a small fan driven space heater on a t-stat works the nuts
mooseman

[Frog]

Any DIY box should include a simple filter for incoming air

[Denis Kolar]

I know all that. I have plans too, the only problem is......... you guessed it, no time
I have quite a few DIY pieces in the shop, but time is the problem.

[GraphicDisorder]

DYI is amazing, but if your like most busy shops your time is more important than your money.

[ebscreen]

Our drying cabinet is a purposebuilt closet we had installed when we moved into this shop.
We DIY'd screen racks/fans/filters/dehumidifers because the commercial options for drying at most 30 screens at a time
were not nearly enough.

[Screened Gear]

Best thing about living in a dry area, box fan drys screens in less than 10 mins. For emulsion drying, I let it dry with no fan or anything. Just sit flat on a drying rack. You don't want to dry coated screens too fast. You want to give the emulsion time to migrate to the bottom side of the screen.

[jvanick]

we just installed (like yesterday) a Vastex DriVault... it holds 8 screens up to 25x36.  110v 15amp outlet is all it takes..

picked it up on digitsmith....

been trying it out today, and is working GREAT for our needs...  nice thing is that it has a 4" vent that vents outside our screen room... so the humidity is not being returned to the screen room, rather straight outside.

seems to hold temp right at 85 in the cabinet, so I'm not too overly concerned about drying too fast...  (actually ends up cooler than our screen room that used to be in our basement at the house).

(Still have a de-humidifier in the screen room tho)

[stitches4815]

we just installed (like yesterday) a Vastex DriVault... it holds 8 screens up to 25x36.  110v 15amp outlet is all it takes..

picked it up on digitsmith....

been trying it out today, and is working GREAT for our needs...  nice thing is that it has a 4" vent that vents outside our screen room... so the humidity is not being returned to the screen room, rather straight outside.

seems to hold temp right at 85 in the cabinet, so I'm not too overly concerned about drying too fast...  (actually ends up cooler than our screen room that used to be in our basement at the house).
Who did you get your from?  I am looking at one and can't get the poster to respond.
(Still have a de-humidifier in the screen room tho)

[jvanick]

id was thutch15

[stitches4815]

ok, that is why he isn't responding.

[LuckyFlyinROUSH]

We've never used one. From image to press is 8 minutes if needed. Blow majority of water off with compressed air. Sit screens in front of a fan. Those huge 36" shop fans work awesome if you need a screen on the fly...otherwise we just have a couple of walmart 20" $20 box fans that are mounted in front of a screen rack.

[Denis Kolar]

We've never used one. From image to press is 8 minutes if needed. Blow majority of water off with compressed air. Sit screens in front of a fan. Those huge 36" shop fans work awesome if you need a screen on the fly...otherwise we just have a couple of walmart 20" $20 box fans that are mounted in front of a screen rack.

This is for drying emulsion after it was coated. Not to dry 'em out after they have been washed out when exposed.

Yes, thutch15 was selling one and sent him a PM few days ago.
Later I have seen on t-shirt forums that he posted there that it was sold.