Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Mike @ (ShirtShackAndMore) turned me onto Kiwo Polycol "Discharge" emulsion a few weeks back, and we got a gallon of it in yesterday... I coated some test screens with it and did some exposure tests...Holy crap this stuff is FAST. 150S - yellow mesh on the Starlight is exposing to a solid 7 on the stouffer at 11, mostly solid 8 at 14 secs... it's holding great detail during exposure too... rough test without everything dialed on a 225S, held from 2% up to 95%... at 8 sec. While I'm wondering if it's too fast for our own good, it sure is interesting.We'll be running some middle of the road discharge and waterbase jobs on the screens thursday or early next week, it'll be interesting to see how well they hold up compared to our "go-to" SP1400.the test screens reclaimed as easilly as a photopolymer, so I'm really happy about that.I also have a gallon of Kiwo Multitex coming in as well. (Trying to find a new 'goto' that's faster than the SP1400, and reclaims easier).
Brian, what would you call 'burned perfect' solid 7 or solid 8 on the Stouffer strip? More?with how fast this stuff exposes, and seems to be able to be rinsed out I'm wondering if over exposing might not be a bad idea as long as I don't lose detail.One of our suppliers local is a Saati vendor, might have to get a gallon of PHU in to try next.-J
Any of you guys want a 5 gallon bucket of PHU blue, just send me a ship label and it's yours for free. Mike