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S Mesh - Do you have it at all in your shop?

Only for the under base.
Top colors and under base mixed with other brands.
Not yet but we are getting it.
Not needed for my shop.

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Offline Dottonedan

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S Mesh - Do you have it?
« on: September 08, 2016, 08:18:07 AM »
 This poll is not to debat if you are for or against thin thread / low tension or high tension but just to get a read on the number of shops that are already embracing this concept.
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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2016, 08:36:53 AM »
I don't understand "Only four and under base" so I'm not sure how to vote.

I have mostly Static S-Mesh screens and love them, but still have quite a few T-Mesh statics.

When they are gone, the T-mesh probably won't be replaced...except 83's 60's and 40's for specialty stuff and transfers, and I'm not even sure about those.

I love the static S-mesh and for some reason, they only lose a few newtons over their lifetimes, while T-mesh (At least MINE....) get pretty sloppy.




EDIT:  I see what happened now. Thanks for fixing it Dan! I have voted now.
« Last Edit: September 08, 2016, 10:55:02 AM by Itsa Little CrOoked »

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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2016, 08:45:35 AM »
we run almost exclusively thin thread here.  about 50% murakami "S", and the other 40 is a combination of Saati and Dynamesh.

final 10% is specialty mesh counts (24, 38, 84) that we use for special effect printing.

out of the 100+ frames that are now in rotation, there's 30ish static 150/48's.  (Generally used for single color work as they're lighter and easier to handle)  For whatever reason, we're finding that the Dynamesh on the statics hold tension longer than the Murakami screens (they come in around 26N, and settle in at 22N), vs the Murakami's coming in around 22N and falling to 17-18N

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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2016, 08:59:24 AM »
I don't understand "Only four and under base" so I'm not sure how to vote.

I have mostly Static S-Mesh screens and love them, but still have quite a few T-Mesh statics.

When they are gone, the T-mesh probably won't be replaced...except 83's 60's and 40's for specialty stuff and transfers, and I'm not even sure about those.

I love the static S-mesh and for some reason, they only lose a few newtons over their lifetimes, while T-mesh (At least MINE....) get pretty sloppy.

Posted via phone so it auto corrected. Should be "only for an under base." As in your shop does not use S thread for top colors but you do for an under base to get bright whites.
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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2016, 09:00:34 AM »
it's all we have.
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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2016, 09:11:56 AM »
We have mostly Smesh at this point, some older screens still in there though that are being phased out.
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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2016, 09:54:51 AM »
All s mesh here with the exception for a few 110's and extreme low for specialty printing
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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2016, 09:57:46 AM »
2 votes for "not needed", interesting.  Out of respect of the thread starters request, I won't go into the debate.  Dammit, can't help myself...must pull away from keyboard....press post, press post, trying real hard...POST.
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Offline Underbase37

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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2016, 10:24:09 AM »
We have a few hundred in rotation here.

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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2016, 10:31:11 AM »
.. I've got about 45 S-mesh and that's all I use (I sold 30 T-statics on Craigslist last month, to free up space in the screen storage area).
I love a 180S for PFP.

The screens from Spot Color come in the door about 3-4 N/cm higher than the other 2 suppliers I've purchased from.

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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2016, 10:31:59 AM »
we run almost exclusively thin thread here.  about 50% murakami "S", and the other 40 is a combination of Saati and Dynamesh.

final 10% is specialty mesh counts (24, 38, 84) that we use for special effect printing.

out of the 100+ frames that are now in rotation, there's 30ish static 150/48's.  (Generally used for single color work as they're lighter and easier to handle)  For whatever reason, we're finding that the Dynamesh on the statics hold tension longer than the Murakami screens (they come in around 26N, and settle in at 22N), vs the Murakami's coming in around 22N and falling to 17-18N
Never had  much of a drop on our static s-mesh screens. Murakami stretches them to 28N though. Last time I measured they were still between 25-26N.

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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2016, 10:40:59 AM »
nothing but thin Thread S here.

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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2016, 10:42:41 AM »
Im still new to s-mesh, but they are currently all I buy now.  No more low tension statics for us.

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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2016, 10:59:23 AM »
Need an option, for EXCLUSIVELY as that's all we run as well.

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Re: S Mesh - Do you have it?
« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2016, 11:20:43 AM »
I have stretched a few 158's and it definitely improved the opacity of the underbase. I am looking to slowly transition to it on this mesh and begin to test others.