Screen Cleaning

[3Deep]

The other day I was cleaning/reclaiming my screens and notice what bad job I was doing, there were ghost everywhere.  Didn't think to much of it at the time but took a close look at it as I was sent a new dehaze from my supply company to try out.  I bet that screen was 65% blocked with all kinds of junk which in return causes me to have to use more squeegee pressure during printing.  I don't like using dehaze that much cuz it breaks down the screen prematurely, so I thinking I need to clean ink from the screens as soon as I finished printing even if I,m going to store them for a week or so.  So my tip here is to really clean your screen mesh really good cuz over time bad cleaning as I was doing leads to bad press work and missprints.

Darryl

[Fluid]

agree 100% You should always wipe the ink from your screens and your squeegees when finished using them especially screens if you plan to hold them for future use. 

[jsheridan]

I don't like using dehaze that much cuz it breaks down the screen prematurely, so I thinking I need to clean ink from the screens as soon as I finished printing even if I,m going to store them for a week or so. 

Theirs non-caustic dehazers that don't harm the mesh. Sometimes ink cleaners work better.

[Frog]

I don't like using dehaze that much cuz it breaks down the screen prematurely, so I thinking I need to clean ink from the screens as soon as I finished printing even if I,m going to store them for a week or so. 

Theirs non-caustic dehazers that don't harm the mesh. Sometimes ink cleaners work better.

I was raised on the lye-based dehazers, and not even that sissy version  from Ulano, but the killer from Autoype.
For years I looked for a "non lethal" alternative, and CCI's Liquid Renuit is the closest I've come.

[RICK STEFANICK]

i use 701. dont degrease and the screens come out spotless.

[rmonks]

I remember my first experience with , I think it must have been lye based dehazer. I didn't read the instructions (as they are just another persons opinion right). Anyway I spread some on some screens that had a haze or image from the ink left in them, I  stacked them to the side and was doing something else, and the next thing I know the mesh on the  screens that had the haze remover on them started popping I destroyed 1/2 dozen screens before I figured out what was happening . LOL

[sportsshoppe]

Here is something for you D and others...... You know how the scrubbies tend to break down after 50 or so screens well I tried some Scotch Bright Pads ( 1/4'' thick and green in color ) You can pick up a box and cut to fit your scrubbie holder and get 4-5 out of one piece of SB. I have cleaned at least 100 screens with one pad ( not the whole sheet one pad ) no threads left on screen or anything. I use one to clean ink and the same one to put on emul. remover and one for a final clean with just ink remover. These things are totally awesome.....

[3Deep]

Scott I was on the way home the other day I think about 6:30 which is dark around these parts now, and saw a big ole buck walk across the road I almost had to come to a stop...he was in no big hurry a matter of fact the day before hunting season open.  I guess he was getting his last free walk of the year LOL..Oh I'll have to try those pads I get sick of pulling those little hairs out of the screens from those other scrubbs.

Darryl