labelling screens correctly

[ericheartsu]

I've searched the boards, i could have sworn this has been talked about before, but how do you guys label your m3s/mzxs correctly? i've tried everything from taping papers to the screens, making stickers, and writing on the mesh. But they all seem to come off eventually.

Any cool tips and tricks i should try?

oh and happy new years everyone!

[sweetts]

Industrial marker


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[ebscreen]

Color coded zip ties.

[inkman996]

I've tried many ideas, color coded anything works great but hard to see any colors in our screen room. Next time I am at a hardware store I am going to look for number punches, simple hand held ones you tap with a hammer.

[screenprintguy]

Inkman, change your lighting over to LED lighting. I just did our new imaging and screen room over to LED corn cobb style bulbs, it's bright like a stadium in there and no affect to the emulsion. I even left them all on with screens sitting out during Christmas on accident, 4 days and didn't mess with the emulsion at all. There is a seller on ebay called TopTom sells them really cheap. They are awesome man. I can actually see what I'm doing now in there instead of working around that ridiculous yellow light.

Mike

[alan802]

I don't really understand why others don't do it the way we do it but to each their own.  I put a strip of white tape on the frame, write the mesh count clearly on that white tape, then put clear packing tape over that to protect the number from the dip tank and all the other stuff the screen has to stand up to and it's really very simple.  No trying to come up with a color code or writing on the corner of a screen or anything, it's just simple and it works like a charm.  If you put a different mesh in a frame you take the clear packing tape off, put some ink degradent on a paper towel, and the marker comes right off and you then put the new mesh count on it.  We have probably 15 different mesh counts here so this way makes the most sense.

[inkman996]

I don't really understand why others don't do it the way we do it but to each their own.  I put a strip of white tape on the frame, write the mesh count clearly on that white tape, then put clear packing tape over that to protect the number from the dip tank and all the other stuff the screen has to stand up to and it's really very simple.  No trying to come up with a color code or writing on the corner of a screen or anything, it's just simple and it works like a charm.  If you put a different mesh in a frame you take the clear packing tape off, put some ink degradent on a paper towel, and the marker comes right off and you then put the new mesh count on it.  We have probably 15 different mesh counts here so this way makes the most sense.

You have magic tape because when I do things like that in time the chems get under the tape and make a mess of it.

[alan802]

That is one of the original shurlocs I stretched almost 3 years ago so it's held up well.  It's just uline 2" packaging tape over the top, I don't use our special screen tape for this procedure.  I make sure there are no creases that water could seap into the area but I'm not doing anything special to it.

[IntegrityShirts]

I used to cut sign vinyl for the static frames, clean alum with alcohol and stick, never had one come off.  Now I sharpie in the softened corners of the M3's and don't hit'em too hard with the pressure washer.  Probably should cut more vinyl stickers though.

[Mr Tees!!]

..we do the cut-vinyl sticker thing too. We put ours on one side only and in the same spot, cuz we are OCD like that. Cover em with some HQ packing tape and they should be on there forever. If you are labeling the blue frame rollers, I would cut them from white vinyl.

[Mr Tees!!]

..we do the cut-vinyl sticker thing too. We put ours on one side only and in the same spot, cuz we are OCD like that. Cover em with some HQ packing tape and they should be on there forever. If you are labeling the blue frame rollers, I would cut them from white vinyl.

...lets try the attachment again...

[Mr Tees!!]

...hey heres a great idea, lets see how badly I can clutter up a thread!! Good job, Mr Tees!!

...my bad guys, the attachment didnt show up immediatly in my first post, so I assumed I did it wrong. Can I claim newbie mistake? No? Eh, it was worth a shot...

[Inkworks]

Vinyl cut here too, but we use Hix Retens, which are probably more suitable for the stickers than Newmans would be.

[jsheridan]

Color coded zip ties.

Get this man a chicken dinner!

I've tried every method posted here and then some.. nothing works like the zip tie!

[mooseman]

there are serveral ways the easiest is to completely clean the frame in the area to be marked use a sharpie to indicate the mesh and place clear packing tape over the the marked image we have some od these that are going on 3 + years.
A little more involved mark the mesh in the softened area of the corners with a typical sharpie and coat bothe sides with a brush dipped in quick set epoxy or fiberglass resin.
mooseman