How To Make A Screen For Screen Printing | Chromaline
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Emphasizing precision and quality control in the screen making process significantly contributes to the overall success of your final screen print. Whether you're looking to create custom apparel, posters, or artwork, the process starts with the meticulous preparation of your screen. In this video Mick goes into detail on how to prepare your screen for screen printing using Chromaline's iSC line of screen chemicals, our premium screen printing emulsions, and high quality screen making equipment. Comment below if you have any questions about coating screens for screen printing.
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Timestamps:
0:14 - Reclaim Your Screen with Chroma/Strip iSC
2:07 - Degrease with Chroma/Wet iSC
3:40 - Dry Your Clean Screen with the MagiVac Nozzle
4:18 - Coat Screen using a Chromaline Emulsion and a MagiCote Scoop Coater
5:35 - Dry Your Coated Screen
6:30 - Expose Your Screen (we used the Quick Image)
7:49 - Washout Your Screen
9:33 - Dry Your Screen a final time
10:19 - Blockout Pinholes (if needed) with Chroma/Fill iSC
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great video, i just started printing and use chroma blue 🤝🏽
we love the blue! thx for watching 👍🏼
Excellent to know, building my dark room this weekend, what was your exposure time? and where can we get that fancy vacuum attachment :)
best of luck! let us know if you have any questions
@@chromalinescreenprintproducts since I’ve never done any of this, could you recommend a list of products that I would need to start with. From screen prep to cleaning and reclaiming? I found the vac attachment that’s a must:)
Thank you for the very helpful video! I have a few questions that I hope can be answered.
1) When washing out emulsion on a screen after exposing it, can the screen be exposed to UV light in a non-light safe room? The only place I can put my washout booth is in my backyard under a shaded patio area. It is by no means light-safe, but it is very well shaded with shade tarps on all sides.
2) What is the name/brand of the screen holder equipment at 5:06?
If you have a fast-exposing emulsion, this will most likely be a problem. If you have an emulsion with wide exposure latitude you may be okay depending on how long washout is taking you. We definitely don't recommend it, but it may work. We built this screen coating holder ages ago, but if you search for "wall mounted screen coating rack" or something similar, there are options available online to purchase.
Trying out the hydro x emulsion !
@@chromalinescreenprintproducts I love it . Wish I’d bought more at once!
Thoughts?! Let us know how it goes!!
What is the name of the emulsion?
If you don't have a drying rack like yours, what do you recommend for a diy rack?
Is it unnecessary to coat say, two on the substrate side and once on the squeegee side? I dont change out my screens until I can't deal with the pin holes any longer. I print the same designs as long as the screen holds out and then redo the designs. I need longer life out of my screens.
You have every printers' dream regarding equipment. Could you please make a video using diy equiptment.
I find your videos very helpful for a novice diy, a Kitchen tabletop printer.
Thanks❤
Есть разные способы удлинить жизнь экрана. Можно уже после сушки еще раз нанести эмульсию с ракельной стороны для выравнивания поверхности. Или доэкспонировать готовую. Использовать не жесткие ракели и менее агрессивную манеру печати. Печать на себя удлиняет жизнь экрана. Лучше печатать на идеально ровной поверхности. Часто эмульсия вытирается под краями ракеля, т.е. можно с ракельной стороны приклеить две полоски обычного скотча на всю длину движения ракели и больше. Чтобы он скользил по нему, а не протирал эмульсию. Закруглить концы ракеля. Подбирать длину ракеля не слишком маленькую и не слишком большую.
Ваше предложение нанести 1+2, обычно используется на старых сетках или сетках с плохим натяжением, плохо регенерированных, чтобы создать нужную толщину слоя. На тонких стеках может быть нанесение и 2+3, на толстых 2+2. Но если у вас хорошо проливается эмульсия с одного раза до блеска с обратной стороны, то, дополнительное нанесение может быть связано с тем, что печать будет более толстым слоем, подумайте нужно ли вам это. Если будет совсем слишком толстый слой эмульсии, то может не получится качественно засветиться. Если будет слишком толстый слой с ракельной стороны, то могут быть проблемы с легкостью печати.
@МаринаЛатыпова-л5д sorry I don't understand the language 😕
@@jenniferjoseph5725 After drying, you can reapply the emulsion from the squeegee side to smooth the surface. Use non-rigid squeegees and a less aggressive printing style. When printing, move towards yourself, not away from yourself. Two strips of ordinary adhesive tape can be glued to the side of the scraper for the entire length of the scraper movement or more. So that it slides over this surface, and does not erase the emulsion. Round off the ends of the scraper. The length of the scraper should not be too small and not too large.
@@jenniferjoseph5725 After developing and drying, expose the grid again to fix the layer.
@@jenniferjoseph5725 To obtain the desired layer thickness, it is recommended to apply 1 + 2, as a rule, on old grids or grids with poor tension, poorly regenerated. Thin meshes can be applied 2 + 3, thick 2 + 2. But if you applied a good emulsion once and a gloss immediately appeared on the reverse side, then the additional application may be due to the fact that the print will be a thicker layer, think about whether you need it. If the emulsion layer is too thick, it may not light up properly. If the layer thickness on the squeegee side is large, there may be problems with printing convenience.