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Offline Maxie

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Humidity in screen drying room
« on: November 25, 2018, 06:57:20 AM »
Can the humidity be too low in a screen drying room?
I bought a new unit and it's at about 25 humidity.
« Last Edit: November 25, 2018, 09:12:43 AM by Maxie »
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Offline ericheartsu

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Re: Humidity in screen drying room
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2018, 11:46:27 AM »
It can be. You can start seeing issues like spider webbing/cracking in your emulsion. Also if you have a CTS unit in your dark room, it can start to dry heads out.
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Re: Humidity in screen drying room
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2018, 12:06:12 PM »
As per Easiway's and (formerly) M&R's Alex Mammoser "Typically all screens like 30-40% RH to dry in/at. This is truly ideal for most CTS machines as well."
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Re: Humidity in screen drying room
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2018, 07:20:58 PM »
Or go wax...can't dry out.

We keep ours at about 40%.  We do run an AC in the summer to help dry it out and keep it a touch cooler

Offline jvieira

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Re: Humidity in screen drying room
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2018, 06:36:45 PM »
We are doing our best to keep our screen room at least at 60% but it's not an easy task. lot's of humidity at the moment even with a dehumidifier on 24/7

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Re: Humidity in screen drying room
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2019, 02:38:38 PM »
We recommend 35-50% humidity for emulsion.  And as mentioned, when it is too dry, emulsion can crack during production.  In some cases in cold very dry conditions of less than 20% it helps to have a childrens humidifier in the room.  A hygrometer that reads temp and humidity is an inexpensive tool to put on the wall to dial in the screen room.
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Re: Humidity in screen drying room
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2019, 02:43:34 PM »
On Mr. Buffington's advice in the winter here(MN cold and dry) we turn off our humidifier and fill up a old emulsion bucket of water and set it in the screen room. It has 100% eliminated the cracks/breakdown we had a few years ago...
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