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Offline ericheartsu

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best place for mesh?
« on: July 30, 2012, 01:43:28 PM »
I'm looking into buying some mesh, 230, 380 and 420.

Where is the best place to buy it?

thanks!
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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2012, 03:28:17 PM »
I buy through Westar Solutions but it mostly comes direct from Murakami for the fancy S meshes we like.  They have good bolt stock of the standard threads and good pricing. 

http://www.westarsolutions.com/vend/westar/mesh.html

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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2012, 04:14:29 PM »
380 and 420?  What are y'all printing with those mesh counts?
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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2012, 04:22:12 PM »
UV inks.

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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2012, 05:19:12 PM »
380 and 420?  What are y'all printing with those mesh counts?

just some poly white. no big deal!

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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2012, 07:49:57 PM »
I'm looking into buying some mesh, 230, 380 and 420.

Where is the best place to buy it?

thanks!

Eic:  Most people printing UV cureable screen inks are using 380T for half tones / 4CP and 355 for line colors or over print clears. 

I'd suggest staying away from the 420T's unless you're doing high line count +85LPI halftones / 4CP
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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2012, 08:08:29 PM »
I'm looking into buying some mesh, 230, 380 and 420.

Where is the best place to buy it?

thanks!

Eic:  Most people printing UV cureable screen inks are using 380T for half tones / 4CP and 355 for line colors or over print clears. 

I'd suggest staying away from the 420T's unless you're doing high line count +85LPI halftones / 4CP

Thanks for the tip! i still want to try some out just to see how it handles. For the most part i think i'll be using 355 and 380s, i just want to know what my options are!
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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2012, 09:34:22 PM »
doesnt sonny sell mesh.?  when we were stretching we used tetko p-cap.
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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2012, 10:32:17 AM »
Check out CCI.

http://www.ccidom.com/products.php?product=MESH-CLEARANCE

Not normally who would think of when looking for mesh.
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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2012, 02:21:21 PM »
Our standard pricing is as follows on Italian mesh.

WHITE

30 300 $8.25
40 200 $8.25
50 150 $7.00
74 120 $7.00
86 100 $6.00
110 80 $6.00
125 71 $6.70
150 64 $7.50
160 64 $8.25
180 55 $8.50
200 45 $8.85
230 45 $10.50
280 39 $13.00
305 39 $14.00
355 35 $20.25

Dyed

110 80 $6.25
160 64 $8.50
180 55 $8.60
200 45 $10.25
230 45 $10.50
250 39 $11.25
280 39 $13.25
305 39 $13.95
355 35 $20.75
420 31 $27.95

We run sales all the time so the price could be lower.

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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2012, 02:41:53 PM »
What about "Cut fees" for less than a bolt?

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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2012, 05:00:18 PM »
What about "Cut fees" for less than a bolt?

$10
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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2012, 06:27:59 PM »
What about "Cut fees" for less than a bolt?

$10

Per mesh count or total.  For example, if I want 2 yards of 110/80, 2 yards of 160/64 and 2 yards of 305/39 is it $10 total or $30?

I've used some of Sonny's mesh and it has performed pretty good.  Aside from the 280 being labeled as 180, and the 180 labeled as 280, it was a good buy.  I busted 2 of the 280's because I thought they were 180 and took them up too high.  The 305 has not relaxed much at all and has retained it's tension through 2 production cycles so far.
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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2012, 07:27:37 PM »
What about "Cut fees" for less than a bolt?

$10

Per mesh count or total.  For example, if I want 2 yards of 110/80, 2 yards of 160/64 and 2 yards of 305/39 is it $10 total or $30?

I've used some of Sonny's mesh and it has performed pretty good.  Aside from the 280 being labeled as 180, and the 180 labeled as 280, it was a good buy.  I busted 2 of the 280's because I thought they were 180 and took them up too high.  The 305 has not relaxed much at all and has retained it's tension through 2 production cycles so far.
$10 per cut.  So in your example $30.
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Re: best place for mesh?
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2012, 07:48:31 PM »
Ouch... 10 bucks to nick a piece of fabric then rip it across?