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screen printing => Screen Making => Topic started by: Maxie on July 23, 2015, 08:20:10 AM
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We have been nicking our emulsion coaters so I made a storage tube out of drain pipes.
After we coat we fill the tube with water (it has a plug on one end) and soak the coater for a while before washing it.
The emulsion comes off easily after soaking.
We then pour out the water and store the coater in the pipe.
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this is a great idea.
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nice share, thanks. It's hard to get folks to be careful enough to not nick the edges, but one just needs to slow down a hair and be careful... you might want to keep some 400 grit paper to lightly sand down the mild nicks...
Steve
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nice share, thanks. It's hard to get folks to be careful enough to not nick the edges, but one just needs to slow down a hair and be careful... you might want to keep some 400 grit paper to lightly sand down the mild nicks...
Steve
I also dress mine with the leading end edge of a wooden block (pine or something else fairly soft)
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I had my maintenance guy build a custom v-notched stand. Also used in between coats as a stand
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I am going to try and fix the edges of the two with nicks. I found a pad that looks like a scotch pad but it has what looks like sandpaper on the outside.
Hopefully the pipes will protect them now. Soaking them makes a big difference.
My problem is that I have to import them from the USA. When I was in Austin Alan gave me a Monster Max and I bought two simpler ones.
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I am going to try and fix the edges of the two with nicks. I found a pad that looks like a scotch pad but it has what looks like sandpaper on the outside.
Hopefully the pipes will protect them now. Soaking them makes a big difference.
My problem is that I have to import them from the USA. When I was in Austin Alan gave me a Monster Max and I bought two simpler ones.
Careful with sandpaper that is too coarse as you could produce low spots that will create uneven EOM
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^^I sharpen mine with 80 grit.
(I clean it up with 320 afterwards, of course)
I was going to do this, until I found a five gallon bucket that required no work to implement. :)
I like Tony's stand idea though...
Note to self: Hey maintenance guy, make a stand.
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Or lastly, wash the damn thing as soon as you're done coating. I always went that way because the emulsion would dry and be a bear to get off if I didn't. I do like the soaking tank idea though, I'll mention it to our screen guy.
Steve
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I just sponge it off and spray rinse after coating and lean it on my drying rack for a few minutes. Otherwise it just lives on my coating table. Haven't ever had a knick in a coater that I can remember.
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We have a plastic v-shaped strip that came with coater for the edge.
Note to self: Hey maintenance guy, make a stand.
So funny, once upon a time we were fortunate to have one of these helpful guys.
He lived to make wooden things in a big shop long ago.
He breathed so much sawdust, I think his lungs were filled with pine. I swear sap was coming out of his eyeballs. :o