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screen printing => Screen Making => Topic started by: royster13 on March 09, 2013, 01:31:51 PM

Title: Where do you buy small screens?
Post by: royster13 on March 09, 2013, 01:31:51 PM: I want tp buy a 12 x 12 or 12 x 15 screen for a little thing I am playing with.....Who sells screens this small?...
Title: Re: Where do you buy small screens?
Post by: Frog on March 09, 2013, 03:11:31 PM: Art stores, but they won't meet the Newman crowd's tension specs, lol!

Speedball is pretty common.
http://www.speedballart.com/our-products.php?cat=21#Printing (http://www.speedballart.com/our-products.php?cat=21#Printing) Screens
Title: Re: Where do you buy small screens?
Post by: royster13 on March 09, 2013, 03:48:13 PM: I got a batch of soft PVC key tags from China that they forgot to print on the back.......The factory replaced them but I got to keep the bad ones.....So I want to see if I can print them....Not even sure how fine of mesh I need or emulsion or ink....Just starting to explore....Thanks for the help.....

PS....What does 8xx and 12xx mean?....
Title: Re: Where do you buy small screens?
Post by: ScreenFoo on March 09, 2013, 04:17:51 PM: The XX stands for "extra extra" hard to clean. The old XX numbers are for multi-filament mesh. 8XX would be roughly 32T or 80 TPI, 12XX roughly 47T or 120 TPI.

I'd go with the 110 mono-filament for photo emulsion work.
Title: Re: Where do you buy small screens?
Post by: Frog on March 09, 2013, 04:23:03 PM: There would also probably be little problem using a slightly larger and more common (to our industry) frame.
A small manual screen like 18" x 22" or 20" x 24" should be available from any general supplier. A visit to the Nazdar site and/or perhaps a call should help steer you to the correct ink/mesh/emulsion combination.
Title: Re: Where do you buy small screens?
Post by: royster13 on March 09, 2013, 04:49:41 PM: The problem as I see it with the big frames is that they are big....Imprint area is only .75"h x 1.25"w....But yes they would work.....
Title: Re: Where do you buy small screens?
Post by: Screened Gear on March 09, 2013, 04:55:02 PM: I used to use these guys they have I think 10 by 16 and some others.

http://www.aaframes.com/ (http://www.aaframes.com/)
Title: Re: Where do you buy small screens?
Post by: royster13 on March 09, 2013, 04:58:20 PM: Quote from: Jon on March 09, 2013, 04:55:02 PM
I used to use they have I think 1 10by 16 and something by 18 inc they have I think 10 by 16 and something by 18 inch frames

[url]http://www.aaframes.com/[/url] ([url]http://www.aaframes.com/[/url])

They have some 8x10 frames......Thanks.....
Title: Re: Where do you buy small screens?
Post by: GaryG on March 09, 2013, 11:45:44 PM: You could also use a normal manual frame. Just gang some on screen and line a few up at a time.
Pretty high mesh, 156-230 depending upon opacity, as a Nazdar all purpose air dry ink may suggest.
Title: Re: Where do you buy small screens?
Post by: Inkworks on March 10, 2013, 01:57:37 PM: You'll need a good flexible ink for the soft PVC tags, I use a 2 part pad printing ink (Transtech type "PH") made for rubber loaded up with a bit of retarder. I have some tiny screens from a pen printing machine, I could burn your art onto one and mail it to you, free, I have more than I'll ever need. They are about 7" x 4" Nice high mesh count for detail work, plus you usually don't need a thick ink deposit with graphic inks to get decent opacity.
Title: Re: Where do you buy small screens?
Post by: Printficient on March 10, 2013, 05:11:40 PM: At Xenon we will do ANY size frame. Call me for a quote. 404-895-1796