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screen printing => Waterbase and Discharge => Topic started by: JBLUE on July 07, 2011, 04:03:13 PM

Title: Screen Mesh For water base
Post by: JBLUE on July 07, 2011, 04:03:13 PM

What screen mesh sizes are you guys using for your discharge whites?

Title: Re: Screen Mesh For water base
Post by: ebscreen on July 07, 2011, 04:09:01 PM

About like plastisol, 125-280. Depending on detail, and as low as it will allow.
Nothing like ripping through a huge white on black order with 1 fast stroke and
no flash.

Title: Re: Screen Mesh For water base
Post by: squeegee on July 07, 2011, 08:55:09 PM

150 S murakami.

Title: Re: Screen Mesh For water base
Post by: Evo on July 08, 2011, 12:01:25 AM

Quote from: ebscreen on July 07, 2011, 04:09:01 PM

About like plastisol, 125-280. Depending on detail, and as low as it will allow.
Nothing like ripping through a huge white on black order with 1 fast stroke and
no flash.

I'm about there too. Typically 160 for general printing and up to 230 or so for higher detail. This is for a "top" white, not underbasing.

Title: Re: Screen Mesh For water base
Post by: JBLUE on July 08, 2011, 12:11:49 AM

Thanks guys. This is some pretty cool stuff to play with.

Title: Re: Screen Mesh For water base
Post by: squeegee on July 08, 2011, 05:49:08 AM

Murakami 225 S is another for higher detail that we like for discharge/WB.  Thin threads, ink passes through more easily.

Title: Re: Screen Mesh For water base
Post by: tonypep on July 08, 2011, 06:41:21 AM

Runs the gamut..........110-355 depends on detail

Title: Re: Screen Mesh For water base
Post by: RICK STEFANICK on July 09, 2011, 08:59:54 PM

man for years i ran straight waterbase discharge...loved sericol.. but today in my shop with the heat in south carolina i'm sticking with the plasticharge.. works great and you can get white xxx whites. most colors using union maxopakes is a 50/50.. reds and yellows being 70/30 with 5% activator..