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Default Re: coated screens exposure to the yellow light

This has been discussed in many threads.

help: Safe-Light for Applying Emulsion

Search this forum for "safe light", or "yellow safe light".




Is It Safe?

I test to see if a room is 'safe' I sacrifice an old coated screen, or just coat a little bit of a bit of the mesh and then leave it out in the room I'm testing. I put a coin on the stencil at intervals - One a day, every 3 days, etc.

When I get bored with the test, I wash out the stencil. Areas that were only recently covered, that don't wash out easily, were effected by the ambient light and some crosslinking held it in the mesh.



Beware of 'Little Helpers' that will scoop up the coins when the test is half done and return the coins you forgot.
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