If you're careful with them you should get dozens if not hundreds of uses. The lower mesh ones seem to last forever but our high mesh screens (like 350's) tend to rip after a while. Keep your corners soft if you use roller frames. If you can't get your previous image to reclaim with your emulsion remover get a good haze remover.
We reclaim screens 20-30 or more times with no problem. It could be a couple of things, you use to much squeegee pressure or the frames have a cheep adhesive holding the mesh. Try another brand of screen for a new supplier.
Thanks for the input...maybe they just say that because they want the sale! I ordered new screen today. I have no idea how many times they were used before I bought them. Just seem to be having trouble removing all the emulsion.
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John - I've heard and read that haze removers are very hard on the screens. Would you say that it true or should I go ahead and use it more often? I'm only using 110 mesh screens.
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We only use haze remover if after reclaiming you can still see a lot of you last image, like say most of it.
If your only are getting 15 reclaims I doubt you need it at all.
Krista, you should be able to get that emulsion off. Keep trying. And as long as you are keeping your off contact close and not stretching the screen to much when you push down with the squegee it should last a 100 images. If it is cheap glue holding the screen on the frame , it will stretch out on you. and you will have to re screen. new aluminum screens are $30
Fore haze remover we use Chemical Consultants Inc. its liquid and we just spray a little on and sponge it around, wait 60 seconds and pressure wash. Gets pretty much everything. This is after a dip in our one step emulsion remover/ ink degradent tank and a pressure wash. The haze remover we used back in the day was a grey paste and if you left it on too long it would eat a hole in the screen. CCi's stuff is way better.
Krista, you should be able to get that emulsion off. Keep trying. And as long as you are keeping your off contact close and not stretching the screen to much when you push down with the squegee it should last a 100 images. If it is cheap glue holding the screen on the frame , it will stretch out on you. and you will have to re screen. new aluminum screens are $30
I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying the screen should hold up for 100 prints? I print runs of a couple thousand without screen breakdown. I think if its good emulsion properly exposed it should last much longer.
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