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I've been reading the forums about mesh tension affecting print. But how does it really affect?

The tighter the tension, what will it affect?
What are the pros and cons of a tight and light tension?

Printing fine lines and small little circles, what kind of tension do you need?

Need help guys!
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out da box

Generally, the tighter, the better. High tension promoted better- more consistent ink deposit, finer detail and resolution, better registration, better print quality, more even stencil thickness, to name a few benefits.

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kriscad

my advice is this...

we used aluminum screens starting out... if you can ever afford roller newman's - do it.

the tension does make a difference... before we sometimes had to print flash print flash print -

now the same job we can lay the white down, 2 strokes then flash and be done.

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woodsmill

Quote: Originally Posted by kriscad my advice is this... we used aluminum screens starting out... if you can ever afford roller newman's - do it. the tension does make a difference... before we sometimes had to print flash print flash print - now the same job we can lay the white down, 2 strokes then flash and be done.

How do you know what to make the tension for each color, or mesh count?

 

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kriscad

Quote: Originally Posted by woodsmill How do you know what to make the tension for each color, or mesh count?

We have a chart that came with the training... its easy.

Here is a video we have on youtube

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RichardGreaves

Quote: Originally Posted by woodsmill How do you know what to make the tension for each color, or mesh count?

The classic Tension Chart No. 9 is on the last pages of their instructions.

http://www.stretchdevices.com/Suppor...4R-English.pdf

The best tension is all the screens the same, so you can have the same off-contact for each head. Higher is better.

The best results come from high tension, stiff blades and low off-contact.

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