I was really on a roll today. My goal for this weekend was to have one design ready to go online no later then tomorrow. I am right on track for that goal but I also finished four other designs in the process. :) Sweet!! Once I started working on designs my creativity went into overdrive. My screens will be dry in an hour or so but I will probably wait till tomorrow for printing.
All the screens I used today were
156 mesh. I coated each screen with a 1 x 1 coat of
DXP dual cure emulsion using the thin side of the
scoop coater. When I burned the first screen I forgot to put weight on top to hold the transparency tight against the screen. The image turned out fine but I made myself slow down with the rest of the screens so I would not make that mistake again. I burned the screens for 4 minutes using Ryonets
RXP 20 x 24 Exposure unit.
I burned the screens 15 seconds longer then the recommended time but the emulsion on the ink side of the screen was a little slimy when I washed out the image. From my understanding, that means the screen was not exposed long enough. Hmmm! Previous screens I had burned for the recommended time of 3 minutes 45 seconds were slimy, that is why I increased the exposure time for this run. I will try increasing it another 15 seconds when I burn the next screens and see what happens.
Schedule for tomorrow.....PRINTING!
Jeanette
