Screen Printing Blog
Continuing our discussion of how to get great screen images, we should be moving away from “Why doesn’t my screen image come out right?” With the last post in this series, hopefully we are all arriving at “My screens are great every time!” Determining Optimum Burn Time: The best way to figure out your ideal burn time is with a step test. There are companies that sell a kit that …
Emulsions & Screens: The last factor in the burn time equation is the screen and emulsion combo. Each emulsion and screen combo is going to have a slightly different burn time. I’m not going to say that one screen is better than another or this emulsion is better than that emulsion. All the variations in emulsions and screens are too extensive to cover in this article, but with some reference …
Continuing our discussion of “Why doesn’t my screen image come out right?”, with our goal of getting to “My screens are great every time!”, in this series of blog posts over the next few weeks, we are covering the main factors and many variables that can affect exposure times.This time we are covering The Light Table, Light Table: The light table is the second most important variable in the equation. …
How do you get from “Why doesn’t my screen image come out right?” to “My screens are great every time”? Figuring out how long to burn your screens can feel like calculating the vector force needed to achieve critical orbit around the moon, instead of the routine process it should be. In order to get to that point, you have to know the factors involved in the process. The main …
Here at Franmar, we love screenprinters. No matter how big or small the shop is, we get excited helping screenprinters discover the safe and cost effective ways to clean and reclaim screens. Helping a screen printer’s business grow is part of our passion. From the small business inside the garage, to moving into a shop and hiring more employees, things can get busy quick in the screenprinting world and cleaning …
You wanted to save the screen for future orders, but had to reclaim it because haze build-up was affecting the print image. Now you can save it!Franmar is pleased to introduce the first ever haze remover that is safe for dual cure emulsions, Haze Remover ES. This patent pending revolutionary product was designed for printers that catalog screens for future printing after the initial run. Screens that are used for …