I prefer Ulano QTX. Never let me down. Prices range from $75-$110 for gallons, but the cheapest I've found is $75.00/gal at: http://www.valleylitho.com/acatalog/SBQ_Photopolymer_Emulsions.html#a1GUFQTX I use a Nuarc metal halide exposure unit and I expose for 62 light units which equates to approximately 30-32 seconds.
Bill ___________________________________ Bill Wolfe Yoteez Screenprinting 141 CR 420 Calhoun City, MS 38916 662-983-8071 business 662-796-3781 fax 662-628-8767 home ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 12:56 PM Subject: [SE-List] Emulsion questions re: PC-701 > Team, > > In my never ending quest to find a good emulsion, I decided to try the > "Image Mate" PC-701 emulsion. I had have great success with a dual cure > products, but I was/am looking for a simpler premix, ling life system with > fast exposure for the UV unit. Their description below was a homerun: > > PC 701 is not only one of the fastest exposing one-parts, but it's the > highest solids content emulsion you'll ever use! The extreme solids > content > of 52% allows you to use minimal coatings for half- tone, white base, and > high density printing. Designed for the textile printer, it has excellent > resistance to plastisol inks. Caution: PC 701 is fast! Testing has shown > PC > 701 to expose more than 3 times faster than other SBQ emulsions - great > for > fluorescent units! > > I tried it and it was a real fast exposure time (for a UV fluorescent > unit) > and cut the time in half! Unbelievable...but, I found that on 158 and 196 > screens the image would blowout during the washout. 110 screens were > perfect. The second oddity was the reclaiming. I purchased the EZSolve > dip > tank system to make life easy in the reclaiming department. This PC-701 > product is doing something very odd, it is coming off the screens in > sheets. > it is like a second skin removing. It is very messy cleanup after the > reclaiming process. I am having a hard time trying to look at the clean > up > verses the fast exposure, but the high screen mesh problem is almost the > nail in the coffin. > > The Questions: > * Is anybody using this product? > * Is there an alternate washout process I should consider for high mesh > screens (w/PC-701)? > * Has anybody experienced this same reclaiming phenomenon? > * Can anybody recommend another emulsion to try? (I'm still searching, > but > recently purchased a test quart of DZ-307 to see what that is all about). > * What is the deal with high solids? I know we reviewed this in GP-101 > but > I have no clue. > > -Joe Russo > RussoCustomTees.com > > _______________________________________________ > Screenprinters mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailinglist.screenprinters.net/mailman/listinfo/screenprinters _______________________________________________ Screenprinters mailing list [email protected] http://mailinglist.screenprinters.net/mailman/listinfo/screenprinters
