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| exxon |
 Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:35 pm |
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Location: Tyler Texas
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I know that the emoltion needs to dry in a dark room but what is the minimum time for it to dry . I usually let it dry overnight but this can be a problem because of work and all. Please let me know any info!  |
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| nevarestin |
| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:17 pm |
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Joined: 16 Sep 2004
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Location: Eastwood NY
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| I coat screens, put them infront of a fan and somtimes expose them in about a half hour. if its dry , its dry. a half hour is pushin' it a bit but it dosent need to sit for any length of time. |
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| Five Points Skateboards |
| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:36 am |
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Location: Columbus, OH
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| I coat mine, stick them in a box and let them dry over night, and burn them the next day |
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| newrepublicsteve |
| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:11 pm |
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Location: Birmingham
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I coat mine, leave set drying print side down with 2 fand and a dehumidifier
ready to burn in about 30 minutes using qx-1
a new name for an old ulano product
have yet to have a mis burn, even with highg end half tones, and it costa about 50.00 a gallon, half the price of what I used to use... |
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| Fool's Gold |
| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:08 pm |
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Location: Ontario Canada
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| Defstar, did you use to use QTX? I got sent a couple of quarts of QX-1 as a sample from a company up here. I haven't had any time to test it out, but if you switched from QTX what changed as far as times and such |
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| newrepublicsteve |
| Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:15 pm |
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no I used qfx....
more expensive then qtx and I had better luck with it for solvents
as for time the info that came with it listed the burn time as being almost 25% short then with qfx
I use 2 500 watt (home depot 10.00 special) halogens, and was getting 8 minute burns with qfx, and I'm getting 7 with qx-1 and 6 for halftones
I have not had a single bad screen yet with it.... |
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| Fool's Gold |
| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:11 am |
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Location: Ontario Canada
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| cool. I am planning to switch, we do so many screens that the cost isn't really the issue (we probably get 120 screens out of a gallon) but I hear that the qx1 has better resistance to waterbased and solvents . . . |
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| newrepublicsteve |
| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:18 am |
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Location: Birmingham
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we get about the same amount of screens per gallon, but if you go from emulsion costs being a dollar a screen to 50 cents....
you bottom line will look a lot better
and like I said it works fine with solvents, I do about 15 sticker jobs a week using gv series inks and 9700 and it delivers great half tones
I don't do any water based yet so I can't comment on those |
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