Comments on: Reclaiming Screen Printing Screens-Stencil Remover Versus Bleach http://www.screen-printing-t-shirts.com/reclaiming-screen-printing-screens-stencil-remover-versus-bleach.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:57:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Rob http://www.screen-printing-t-shirts.com/reclaiming-screen-printing-screens-stencil-remover-versus-bleach.html#comment-9253 Rob Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:29:18 +0000 http://www.screen-printing-t-shirts.com/stencil-remover-versus-bleach.html#comment-9253 I am not sure if stencil remover is different than emulsion remover. But the stencil remover remover worked great. You need to blush it on, and leave it sit for 10 minutes. Then spray the screen with hot water. I use a hose/garden sprayer that allows me to select different spray patterns. I use the flat pattern which is pretty strong. So after you let the stencil remover work on the emulsion for a little while spray the emulsion with a strong focused blast of hot water (don't scauld yourself in the process). It might take repeated efforts to get the stuff all off. Also, it sounds like you may have put the emulsion on too thick! You only need a thin coat. Try using a scoop coater! I am not sure if stencil remover is different than emulsion remover. But the stencil remover remover worked great. You need to blush it on, and leave it sit for 10 minutes. Then spray the screen with hot water. I use a hose/garden sprayer that allows me to select different spray patterns. I use the flat pattern which is pretty strong. So after you let the stencil remover work on the emulsion for a little while spray the emulsion with a strong focused blast of hot water (don’t scauld yourself in the process). It might take repeated efforts to get the stuff all off.

Also, it sounds like you may have put the emulsion on too thick! You only need a thin coat. Try using a scoop coater!

]]> By: mark http://www.screen-printing-t-shirts.com/reclaiming-screen-printing-screens-stencil-remover-versus-bleach.html#comment-9252 mark Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:00:26 +0000 http://www.screen-printing-t-shirts.com/stencil-remover-versus-bleach.html#comment-9252 I tried to reclaim some screens with a mix of bleach and emulsion remover (as is didn't have enough emulsion remover). It worked a little but the screens were far from fully reclaimed. When I came back to it with emulsion remover a week or so later it was hard as a rock. Any ideas? I tried to reclaim some screens with a mix of bleach and emulsion remover (as is didn’t have enough emulsion remover). It worked a little but the screens were far from fully reclaimed. When I came back to it with emulsion remover a week or so later it was hard as a rock. Any ideas?

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