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So you got this job that requires a stencil thickness of 10 microns. How do you know if the stencil is going to work? Put your eye as close as possible to it? Scratch it with your fingernail? Just put it on the press an hope for the best?
A controlled stencil is extremely [...]
Man, it’s humid! You know, if you are hot and sweaty,
chances are your screens are breaking down. Maybe your inkjet positive are
sticking to the bottom of your screen after exposure. When you try to remove it
the black stays on the screen. The screen will process ok, but the positive [...]
It isn’t really a matter of a good screen going bad, as much as a bad screen being used. Bad screens are just…bad. If allowed onto the press they affect print quality. Print quality can be broken down into a couple areas. Such as: resolution, and ink deposit. However, one area that is over-looked in many shops is [...]
Continue Reading →Finally! Summer is here. Warm weather, green grass, golf and fishing, fun in the sun, as long as you are on vacation,that is. For a screen maker summer weather usually means more stencil problems. Why so? you say. Summer weather as nice as it is, also increases the humidity. Humidity can cause a stencil to breakdown. [...]
Continue Reading →Welcome to Chromaline Labs. Our intent is to use this blog as way to communicate about our progress, our excitement, our successes, our frustration, our trajectory toward changing the way screen printing stencil products perform. We’re in the midst of building real momentum in the realm of product development and we realize that the best [...]
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