Exposure Lamp Screen Printing

In a light safe environment center bulb directly above the middle of the screen at a height of 12 15 inches.

Exposure lamp screen printing.

Since traditional high uv light sources metal halide and mercury vapor lamps for home made exposure units are becoming harder to find we have found some led lights sources that are affordable safe to use and will work effectively for exposing screens. At ryonet we carry full lines of quality exposure units for both big and small screen printing projects. Move the paper to expose more of the image each time. 10 19 minutes for full exposure.

3 7 out of 5 stars 57. Source a light fixture to power bulb. They allow crisp high quality and professional looking exposures in a lightweight and budget friendly package. Direct capillary and indirect multi spectrum metal halide uv screen exposure lamp is easy to access and change point light source provides maximum collimation and optimum coverage to hold fine lines and dots during screen exposure.

Expose the screen for the amount of time you came up with in step 3. They undercut details with long exposures. Our exposure units are made in the us with high quality aluminum and thick foam. Types of exposure lamps as previously explained the ideal light for screen exposures is one that is rich in ultra violet uv light.

4 5 out of 5 stars 3 033. 15watt florescent uv tube exposure system very different bulb than the poster lamps beginner small hand shop ok for plastisol. The cheap way to do a test wedge. The higher your bulb is the longer your exposure time and the more coverage to the screen.

Multi point metal halide uv screen exposure lamps excel on all emulsions. At american screen printing association we get lots of inquiries about using led light from people who are building their own exposure units. But they are low cost to purchase and readily available. Woods 0165 brooder lamp with bulb guard 10 5 inch reflector and 6 foot cord 250 watt 18 2 sjtw 0.

Thick stencils are very difficult. To expose a screen. Get it as soon as tue sep 22. Tape the calculator to screen and cover all but the first row with thick opaque paper.

Fluorescent and halogen lights are low in uv light. The benefit of this test is you only have to expose once and the strip lets different levels of light hit the screen. Long exposures even with the fastest emulsions. Free shipping by amazon.

1 16 of 436 results for screen printing lamp speedball diazo light kit. Take construction paper and do 4 5 different exposures. Move the thick opaque paper down to where it is covering all but the first 2 rows.