[Amps] Amp Faceplates

[Will Matney]

Jim,

The high-res screen will work with the inks they have, but those are hard to use. They said they were hard to develop where the plastic wanted to stick to the tighter mesh. The other thing is they require more pressure on the squeegee (which I misspelled a while ago). I doubt a spray type paint would go through that at all like a stencil where it 200 thread count. I would question it going through the low-res stuff at 110 thread count. They recommend to use high-res on hard surfaces like we would use. Then I noted they said it may not be any good for PC boards, but I think that had to do with double side registration. They also show a fixer under the inks, but never tell where it's used. Is it to fix the screen after it's developed, or fix the ink after a print? It may be a good idea to try the low-res kit they have but it's around $35 if I remember. They suggest using a lamp they sell for developing, and I suggest this too as daylight sun conditions vary way too much. How many truely sunny days do we get? The lamp though is about $65. This reminds me of the same process used in developing PC boards in a way using the lamp for its UV rays. I have tried the positive acting board system and like it, and this is a similar thing the way it acts. The plastic is on the screen here where it's on the PC board the other way. Really, I think you could use the low-res screen on hard materials by using a soft touch on the squeegee. It may bleed a little but that might be worth the aggravation of the high-res all together. Then again, the low-res may work ok if the ink is thick enough. They call it paint in places but I've always heard it called ink in the screen printing business. One last thing, the metallic inks wont go through the high-res screen. I may try this myself down the road. If any here do, please post it so we know if it's any good.

Best,

Will


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On 4/28/06 at 5:47 PM jkearman at att.net wrote:

>Thanks, Will. I was wondering if the silk mesh, especially the high-res
>stuff, might fill up with paint before you got a good covering.
>
>73,
>
>Jim, KR1S
>http://kr1s.kearman.com/
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