Exposure Lamp Screen Printing

Our exposure units are made in the us with high quality aluminum and thick foam.

Exposure lamp screen printing.

Free shipping by amazon. Expose the screen for the amount of time you came up with in step 3. The benefit of this test is you only have to expose once and the strip lets different levels of light hit the screen. Multi point metal halide uv screen exposure lamps excel on all emulsions.

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. This is why most low cost exposure units have them as a light source. Thick stencils are very difficult. 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.

Move the thick opaque paper down to where it is covering all but the first 2 rows. Take construction paper and do 4 5 different exposures. 4 5 out of 5 stars 3 033. In a light safe environment center bulb directly above the middle of the screen at a height of 12 15 inches.

Move the paper to expose more of the image each time. The higher your bulb is the longer your exposure time and the more coverage to the screen. At ryonet we carry full lines of quality exposure units for both big and small screen printing projects. Get it as soon as tue sep 22.

The cheap way to do a test wedge. Woods 0165 brooder lamp with bulb guard 10 5 inch reflector and 6 foot cord 250 watt 18 2 sjtw 0. Types of exposure lamps as previously explained the ideal light for screen exposures is one that is rich in ultra violet uv light. Long exposures even with the fastest emulsions.

But they are low cost to purchase and readily available. 1 16 of 436 results for screen printing lamp speedball diazo light kit. At the end you will have 4 5 different exposure times. Fluorescent and halogen lights are low in uv light.

15watt florescent uv tube exposure system very different bulb than the poster lamps beginner small hand shop ok for plastisol. At american screen printing association we get lots of inquiries about using led light from people who are building their own exposure units. They undercut details with long exposures. Expose the screen for the amount of time you came up with in step 3 again.

Source a light fixture to power bulb. They allow crisp high quality and professional looking exposures in a lightweight and budget friendly package. Tape the calculator to screen and cover all but the first row with thick opaque paper.