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[ThePrintLife]

Printing with water based ink, A real pain but I haven't given up yet. Still gotta work out some of the kinks,

[nuxboxen]

Cam: I took a cheap Harbor Freight leaf blower, ditched the long nozzle part and made a mount so that it mounts to the wall about 5' off the ground blowing horizontally away from the wall. After I'm done with a screen in the washout booth I wipe down the frame with a towell and then blow the screen with the leaf blower. The screen will be 90 percent dry within seconds, the only downside is that it's noisy.

[raybeer]

The residue in the mesh is from an underexposed screen, it will always find itself into the open mesh. Either, raise the exposure time or coat the mesh thinner or/and after the screen is dry (i always dry screens with a hairdrier anyway) ..give it another quick sponge down both sides and dry again before setting up. Just dont dry it in the sun..that can lead to trouble even with residue (i call it snail trails cos thats what it looks like when you catch it in the light).

[palomaortiz]

This video was so helpful....we have been struggling with our damn screens clogging on a 3 color set up. And hearing everyone using an air compressor gun to remove debris was a great tip. Thanks! We love The Print Life, over here in Oregon at Sister Screening. 🖤

[darknytestudios]

Gotta be honest Cam, I like the changes you made to your format. The little green screen work, and the voice overs make me laugh quite a bit. It's nice to see the little quirks that come up. Thanks for putting it up, really dig the design too.

[KeeponCreatingTV]

Agree with using the reg system, I use my tri lock for everything, means I don’t have to move boards around constantly and the print is always in the right place.

[enzprintco.]

Cam, use the dang compressor! But I highly suggest an oil and water trap. That’s what car painters use. If water or oil get to the paint gun, there will be fisheyes in the paint job...so the oil and water trap is key. Just be sure and drain the traps once in a while :)

[barlowjmb]

I just found your channel. Your design and the amount of work this took was insane.

[samdean]

Get an in-line filter for your air compressor also Drain the tank once a week or so! Idk who really said that because if that was the case you wouldn’t have to use air tool oil for your pneumatic tools lol my air
Compressor is my best friend never had an issue! Glad to see the videos back at it dude! Most entertaining screen printing Chanel 😂

[clharv]

I had good luck taking some reclaimer on a rag and dabbing it on the problem area then spraying it out again worked great.

[jamieleinbach]

Hey Cam!! I don’t really have any hard water issues in Portland, our water is pretty soft but I rinse the hell outta my screens after degreasing and kinda spin it around to shake off any excess water better laying flat to dry. On press, I am constantly misting the flooded screens so they don’t dry up. Sometimes I’ll print on a dummy shirt to clear it mid run if needed. Awesome video, bad ass print! 🤘🏼

[inklabdesigns]

Props for dealing with these frustrations way better than I do.

[roderickmcclendon]

thanks man your video was very educational. I have a apparel company and im looking to start screen printing myself

[Handbrake_honeyy]

All i want for christmas is to go to Arizona and shadow cam for a week! Im 100% self taught through this channel. So THANK YOU 💜

[inkingsink]

Great vlog Cam..!!


To keep debris out of clean screens after reclaiming and degreasing I box them. This sounds crazy maybe but in an effort to have top quality stencils I do not coat them until the day before the job when possible and try not to keep emulsion that has not been exposed on screens more than a few days - after they dry overnight I rebox them (and feel the cardboard helps absorb even more moisture because here in South Florida we have high humidity). It's been working great BUT you have to really be on top of your management game. Funny thing is if your not and you coat right away you still end up not having a screen when you need it. This forces the issue and decreases waste.


For the humidity issue in Phoenix I may be talking out my butt because I haven't tried it but a million years ago I was into aquariums and terrariums. In the pet trade they used to have automatic terrarium misters/sprayers that were programmable (both in volume and in how often they spray).. They were inexpensive. I'm sure they are much more advanced now. I think I would try that and a hygrometer to measure humidity and try and get a good balance - the smaller the area and the less moving air the easier it would be to control but at the very least make sure the shop door is down. Maybe you could maintain a workable balance? Anyway just a thought for what it's worth..

[jacobbrodka]

To help prevent screen gunk instead of putting the wet freshly cleaned screen directly in your rack where it lays flat and water will puddle leave it up at an angle for a few minutes first so the water can runoff to the bottom off the screen this preventing the water from drying on the design and causing hard water stains. I use to have the same problem until i started leaving my screens in the rinse tub for 5 minutes before putting into the rack. Havent had a single hard spot since starting that practice.

[destroyallmerch]

What up Cam! So I force dry all my screens with an $18 box fan from Home Depot. It works pretty well, you just gotta make sure you have a clean, dust free environment so random crud doesn’t get stuck to the emulsion while it’s wet. But for the most, force drying eliminates any chance or scum or water bs.

[spRas_]

For water-based, keep a damp rag and periodically wipe the screen after printing (without flooding) to reopen the stencil before the dry ink builds up. Make sure you dry it well before you print again.

[khero]

i usually wipe bottom of the screen with semi-wet sponge and clean with dyr cloth. keep doing that after several pass. it works everytime :)

[scudboy]

Try using a shop vac with a wide flat attachment. It works like a charm.