what is up everybody Matt with Mikey Designs here we're in the darkroom and
you may have guessed it we're gonna talk about emulsion we'll talk about the
different types and the pros and cons of each be sure to check our description
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welcome back everybody we're going to give a quick rundown of a couple
different types of emulsion there is a third one that we're not including in
this video but the third one is basically a hybrid of these two motions
we have in a shop here now these are emulsions that you do apply with the
scoop coder there is capillary film which is basically a sheet of emulsion
that you you wet your screen down and you plied the sheet but we're not going
to get into that this is the most cost-effective way to cut your screens
and I'll explain the benefits of each one of these emulsions first up to bat
is sbq photo polymer emulsion also just known as photo polymer in motion say
that three times fast great thing about photo polymer emulsion is as fast
exposing it doesn't need an activator it has a long shelf life and they're great
for high production some of the downsides to photo polymer emulsion is
you're gonna have a hard time with half-tones
you'll have to bump up your DPI or your LPI in order to hold those fine
half-tones chances are you're going to lose those one to around 8% dots and
you're 92 and above dots you're gonna have a hard time washing those out all
in all I think this is a great emulsion to have if you just want to have one in
the shop it's not a bad way to go and it's kid-tested and mother-approved
actually no that's that's really not true here's a screen we already put into
production using a photo polymer emulsion and one of the things I forgot
to mention a little earlier is that photo polymer emulsion does tend to have
a higher solids content meaning that with these lower mesh count screens
you're gonna have an easier time just even doing a one in one coat coating
your screens and it having a nice build to it you can actually see that I can
catch my finger on the stencil because it has a nice build up so allow for a
nice and positive ink next up drumroll dyes Oh dual cure emulsion one
of the great things about it it tends to be a little less expensive and you can
hold some great detail especially when it comes to halftone work and it also
allows you a little more room for error if you under expose the dual carry
motion chances are you'll still have a great screen some of the downsides are
it will take you longer to expose screens it'll take you about three times
as long to expose a screen but it all pays off in the fact that you get
greater to tell this emulsion does require an activator it comes with a
little bottle they fill up water that has a powder activator in it and you
have to thoroughly mix everything together not so much the case with
photopolymer another downside is you generally have about a month to three
months as you can see we've mixed ours back in December it's still working
great but it's probably on its last leg this one will keep you in the shop
longer that's for sure although you'll create some really cool halftone prints
here are a couple examples of screens that I did using the don't cure
die as Oh emulsion and you can see hopefully hopefully I can get this to
catch some of the detail but you can see how it really held some of those
halftone dots quite nicely and these are some screens are prepared for
promotional just kind of giveaways and it's got a nice gradient in the
background this will be a four color process print but hopefully you can
really see the do tell that is in there how nice to
have tones are this example over here is just a single spot color let me see if I
can get this thing zoom in or focus there we go
and one of the things about these dual carry mulch ins is at least a thinner
layer of emulsion in this example I can even catch my finger on the graphics so
it leaves a pretty thin coat of emulsion which makes it a little bit better for
detail thanks for tuning in guys that's about it this subject can get
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