emulsion removal
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:33 am
hello, newbie from UK here.
i have a speedball screenprinting kit which includes diazo photo emulsion and remover. i found it really hard to remove all traces of the emulsion - it was coated and left to dry for an hour, exposed for 5 minutes, as much of it rinsed away as possible with a shower head, a print taken (a terrible one) and then i attemped to use the remover by putting it on with a paintbrush on both sides and scrubbing carefully at the screen with a sponge and some lukewarm water. i can still see a very light impression of the image on the screen and the gauze still has the pale blue colour on it from the emulsion (although washing it faded it a lot). is this wrong? i am worried i've ruined my first screen.![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
i have a speedball screenprinting kit which includes diazo photo emulsion and remover. i found it really hard to remove all traces of the emulsion - it was coated and left to dry for an hour, exposed for 5 minutes, as much of it rinsed away as possible with a shower head, a print taken (a terrible one) and then i attemped to use the remover by putting it on with a paintbrush on both sides and scrubbing carefully at the screen with a sponge and some lukewarm water. i can still see a very light impression of the image on the screen and the gauze still has the pale blue colour on it from the emulsion (although washing it faded it a lot). is this wrong? i am worried i've ruined my first screen.
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)