Ecotex® PWR Screen Printing Emulsion (Pint - 16oz.) Pre - Sensitized Photo Emulsion for Silk Screens and Fabric - for Screen Printing Plastisol Ink and Water Based Ink, Screen Printing Supplies

Been using this emulsion exclusively for past couple of years. I get fast exposures with a 500W halogen lamp. It has a long shelf life, not indefinite, but if you're making screens regularly, it normally doesn't go bad. I did have it fail after freezing once, so if you workspace is unheated, bring it inside in the winter. I usually do smaller shirt orders, like 50-100, and it holds up just fine. Washes out of old screens easily with cheap emulsion remover.

Great product! Easy to use for beginners like me!

I'm new to screen printing and when I first tried to use this emulsion, I failed miserably in so many ways. After much trial and error and so many messed up screens I have a system that works for me perfectly every time and I wanted to share it to hopefully save people some headaches.1. Apply emulsion in a dark room, making sure it is smooth without drips. I use a headlamp with a red light setting so I can see.2. Let the emulsion dry in a dark place where it will see no light. I usually go for 24 hours, but as long as it is not sticky to the touch it should be fine.3. Print your image on transparency paper. I print it twice and put the papers together to make sure light does not get through.4. Put the transparency paper on the side of the screen you will put against the shirt (or whatever you are printing on) and make sure the image is backwards so it will be correct when you flip the screen over. This is also a good time to think about the orientation and placement of the image on the screen so it will be easy to screen print later. Once the transparency paper is in place, set something clear over it, I use a piece of glass I got from a picture frame. Make sure your images are lined up and you did not bump them.5. Put something black under the screen so you don't get reflection.6. Using a 500 watt halogen yellow construction light (the standard yellow light you see everywhere) 18" over the screen and make sure it stays in place. Turn on the light for 4 minutes.7. Before exposing the screen to any light put the screen under a shower or sink and get the areas wet where the images should be and let it sit for about 5 minutes to help it soften. Now you can run water over the screen and very lightly use your fingers to rub the areas to clear out the image. I do this on both sides until the image is very clearly clean of emulsion. I don't like to use a pressure washer, the sink works perfectly.That's it!

I've tried doing exposure tests... I've coated my screen like 5-8 different times, doing different exposure times for my specific 500W LED lamp. Not a single one has given me good results. The emulsion is SO hard to wash out, even at a very low exposure time. It takes scrubbing and scrubbing, and I guess my exposure times are way too low, because after scrubbing, the design is scrapped away. I tried higher exposure times and then the design just DOESN'T come out at all... even with a pressure washer. Haven't been able to use this emulsion at all yet because of all the trial and error it is giving me.The ONE good thing about this emulsion is that it's very, very easy to clean off your screen while using emulsion remover. That is it.

I liked the consistency and viscosity of the emulsion. I had to figure out how long to expose the screen and it was 28 seconds with 2 100watt blacklights about 24 inches high. although I struggled and I did not like how it spread across the screen when applying and kept getting heavy drips and uneven coating-could be me and not the emulsion but that is what happened. also left large side drips-I used a 15 inch long scoop on a 20 inch wide screen. I go it much more even after about 10 screens-less or even light pressure seemed to work better for a more even coat.The emulsion worked fine for exposing and details and printed well-but my image was not extremely detailed-there was some one inch text- when it cametime to clean the screens it was very plastic and I could pull of large dried pieces from screen.

Just started using this emulsion and I’m new to burning silk screens in general. I was getting frustrated because my first two attempts were over exposed (30 seconds and 12 seconds). My first burn should have been an exposure test…my bad. This emulsion processes fast. I did a stepped 1 to 7 second test and by far the 1 second test turned out the best. Screen is still wet in pic but you can see how cleanly the thinner line washed out on the bottom. Great detail and washed out easily. I’m using a small/cheap 8x10 frame with 110 mesh and this exposure unit: https://a.co/d/fZMn2aM.

New to screen printing but this was recommended for water based ink.Had a hard time figuring out the exposure because it exposed so fast.Exposure time on white 230 mesh was <2 seconds with the light 14" from the screen.I used a 50w LED UV light purchased on Amazon for about $40 with a stand.Seems to hold small details really well with the Anthem exposure calculator sheet (even scaled down to fit within print region).Washing out required the pressure washer even with the ecotex emulsion remover.

Great product