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    Morning guys just a quickie, I am trying to print a stencil using vinyl then applying it to my screen print frame/mesh but after applying my application tape to the vinyl to remove the vinyl backing, then sticking it onto my mesh fram etc, I try pulling the Application tape of but the vinyl comes off with it, no matter how much I press it on with my sqygee it just comes of with the app tape, now the app tape I am using I have now found out that is strong tack so does anyone think using low tack would do the job?? my question is what do you guys use or will I have to get the emulsion sheets and go down that road

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    I've never seen a screen made this way successfully. I make my own screens using emulsion etc. but appreciate this isn't always easy. Do you know any local screen printers that may help you out with a screen?
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    no not really looked in to that deeply, I will however go the way of emulsion screens, and printing out onto transperncy films and see how that goes but thanks for the reply though I have tried a lot of way to get the vinyl to stay on the mesh screen but failed even with low tack app tape so emulsion is the way to go

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    Where in the UK do you get the emulsion from do you know a good palce ?

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    I've only just started but have successfully used vinyl on my first 3 jobs, it works well but emulsion is a better route but im still building my exposure unit hence using the vinyl. I use low tack application tape which leaves the vinyl on the screen no problem. I paid 15 +vat for 1L of emulsion from art2silkscreen.
    No experience with suppliers so don't know if they are any good or not but I got my stuff no problem and the prices were good.

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    have you tried mirroring and putting on the other side of the screen?
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    I mirror the image and stick it to the under side of the screen, seems the better way to go. I can only presume there is something on the screen which stops the vinyl from sticking, have you degreased?
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    Pablo, do it the way jord does and stick the app tape to your jumper or t shirt before putting it on the vinyl to reduce the tack
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    If you have a plotter, and the image text isn't too tiny to cut, try a hand/plotter cut stencil film such as this http://www.ulano.com/knifecut/ulanocut.htm

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