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    Yes you can use cut vinyl when exposing screens - you can use a number of things but I still use clear acetates printed with a laser printer.

    I used to do work for a guy who supplied his own print ready artwork and that's what it was - black sign vinyl cut on a plotter and weeded. The end results weren't as good as a posi due to the plotter not cutting perfectly, and also the thickness of the vinyl effected the exposure - but it does work. For very short runs of plastisol you'll get away with applying the vinyl to the screen direct, no exposure needed.

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    yes you can ...... i had an issue with my printer not wanting to take the acetates correctly so i decided to cut out of black vinyl in reverse and attach the vinyl to a clear acetate then laid this on the screen covered with a sheet of glass placed under a 500w lamp at a height of 24inchs for 25mins and came out perfect i used a plotter to cut the image first.

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    Hi Astroid - this thread/post is over 4 years old - I think the OP may have the answer by now - lol.

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    i know but i was looking for the same answer which i could'nt find so i thought i would post so any one else wanting to try can without spending hrs looking on the net

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    Very good point - more info cannot be a bad thing.

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    I actually plan to use Vinyl as a stencil on a screen insteal of the UV coating, i think it can work with basic shapes like Fonts etc.. Just a cheap way of screen printing at home with water absed inks i would say.

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