How to Measure Silk Screen

Submit Your Tip

How to Measure Silk Screen – This is a place for the community to provide tips and advice on How to Measure Silk Screen. This topic was created by Navi 97 and the tips are provided by the community. The tips you add here can be your own or referred from another site. The best tips are then ranked at the top when up-voted by members of the community.

Tip 1 - How to Calculate the Size of Screen Mesh | eHow

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Steve Banta | permalink

Loosely woven, screen mesh is used for screen doors, window screens and camping enclosures. Screen mesh is often made of durable and rust-resistant artificial fibers, but lightweight metal wiring mesh is also available. Determining the size of screen mesh requires you to measure and count the small squares.

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_7435367_calculate-size-screen-mesh.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - How do I determine exposure time for a silkscreen?

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Afua Bromley | permalink

I'm trying to expose a silkscreen with photo-emulsion. I have an LED light (90 w) that is equivalent to a 450W - 500W incandescent light. The light is mounted 18" from the screen. I'm trying to det...

For further reading: http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/13576/how-do-i-determine-exposure-time-for-a-silkscreen ^[2]