Screen Print Direct Ecotex L.E.D. - Textile Pure Photopolymer Screen Printing Emulsion (1 Pint)

Worked great

Easy to use especially for beginners. Thick enough to easily handle. I used my son's 20 watt LED blacklight for 20 seconds. Washed out easily in my kitchen sink. I'm just dipping my feet in the screen printing world and this was 100% better than Speedball's Diazio

Saw a lot of negative reviews but maybe they’re just not experienced enough with the process.I exposed 3 screens with a 50w UV led with the recommended 15 seconds and it worked perfectly as directed. Really cut down on waiting time.Will order again when I run out!

Pretty alright emulsion. If you are browsing amazon trying to resupply, I would recommend this product. I gave 3/5 for a couple of reasons. First, their burn time is way off unless you are using the most powerful industrial burner on the market. My exposure unit is a Baselayr X1620 LED Exposure Unit; it is a low grade exposure unit, so its in the same ballpark as alot of DIY setups using LEDs or more advanced halogen light set ups. Anyway, my burn time was 3 min 20 seconds, not close to the 15 seconds I was promised. Another issue with this product is that it is difficult to reclaim. Ive reclaimed screens with 3 different types of emulsion, and this by far was the most difficult. It still is possible, just double whatever your normal amount of time reclaiming is. Finally, this is a very thick emulsion. I had to use about 1.5x-1.75x the pressure when coating the screen to get the same result I normally do with other brands. Overall though, it is a pretty good emulsion, and does deliver a faster burn time than other brands. You just have to mess up a couple times before you succeed. Also, highly recommend buying the quart, as the pint goes quick when you mess a couple up in the beginning.

First of all, YES, This emulsion works.There’s bad reviews on this product, but after using it myself, I can confirm those bad reviews were left by inexperienced, impatient people. So if you have questions about using this product, keep reading.The BIG question is going to be about exposure time, so let me start by saying the recommended exposure time was way way off. I should of been smart enough to just do a exposure test from the start (hint hint) because recommendations are rarely correct, but I nailed it second shot so no loss actually for me.How I achieved success:I used a 1000 watt LED light for 4.5 minutes at 12 inches away. Recommendation was 15 seconds lol. First try, even tho I have a strong light, I knew 15 seconds seemed too good to be true, so I still went 30 seconds and the image washed out instantly. I than knew we were talking minutes for a good exposure. I felt 4.5 minutes based on the first run, and I was correct.I’m going to move the light down to about 6 to 8 inches, and burn for 4 minutes and I think that will be on the money.What you should know:This emulsion is on the thin side.Stir it well.It spreads nicely but the consistency isn’t perfect, some areas appeared to be too thin while other areas were on nicely. In the end it’s all covered fine, just keep an eye out.If you add to much, the emulsion will form drips on the bottom of your screen while drying, because it’s thin. I got quite a few drip spots on my second try, but even were my image was splitting a “drip” area, it DID still wash out fine, but it could have easily ruined the screen, so try not to let that happen.I doubt many of you are using a 1000watt light like mine, so I can only guess times for other lamps. With that being said, I recommend doing a exposure test, free to download and print online.A 500watt LED lamp at 6” away, I’m guessing would be anywhere from 6 to 10 minutes (my GUESS is 6.5 minutes). Any lamp smaller is going to be 10 to 15 minutes for sure. Anything more powerful is going to be in the 2 to 3 minute time I’m guessing.If you achieved a good burn in the recommended “seconds” please share your setup and details. Because I was really hoping this would be a 60 second thing with the lamp I have.