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Elevate your screen printing with premium pre-stretched aluminum screens crafted for superior performance and reliability. Baselayr offers an extensive collection of aluminum screens tailored to meet your exact needs, with options in mesh count, frame size, and mesh color.
Our aluminum frames stand out for their exceptional durability, longevity, and ability to hold superior tension, ensuring consistently sharp and precise prints. Every frame is meticulously constructed from the highest-grade aluminum and expertly hand-welded in the USA to deliver unmatched quality. Designed to withstand exposure to water in dip tanks and washout sinks, these frames maintain their perfectly flat structure for thousands of flawless prints. Additionally, their lightweight design not only enhances usability but also keeps shipping costs to a minimum.
The 110 mesh count is will lay down a fairly thick layer of ink. This mesh is great for block text letters and larger spot color designs. It’s also a recommended mesh for an underbase because you will only have to do one pass, which speeds up production.
125 mesh is one of the most commonly mesh sizes in screen printing. It works great for printing white ink and other colored inks that have a thicker viscosity. This mesh is great for block text letters and larger spot color designs.
158 mesh (previously 156) is great for general purpose textile printing with basic to semi-fine detail. They will hold a little finer detail than 110 mesh and also work well with thinner inks.
196 mesh (previously 200) are great for printing more detailed prints that need a thinner layer of ink to be laid down than a 158. They work well with thinner inks and helps to keep the inks from flooding onto the garment. Printers that want a softer-hand feel with plastisol ink can use this mesh count to achieve that feel, but it may reduce the ink's opacity.
The 230 mesh screens are great for printing thinner inks like discharge or water-based. A 230 mesh can hold halftones well while letting more ink through than a 305 mesh could.
The 280 mesh screens are great for printing thinner inks like discharge or water-based. A 280 mesh can hold halftones well while letting more ink through than a 305 mesh could.
305 mesh is used for jobs with the highest level of detail, and fine halftone four color and simulated process prints. Fine halftone dots need very high mesh counts in order to hold and expose properly. Otherwise, as stated before, the halftones and lines will simply fall through the mesh, leaving you with a less than desirable image to work with. Check out this blog to learn more about mesh counts and their uses.
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