This is exactly what I was looking for and I’m honestly surprised this isn’t covered more broadly in the xTool community. Thanks for the clear and succinct tutorial!

@aheathphoto

3 ай бұрын

You're welcome. I am glad that this helped.

@jjuanguevara1

3 ай бұрын

Because they want you to buy more meshes from them instead of doing them yourself.

This video is gold. I have the xtool D1 20W Pro and wanted to get this kit but they were saying we couldn't re-use the screens, which is insane. This shows there's hope! Thanks :)

I knew there had to be a way to do this. Thanks for sharing your process!

Thank You for this immaculate video! Keep Striving!

Thank you for making this video! I've been eyeing the xTool system for a while and thought it seemed super wasteful/expensive to have to buy new screens from them all the time. Seeing your video has definitely given me confidence in being able to do this a lot more cost effectively and actually have an idea of what I"m doing!

@jrhodes3216

Ай бұрын

Allll of this ☝️☝️ awesome tool but paying $$$ for screens seemed completely wasteful. Thank you for this!! I feel much better getting my own now!

Great video. Thank you

Thank You very much man! Your tutorial is what I was looking for! It took a lot of research to get to you, I appreciate your input because of course a new screen is always the best way but giving it a little extra life comes always handy. Warm regards ✌🏿

@aheathphoto

4 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! I hope this helps you get more life out of your screens.

Great video! I was waiting for someone to show the process even though I'll probably be too lazy to do it myself… ;-)

@aheathphoto

4 ай бұрын

haha. It's def a process. I finally got an order of new screens. But I am still going to be reusing them until I can't. Those things are expensive!

@ulaB

4 ай бұрын

@@aheathphoto True. I was expecting them to be around $ 6ish, but with $10 now per screen it's a little steep.

@ulaB

4 ай бұрын

Looking at the scorch marks on the screen I'm also expecting them to burn through at some point.

@aheathphoto

4 ай бұрын

I haven't had them cut though yet. I do engrave at a low power, I have seen where people have set their power too high, especially if they are using a 40w and burn through on the first run. @@ulaB

Thank you for this! I’m so glad I can reuse the screens! Do you have any tips on making an actual print? This is my first time and I had a lot of trouble getting the ink to flood the whole image despite testing varying amounts of ink quantities :( we’re using the water based inks the kit came with

You should definitely wear sunglasses when working with the UV lamp.

This is amazing! Do you have a suggestions for what parameters (speed, power, etc.) to enter into xTool CreativeSpace for hand-coated screens? (And for the pre-coated screens, for that matter?) Or do you use the defaults for Screenprinting/100 count mesh?

@aheathphoto

16 күн бұрын

I used the defaults for the 100 count mesh and I slowed my speed down about 10% and then the power up by 10%. The hard part is it’s different for each laser. I’m using a D1 pro 40w laser. I recommend doing a test speed/power print.

Thanks for the video. Do you have a link to the trough you used to apply the emulsion?

@aheathphoto

4 ай бұрын

I don't recall the exact videos I watched to learn how to apply the emulation. I searched KZread for videos on how to apply emulsion for screen printing. There are a lot of them out there.

How detailed have you managed to get your images on the Xtool? I'm really tempted to get one, but haven't seen anyone produce more than blocky logo art yet

@aheathphoto

3 ай бұрын

You can get pretty detailed. You can't do gradients really unless you convert it to halftones. You can see some of the stuff I made on my website at freeshrugsofficial.com. You can get better detailed than using a vinyl cutter for sure. It's just as good of quality as regular screen printing from what I have tested. The only downside is you're limited to about a 11" width image due to the frame size.

Thanks for sharing. (You need a bigger place! ;) )

@aheathphoto

3 ай бұрын

Haha. Yes I do!

Use heat to fix them. Heat n stretch.

your poor carpet

@aheathphoto

4 ай бұрын

Haha. That’s why I have the crummy blanket on the ground.