Using an iron with Dry stencils

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Using an iron with Dry stencils

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Hi. Is it possible to use a household iron with your dry stencils?
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Actually according to this, you can.

RHINOSCREEN-CH DRY STEN CIL FIL M

RhinoScreen-CH is a dry stencil film phenomenon. It is a highly efficient stencil making system that
eliminates the need for a film positive, emulsion, capillary film, exposure, processing and drying
time. For hobbyists and craftsters, this translates to simple, easy design creation to project
completion in just 2 steps. And the only materials needed are a computer, a printer, a heat press, a
regular iron, RhinoScreen-CH and the project media (t-shirt, shorts, bib, card stock, hoodie, handbag,
etc.).

Recommended Laser Printers: Go Uno, OKI Data (all models), Xante (all models)

Procedure:
Using a laser printer, adjust the settings to the following:
1. Manual bypass tray
2. Heavy or Thick paper setting
3. High Resolution setting

Procedure to Create Stencil:
1. Create art work; convert the image to a negative image. Important - this is the laser print that
will become your stencil.
2. Using a laser printer or copier, print image on the coated side of the paper identified as the

Image Sheet.
3. Feed paper into the copier or printer with the short dimension first.

Transfer to Screen:
1. Place pre-stretched screen upside down over a firm platform.
2. Place printed image in position on the screen. If you are doing a multi color project, this step
must be repeated for each color.
3. With an iron set to the highest temperature (turn steam setting off), iron the transfer for 90
seconds with firm pressure.

4. After ironing for 90 seconds, let the paper cool to the touch (approximately 1.5 minutes). Peel
the paper carrier off the screen leaving the stencil mounted to the screen.
5. Using packing or masking tape, cover the rest of the screen to block the ink from penetrating
the mesh.
6. You are now ready to print. With squeegee ready, place a bead of water based ink onto the
screen and begin printing process.

Stencil Removal:
1. Card the excess ink out of the screen so that it can be used for another project.
2. Using RhinoClean SW220 Screen Press Wash to remove the remaining residue of ink off the
screen.
3. Apply RhinoClean SWS210 Stencil Remover; rub onto the stencil surface until the stencil
dissolves.
4. Rinse with water and dry.
5. Your screen is now clean and ready to be reused for future projects.
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Re: Using an iron with Dry stencils

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Thanks for question...... and answer from Jonathan. Check out the youtube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxve1RU7seg.

Hope this helps!

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Re: Using an iron with Dry stencils

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Oh that is cool. Great video, thanks for posting!
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Re: Using an iron with Dry stencils

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Hi,

I even want to give a feedback to the Rhinotech Stencil Film CH. I am not a professionell screen printer but I consistently get in contact with screen printing since I am working as a designer. So I was searching serveral techniques to make nice screens wihtout a big studio. This week I tried a normal stencil film like UlanoCUT Green and even the more easier way with Rhinotech Stencil Film CH.

Actually I have no 100% good result. I use a color laser printer (Konica-Minolte QMS 7450) and common iron with max. heat. first I tried a four times (90 sec.) to iron the stencil on the screen, but just 50 % of the toner was stuck on the screen. Even there where pinholes everywhere so the screen was useless.

After a tipp from Chris Skarstad from Rhinotech to use a really hard surface under the screen to iron on, the result was a bit better. But I can't work with it.

Now my question: Mostly everbody speaks about monochrome printers. Could it be, that the color laser toner doesn't work or very bad?

I will check a copy shop to get an monochrome print, if this works I am considering to buy one of this lowbudget printers:
OKI b401, Brother HL-2250DN

Has anybody of you one of these printers to work with?

Thanks and Kind regards from Austria
Alex

PS: Hope I will get a perfect result soon and Rhinotech products available in Europe!
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I have had the best results with a heat press and the laser printers used by RhinoTech. I know I couldn’t do it with my old Samsung mono black printer or the HP piece of junk I have. Never buy HP printers. It’s a joke... they don’t even make the drivers work correctly and you always need a patch.

But even with the heat press I had to fine tune my times and pressures. It’s very critical.

This is the laser printer I recommend for all of the RT transfer products I sell currently.

http://catspitscreenprintsupply.com/go- ... n-printer/
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Re: Using an iron with Dry stencils

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I know this GO UNO LED Printer from the Rhinotech videos, but I can't invest that price. They even recommend OKI and Brother printers, so I will try the OKI 401b.
Even I am not willing to buy a heat press in my case. May be later if I found a used one. I just want to print one or two shirts for my own. So the way with the iron should be the best for me.

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Re: Using an iron with Dry stencils

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Can the CH paper be used with plastisol inks? I have tried the regular dry emulsion paper and the step of marrying the image sheet to the transfer sheet is my biggest issue--no good results so far. This is using an OkiData b4600.
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Yes, you can use the dry stencil with plastisol and water based inks.

The process can be fussy and it takes a bit of dialing in to get it to work perfectly. You'll have to spend some sheets in testing to get there. It's the nature of the beast.
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Re: Using an iron with Dry stencils

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I have been in contact with RhinoTech and they have indicated that the CH stencil (the one that adheres to the screen sans intermediate marrying step) does not last long with plastisol because it's designed for water-based ink. You are indicating the opposite. I am almost two full orders of the standard dry emulsion paper in (30 sheets), and I've yet to produce a screen I can drag a squeegee over....very frustrating. I have experimented with test strips to gauge temperature, pressure, and time, yet have not been able to produce anything near what's been shown via YouTube.
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