Reusing xTool Screen Printing Screens - Emulsioning an Xtool Screen

I bought my xTool Screen Printer through their kickstarter campaign. So I had it quite some time before new screens became available. I figured out how to reuse the screens by removing and reapplying emulsion to the screens. This video is my walkthrough on my process. Below are some of the materials I mentioned in the video I used to do this.
20W UV Resin Curing Light - www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZG1GBVW?...
Ecotex® PWR Water Resistant Screen Printing Emulsion - screenprintdirect.com/collect...
Ecotex® Screen Printing Emulsion Remover - screenprintdirect.com/collect...
What I forgot to mention in the video is you should never in any of the drying processes use a heat gun or high heat dryer to dry your screens. It will warm the metal mesh and make it unusable.I hope this video helps. Please leave comments if you have any questions or suggestions on how you have made the most out of your Xtool Screens.
Also, It's a good idea to run a power and speed test array on your screen once you have done this as your settings with the original screen won't always work the same.

[@scottmay8986]

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

[@jojolee9486]

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]

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

[@jjuanguevara1]

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

[@SongsReimaginedForYou]

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 :)

[@artissins]

Thank You for this immaculate video! Keep Striving!

[@paploothepirate]

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]

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

[@mixelincito]

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]

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

[@nelliewarriner6171]

Great video. Thank you

[@ManiBlacktiger7]

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

[@Tankwiper]

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

[@ulaB]

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

[@aheathphoto]

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]

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

[@ulaB]

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

[@aheathphoto]

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

[@steveray5288]

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

[@aheathphoto]

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

[@jjuanguevara1]

Use heat to fix them. Heat n stretch.

[@curckcurtis]

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

[@aheathphoto]

Haha. Yes I do!

[@OccasionalWoodcraft]

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]

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.

[@dw6521]

your poor carpet

[@aheathphoto]

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