Editing Exposing Screens (section)

== Process ==

* Place screen under lamp.
** Attach lamp to armature and arrange it such that it is the correct height above the horizontal surface.
** Tape down black paper to flat surface. 
** Turn off lights in the room with the exposing table. Turn on red lamp.
** Place the screen on the black paper, flat side down.
* Place transparency on screen.
** Place transparency face down on scrap paper so that the image is backwards.
** Spray the transparency lightly. Spray it away from everything; spray mount is impossible to clean up. 
** Wait 30-45 seconds. 
** Gently press the image down on the "back" of the screen (the side that gets the ink applied to it). Looking at the back of the screen, the image should read correctly (not be reversed).
** Place the glass on top of the transparency. Try to arrange it so the edge of the glass lands beyond the area of the screen that has emulsion on it. Otherwise the emulsion under the edge of the glass gets exposed at a different rate from everything else and doesn't clean out neatly.
* Expose the screen.
** Turn on the lamp and start the timer.
** After time is up, turn off exposing lamp. It's ok to turn on overhead lights. 
* Clean out emulsion from screen.
** Clean out the screen right away.
** Gently coat both sides of the screen with water. 
** Go back and apply the highest pressure jet of water possible to the entire surface of emulsion on both sides of the screen. Clean off any bubbles. Continue applying jet of water until the emulsion is washed out of the image on the screen.
** Gently dry off the screen with a [http://www.amazon.com/Trader-Joes-Reusable-KITCHEN-CLOTH/dp/B008ACX7IM kitchen cloth] or paper towel.
* Dry the screen.
** Let the screen dry thoroughly before doing anything with it. 
** It's fine to have it exposed to light at this point.
* Fill in uncoated areas of the screen.