Making a Photopolymer plate for letterpress

[isis416]

Thank you, I have been trying to get to the bottom of how they get the deep impressions from letterpress printing :) Great video!

[Ombad]

is the photopolymer plate giving the deboss effect like original plate?

[itsfancy]

@Ombad the photopolymer is raised. It will deboss the paper once the press makes an impression. You can set your press to just kiss the paper or leave a hard deep impression.

[dalighire]

Hi Itsfancy. Thanks sooo much for this great video. I'm considering getting into letterpress and have been researching for probably 4 hours. FINALLY found your post. :D Nice!

savethedatestickers ~ Deb



[itsfancy]

@dalighire glad you liked it! If you have any questions please feel free to post them.

[malithpramoda]

can u let us know the what are the related web sites about this field??

for self study.

thanks a lot for your video :) :)

[sumenemsay]

Hi, i`m going to make a homemade lightbox table for exposing the photopolymer plates. Can i use the 20 watts uv lamps instead of the 40 watts uv lamps?

They cost half the price were i live.

I just have to increase the exposure time right?

Thank you for this video!!

[itsfancy]

@sumenemsay for my light box I used what ever was available at the hardware store or Walmart. You just need to adjust your exposure time.

[sumenemsay]

@itsfancy that`s what i thought.

Thanks! ! !

:)

[Coraxo333]

It is best if after washup the plate, you expose the plate to the UV light again to ensure that the polymer is cured and it also gives a longer run life to the plate. Just a tip, thats usually how I do it, just another minute or two should do the trick.

[itsfancy]

@Coraxo333 ya you finish up the plate after it is completely dry with double the initial exposure time.

[retour78]

cant see anything on that plate

[itsfancy]

did you not watch the washout? That is where the negative on the plate is revealed.

[bricology]

You can see the printing area at 8:21-23.

[emygorf]

helpful. nice to see your studio as well. thanks for mentioning where to get the supplies as well.

[itsfancy]

It is not super in depth but it at least gives people the main info! Glad you liked it.

[NADIATAYA]

thank you for this