Screen reclaiming and haze.

Reclaiming is the sequence that turns a printed screen back into a blank one: ink cleaner, then stencil remover to strip the emulsion, then a haze remover for whatever the first two left. Haze is the ghost of the last job, ink pigment and emulsion residue stained into the mesh threads. Pigment stain is usually cosmetic, while residue haze comes from emulsion that was underexposed or never fully washed out, and that kind changes how the next coat sits over the area and can print as a faint outline. The caustic dehazers strong enough to shift a locked-in stain will also eat a fine mesh if left on too long, which turns a screen you were rescuing into a frame you are re-stretching.