So far I’m loving my Yudu machine! (Click Here and Here to read about my purchase)

The photo above is my latest project, which is a design called Mestiza and printed using Fuschia waterbased ink.

If you have a Yudu machine or have been contemplating purchasing one, then you know that the emulsion sheets are pretty darn pricey.  They come two to a pack and average out to about $8-$10 each, depending on where you purchase it.  If you’re lucky and you have a 40-50% coupon at Joann’s, AC Moore or Michael’s, you may be lucky to pick them up at $11 or so for a pack of two, but good luck finding them the emulsion in stock!  None of the locations I’ve gone to around here have them in stock at all, and the store clerks and reps I ask have no idea what I’m talking about.

But you don’t have to use Yudu’s emulsion sheets.  There are two other options:

• alternative emulsion sheets (aka capillary films), such as Magna/Cure 50 or Magna/Cure 70 sheets or Ulano CDF-5VT capillary films
• emulsion liquid, such as Ulano Emulsion (I think you would use Ulano Fotocoat TZ, but I’m not 100% sure) or Speedball Diazo Photo Emulsion (which I use and highly recommend!)

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