Dropped $85 on a 160 mesh screen and 3 yards of silk, turns out the cheap hobby lobby frame worked better for my band tees | DIY Screen Printing - Guest Forum
Did you at least keep the receipt for that screen? I dropped like $60 on some fancy mesh once thinking I'd become a pro printer overnight, and my first pull looked like a raccoon sneezed on the shirt. Meanwhile my $12 frame from the craft store has cranked out like 40 band tees without a single tear. Sometimes the cheap stuff just works and the expensive stuff sits in a corner judging you.