Is it common practice to use fingerprint plates only one time?

[Floeckchen]

Hello everyone,
how often do you use your fingerprint plates?
Do you wash them and use them for diffrent aniliox, colors, customers?

Is washing and sending the cliche back a standard process for you and your customers? And do you double wash them to be sure?

Is there a point where you draw the line and you cant use them anymore?

Greetings

 

[SteveSuffRIT]

Cost of flexo plates is expensive compared to offset litho.
Fingerprint plates certainly won't have any wear on them.
Double wash is a good idea but make sure they are completely dry and slip sheeted before storage.
How certain are you a new set of plates are repeatable?