Comments on: Screen Printing Overview How To Silk Screen Printing Shirts

By: Svvifty

Svvifty — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:16:41 +0000

i have a question …
i have a question if i drew my multiple color design on a blank sheet of paper am i suppose to transfer it to adobe photo shop or draw it on photoshop?

thx

By: blinkvirus

blinkvirus — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:16:41 +0000

… the silk screen …
… the silk screen material is s
usually nylom mesh. but it comes in different micron sizes so i wouldnt just buy any old mesh. if you go on ryonet’s website, they have some screens on there.

By: hagz4

hagz4 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:16:41 +0000

yes!!! bout the …
yes!!! bout the material which is spread on the silkscreen from the start.,.,

By: Ryonet

Ryonet — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:16:41 +0000

Material? You mean …
Material? You mean like the material of the shirt?

By: hagz4

hagz4 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:16:41 +0000

pls anyone who can …
pls anyone who can give me some detail about material to use?

By: QuinnyGoth

QuinnyGoth — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:16:41 +0000

Can anybody link me …
Can anybody link me to an tutorial of a muti layer/ multi colour screen print process?

By: QuinnyGoth

QuinnyGoth — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:16:41 +0000

Does he leave one …
Does he leave one side of the emulsion on? Or is the mesh stained that colour?

Also does it have to be done in a UV free room? Because I don’t have one of them in my house, can’t I just draw the curtains?

By: rhblakeman

rhblakeman — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:16:41 +0000

A lot of the …
A lot of the emulsion type now can be washed out to recover the screen as well, the old days you cut the screen off and restreched cloth on it and made a new one. We printed onto glass sheets so remakes due to cuts was normal. No flash driers – just racks with fans. No printers, either a photographic Ortho film or hand cut gel on acetate. Very time consuming and lots of dangerous waste including lacquer thinner since we printed with lacquers and washed them out end of shift or end of run.

By: rhblakeman

rhblakeman — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:16:41 +0000

Actually this is …
Actually this is easy, I did commercial screen making in the mid 70′s for Illinois Moulding Co in Chicago and it was a gel coated paper you soaked in potassium dichromate that stained your hands brown then you had to put acetate on top of the gel side, put it on a vacuum table, place the Ortho film positive on top, close the table, vacuum out, expose with a carbon arc lamp. When done you pulled the acetate, put on a screen and rolled, pulled the paper backing, washed then used a blocking varnish

By: ohohohno

ohohohno — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 12:16:41 +0000

wow this is so …
wow this is so complex. everyone i know that does this doesnt work the uv thing