Rabu, 19 November 2014

Homemade Process From Custom Screen Printing Services

By Ida Dorsey


There are so many ways in having your shirts printed with designs or illustrations on them. But then again, you would want to do it on your own since having it from shops doing it for you might be fast and easy but can come at a price. If you are a person who likes to make your own craft, then this could be very useful for you.

One of the many inexpensive procedures is for silk screen printing. There are many custom screen printing services in Fort Worth TX and other cities which they can do any design that you want without having to be through bulk orders. This is why small scale printing can be done easily, especially just by yourself.

The general idea for this process is through coating photo emulsion on the screens and then place a printed image from a clear sheet on it then exposing it to light. This is like cutting the emulsion with the design from the print. This is where you place the ink on the shirt through this hole design.

The materials you need are just a few. You need screens with a frame, and then a photo emulsion which comes with a sensitizer, for lighting you need a bulb for an evenly spread exposure which should be fifty watts, and lastly a pair of gloves. Also, the room you are using must be pitch black.

Additional stuff you need is of course a squeegee for splaying the paint all over the shirt through the screens, and then an article of clothing you want to be printed. The good thing about doing this on your own is personalization. This makes you free to do whatever you want with the design and other customizations you want.

First, have the screens set up in the frame evenly and tightly. Apply the emulsion which comes in two parts which is the sensitizer and the and the main emulsion. Lay on a garbage bag below it and then start spreading the mixture using a squeegee. Make sure it is even and it comes in a thin layer.

Leave the screens in a pitch black room for two hours to let it dry. After that, without turning the lights on yet, lay over the design printed out from a transparency sheet over the screens then taping it with a masking tape. This process is like cutting out the image on the screen.

Do this for fifteen minutes before turning on the lights. Do not peel it completely just yet, take a look first if the cut out is faint enough before deciding to peel off the print out. Be careful not to overexpose it or the image would bleed over the screen.

Clean it with water and let it dry before placing it over the cloth. Make sure it is aligned well and that the cloth has a cardboard behind it. Pour the ink and spread it with the help of the squeegee and press it well and slide it in various directions to level the layer. Carefully take the screen out and let it dry.




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