The UV light box is my hand made. The other material is "T-Shirt-Kun" made by TAIYOSEIKI. www.taiyoseiki.com/ (It is sold only in Japan and does not seem to be shipped overseas)
I love how there are thousands of screen printers on youtube who will give you an in-depth look at their process, but this guy comes around and says zero things during his video and I learn a lot . Props to neco, keep up the great work.
Obviously not op but I do this kind of stuff. You're going to need TRANSPARENT printer paper. I use the ones from Michael's that have adhesive, usually used for crafts. They stick onto the silk screen nicely. youll also need a silk screen. Get them from Amazon. Get one of the smaller ones. Next you need to find your design, or make it, and then print it onto your paper. Next buy your emulsion from Amazon. It's from speedball. It's a two step process. It should have two bottles. EMULSION. Then coat your screen with emulsion, spread evenly with a squeegee. Avoid bubbles, don't lay it on too thick but not too thin either. It should look wet. Let it dry flat but suspended. I recommend stacking too boxes on either side and balancing the screen on top. And let dry in a DARK place. Your garage should be fine. Emulsion works by hardening in the sunlight or any light for that matter. It's a thermal process. After it's dry, stick your paper with design onto the front part of the silk screen. That is, the part with the large dip. The flat side should be down against your shirt later in your process. After you have stuck it on youre going to need a light bulb that gets very hot. Either incandescent or something more intense, like outdoor floods. OP used uv lights which also works nicely but you can use a regular lightbulb. It will be less precise though because lightbulbs vary quite a bit. Florescent and LED wont work because they don't get hot!!! Shop lights work well. Just look it up. Position the lightbulb about 1 foot from the screen and leave it. For about 5 minutes. Peel your paper off and spray it with warm water, not hot, but luke warm. Don't spray too hard or you'll take off the design. Spray where your design was and you should see it is slightly lighter than the rest of the screen. That's because it wasn't burned and won't hang on as easily. Use a sock or microfiber cloth to lightly scrub the back of the screen with spraying the front. Then switch sides and repeat. You should end up with a good print. You're also going to need silk screen paint. Speedball also works. You're going to need a squeegee. Tape up the edges around your screen without covering your design. Get a good line of paint across the top of the screen and bring your squeegee up and down, 1. down 2. up 3. down. You don't want to lay it down more than three swipes or your paint will be too thick on the shirt. Usually a 1.2. swipe is fine. Look at the shirt through the paint and see if there are any spots the paint didn't coat on the shirt. Go for the third swipe if there are blank spots. Don't do more than three!!. If there is still a spot you can use a gifit card as a squeegee in a small area.or just fill it in later with a paint brush, (not recommended tbh). IMPORTANT IMPORTANT: PUT A PIECE OF SMALL CARDBOARD OR POSTER PAPER inside shirt before printing. This will keep the ink from seeping through to the other side. Let hang dry for an hour and throw it in the dryer. Or let dry and iron with parchment paper like OP did in the video.
Very immersive and intriguing story, I especially liked the plot twist with the paper glue; Unexpected and just brilliantly thought out. 8.2/10 I want a sequel.
Your video alone should be responsible for an influx of customers to Taiyoseiki. Very nice video, thankyou. I watched it a while ago now, but it really was inspiring to me - And especially to everyone interested in doing small scale projects without starting up a whole T-shirt company.
Hi, do you run into any issue with re-positioning the screen in the frame, after you take it out? I would be worried it would pull differently and distort the design.
@@necotadotcom When I used to do screen printing, I would use reference marks at the corners. If you put tape on the t-shirt where the reference marks are, and print the reference marks onto the tape you can re-align the screen perfectly!
@@tiggerbiggo He was asking about he took out the silk screen and put it back in. Not the reference marks on the t shirt design itself. Like when you stretch a piece of fabric and it distorts. I agree with the first answer. The distortion won't be too drastic unless you're dealing with 'pixel sized' details.
@@dawniebug784 Right, but surely what I suggested would solve both right? That way it doesn't matter exactly how the film is placed in the frame, just align it with the reference marks
it's the standard photo emulsion liquid. You can get specific kinds that setup in different kinds of light. If you've never done it before and don't want the screen cleanings/ drying wait times you can buy screens already coated. I recommend daizo speedball for emulsion easy to use and purchase. Exposure times are short and cleaning is fast. Blick for the ink and speedball for the emulsion.
Well done! Excellent job! Very sharp image! I was on edge when you were applying the paint... 🥺... but the frame didn’t move and you got a very sharp image. You are a master!
It's to solidify the emulsion even more. Notice he takes it out and washes out the design and then puts it back. The emulsion is so sensitive that if he just left it under there the design might not come out as cleanly masked. It's a little extra work but worth it for the tidiness of the design.
@@edearthling9298 Google Chrome on Android has an option to translate that from Japanese to English. 🤷🏽♂️ Edit: here is the link to the frame www.taiyoseiki.com/products/detail.php?product_id=462
Like your creativity, very smooth. So how can we order this kit in the English version, I'm not Asian, makes it difficult to find out more information.
Hey buddy! I'm a screenprinter and I love what you do! Just... How can someone give a thumb down? Great job, great thing to do, great quality... Keep up the good work! Screenprinting is a great thing to do and imo just outstanding and great!
Could you let us know what tools you used to do the silkscreening? The mesh, frame, the type of spray. Did you Kate the box? Or can that be bought? Let us know:-)
yours probably works with UV too, normal incandescent and fluorescent lights also emits UV light, guess he's using pure UV light because its more efficient maybe?
