DIY: How To Burn a Silkscreen and Print at Home 

Stick some quarters to the bottom of your frame so your screen does not touch the fabric - it's called off-contact and gives you sharper prints. Flood the screen first with ink to load up the mesh with ink, then push down and make a firm and positive stroke along the length of the screen with your squeegie until you see the mesh of your design in the screen empty of ink - then you know the ink is on the fabric without moving the the screen If you have confusion about where to stick your positive (the transparency with black printer ink), look through the top of your screen in the well where the ink will go and it will help you stick it the right way. Use a yellow bug light bulb to see what you are doing before you expose your emulsion while you are sticking your positive to the screen - yellow light should not expose the emulsion. White light will, so only use white light when you are ready to expose your emulsion. Emulsion can take overnight to dry in high humid areas - a dehumidifier will really help. If your emulsion is not dry it won't form crosslinks and wash out cleanly, giving you rough edges to your print. If you can't make a good screen - try doubling up your positive by sticking two together with double sided tape. Sometimes printers do not put enough ink down and the light from your exposure bulb can still pass through. Doubling up can stop this from happening and help with washing out. As soon as you start washing out your screen - you should see your design appear as a lighter colour emulsion. rinse gently for a minute and it should suddenly just fall away from the screen. Use the correct emulsion for the correct ink - waterbased ink can wash out standard emulsion. Waterbased ink is like plastisol ink in that it also needs heat to cure so it won't wash out..

They left out the fact that you need to place the image on the screen backwards so when you print it won't be actually backwards

Way easier to follow than all the other screen printing videos out there. Great for a beginner. Thank you wired.

it works a WHOLE lot better if you can get the ink in 1 or 2 passes in the same direction. Clamp the screen to the the table with the item underneath if you have to. Then press down as hard as you can on the squeegee and pull it towards you, not away from you. That way you're using the stronger muscle group. Also, make sure you get the squeegee the same size as the screen and you wont have to wipe twice.

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what is the red bulb for?

Yay now I can start a struggling punk band 😮‍💨

Thank you! I'm so inspired now! 💯☮️

I want to make a screen like this to paint I-Go boards!

Can you use usual printer paper and ink for image printing?

Can somebody tell me the size of the second squeegee that she uses thanks

How did you know I'm in a struggling punk band

How do I print out a design I made on my P.C? What I mean is how do I print a photo onto the trasparacy paper

You need hinges to hold the frame still

how come you have 517,772 subscribers- 8,187 views and just 21 comments?? (Not including me)

I resent the punk comments, but appreciate the information.

I did this is like... Kindergarten

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you haveno idea how much videos. how many hours. how many days, and weeks i spent. trying to learn where tf i start first. at first it was, you gotta burn your screen, then it was, get your emulsion set up, your gonna need laser vullen, get opaque paper put it over the scree. i had no idea where tf to start and every youtuber was basically telling me to buy a bunch of stuff. now. here i am spending 2 minutes to watch(and rewatch to make sure i got every point down) and WOW what do you know? i didnt need wood, emulsion calculator, ect ect. this mf video took 1 minute to fully explain the starting process of screen printing. by god i love wired bruh. i love whoever made this thank you so much.. now i can rest in peace knowing i know exactly what i have to get

I love how simple and cool this vid is. Yeah Im ready to start a struggling punk band

You can use vinyl instead of the photo resist if you have a cutter like a cricket or silhouette. Also, I heard you can put a pane of glass over your print to hold it down evenly so you down get a shadow effect.

it would be nice if you WENT INTO PRINTING ON TRANSPARENCY PAPER, WHAT PAPER, SHOW THE PAPER, ok thanks!

I like that you introduce all the materials and equipment one by one at the beginning of the video! So nice and friendly.

They also forgot to mention that your ink will probably wash out if you don't cure it.

What kind of emulsion is needed for the coating

I loved it, BUT what about the step 3?!

I'm a silkscreen printer for some years, and see this video hurt my eyes.

I forgot how to do it

45 minute exposure time ?

I'm having an issue with the image not ever transferring onto the emulsion covered silk screen. I've tried buying new emulsion 3 times and have tried over 7 times and I can't seem to get the image to burn through it. Does anyone have any tips for what I could be focused on to get this correct? Its something I'm passionate about and I want to get it right, but discouraging that each time I try it doesn't come out! :(

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Wow, in under 2 mins you taught me what several friends who screen print wouldn't share or couldn't teach in over 30 years lol. THANKYOU SO MUCH!

did I miss what she said about the red bulb? I only heard her reference the 150 watt bulb in the lamp for exposing the transparency image.

can i use any transparent paper? like laminating film? or there is specific paper?

Bro was that it? You get an F. Whatever your day job is go back to doing that

Me watching this in a struggling punk band- 😞

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Nicely explained! Thanks a lot!

Yall didnt have to go so hard with that last sentence

45 mins?

69 comment 😼

Video was very helpful

Woahhh. Its a pretty legit punk band to you

it's pretty fun to pro t shirts out like this

I'd rather buy the merch.

What printer is ok to use for transparency film

Having trouble with how I get the image I want to screen. How do you burn the screen?

What can I do to remove print from screen ?

That is too much work for 4 bags. I am going to get a t-shirt company to do it for me and I will save so much more time and money.