Check out the other videos I have on silk screening: • How To Silk Screen This is the first video in a new/ re-done series so once or twice a week I will be posting a new. next step in the proccess of silk screening
It would nice if the poster could explain the mixing of the emultion with the other chemical, amounts ,,actually showing how to mix. Waterbased? the T-shirt printed will not loose the print after washing and drying ?
Awesome! I'm getting a screenprinting kit for Christmas and your videos help so much! Thanks! Oh yeah, everyone saying "this doesn't work, don't listen to him" Sive's a boss. He prints MANY stickers and shirts using this method. So, seriously, there are different ways to do this. There's MI wrong and right way.
Only because it works, does not mean it's the right way to go. You wouldn't drive on the motorway in first gear, would you? And if you are going to learn how to silk screen print, then please learn it the right way and then start experimenting, not the other way around. Coating professionally is even much much easier and yields much better quality! So I don't get your argument at all. Some issues I see: He wastes so much emulsion. I can do four or five screens with the amount he wastes using this technique. Not only applying the emulsion, but he will also wash away half of it *after* exposing. Beside that, those screen take probably 8 times longer to dry than with a proper coating. He's making a good mess. With a scoop coater and good technique, you can coat a screen with only a few drops dropping on the ground. The emulsion is too thick and you risk that it just falls off when printing. The layer should be wafer-thin.
If youre looking for a good introduction into screen printing, buy the speedball starter kit. Also, using a straight edge and a large fiji bottle you can make a perfectly good scoop coater. too much emulsion
I doesn't have to be a darkroom.With most of the emulsions you can do the coating in normal, not too bright room lighting (artificial light, no sunlight). 2-3 minutes under such lighting won't do any harm. Of course it is advisable to place the silkscreen in a dark place immediately after it's coated. PCB making diazo photoresists (like Positiv 20) exhibit similar characteristics.
@ sive no awake is right the emulsion is suppose to be in a dark room tho i dont have a dark room i just close everything down and really dont let light hit my screen but another thing get a scoop coater the way your doing it, your wasting to much emulsion and too many drips that wasnt a good way to apply emulsion your suppose to coat it down to up with the coat 1 back side 1 front side and another 1 back side that works well for me anyhow hope this helps in your silkscreening :)
Thanks for the videos, they are really helping. I see how to Modge Podge is definitely cheaper, quicker, and easier. I was thinking of starting off there, but after watch more videos on how to use emulsion I feel that I could skip the easier steps and just try out the higher quality screen making method since I don't need them in a pressing amount of time. would you say that it's still worth doing the modge podge way just for the sake of learning and practice?
I just got a speedball intermediate screen printing set. If I am just using vinyl stencils on it do I have to put the emulsion on it and how often do I need to apply the emulsion? thanks
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So, for the life of me, off all the steps, I cannot use a squeegee to spread the emulsion. No matter what I do, it stays where it lands and when I try and spread it with the squeegee, the emulsion dosn'rt move, no matter what angle I scrap at. HELP!
@@S1VE That was what I learned on, same issue. There is always at least one empty patch on every screen that I cannot cover no matter ho many times I go over it--whcih then builds too many layers. my only solution was to try and cover it with my fingers. Disappointing because I was ecited about my design ideas but this screenprinting thing just not working for me I have wasted so many screens. But thanks fortaking the time to respond
He is preparing a silkscreen. This is the first step --- you coat the entire screen with a photosensitive emulsion. When the emulsion is dry, you lay your image (on a transparency) on the screen and expose the whole shebang to light. Wherever the light hits, the emulsion will harden (like those drops on his desk, but hopefully in a thin, even coat on your screen) and your image blocks the light in it's shape; you then wash off the emulsion that didn't harden (because it was under your image), you are left with a screen that will only let ink through in the shape of your image. And for the people who are complaining about this tutorial-- it's helpful to those of us who don't have a scoop coater!
Dino Hafian - it is best to apply the emulsion in a dimly lit room, especially if you're a beginner and don't move quickly (if you have access to a photography dark room, that is great. I just work in my basement with as few lights on as possible). Once the emulsion is evenly applied, you'll want to set it to dry someplace very dark. Since I work in my basement, I prop my screen on a crate with a fan underneath, and I make a blanket fort over it to help ensure nobody accidentally exposes my drying screen by flipping on the lights ;-)
Who cares if he dosent get up some people do stickers and some people get up. Its all about what you want. Also i bet he makes better stickers than you even when he uses crayolas. If your a rich kid and get molotows for everything nice job but most of us arent rich.And you think he wastes paint? He has a better style than you. Put up videos of your style and then start talking
