Tee shirt printing has been vastly popular since pop culture references and other types of media has influenced it. There are so many inexpensive ways in achieving this, and it is to each their own techniques. But what is special to this is that any person, provided with the right materials and knowledge, can do this themselves.
This time though is for silk screens. You can freely do custom screen printing services in Fort Worth TX and any other places that offer this. Mostly they can give customers services that does not have to be in bulk, and this is quite an advantage for their businesses. Although you can actually do the same.
The basic process for this silk screen printing is that a photo emulsion is spread on the screens and then with the cutting out of the design, it uses the print outs from a clear paper. This way the design is sort of imprinted on the photo emulsion and makes the holes of the screens. This is where the paint can be spread over it to print on the shirt.
What is needed is a screen frame which can be about fourteen dollars, photo emulsion and sensitizer which goes about to twenty dollars, a two hundred and fifty watts bulb which might be around four dollars, and then a pair of latex gloves. You need to have a room that can be pitch black. This is for the exposure process of the screens.
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.
To prepare the design of the screens, you need to first setup the frame and screens and make sure they are tightly placed. Then you add and splay over the photo emulsion which should be mixed in with the sensitizer. Use the squeegee to evenly spread it. Make sure that the covered area is twice the size of the design to leave room for it.
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.
Let it stay there for fifteen minutes and then turn the lamp on and take a peek before peeling it out completely. The cut out should be faint, but if it is not enough, let it stay on longer for a few more minutes. Do not overexpose this or else the image would tend to bleed over the screen.
Clean the screens off with running water until the dried emulsion on the design or the cut out parts are completely gone. Let it dry and lay it over the shirt with the cardboard inside it. Apply the ink over it and spread it using a squeegee over different directions, making sure it is evenly spread. Carefully take it out and let it dry.
This time though is for silk screens. You can freely do custom screen printing services in Fort Worth TX and any other places that offer this. Mostly they can give customers services that does not have to be in bulk, and this is quite an advantage for their businesses. Although you can actually do the same.
The basic process for this silk screen printing is that a photo emulsion is spread on the screens and then with the cutting out of the design, it uses the print outs from a clear paper. This way the design is sort of imprinted on the photo emulsion and makes the holes of the screens. This is where the paint can be spread over it to print on the shirt.
What is needed is a screen frame which can be about fourteen dollars, photo emulsion and sensitizer which goes about to twenty dollars, a two hundred and fifty watts bulb which might be around four dollars, and then a pair of latex gloves. You need to have a room that can be pitch black. This is for the exposure process of the screens.
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.
To prepare the design of the screens, you need to first setup the frame and screens and make sure they are tightly placed. Then you add and splay over the photo emulsion which should be mixed in with the sensitizer. Use the squeegee to evenly spread it. Make sure that the covered area is twice the size of the design to leave room for it.
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.
Let it stay there for fifteen minutes and then turn the lamp on and take a peek before peeling it out completely. The cut out should be faint, but if it is not enough, let it stay on longer for a few more minutes. Do not overexpose this or else the image would tend to bleed over the screen.
Clean the screens off with running water until the dried emulsion on the design or the cut out parts are completely gone. Let it dry and lay it over the shirt with the cardboard inside it. Apply the ink over it and spread it using a squeegee over different directions, making sure it is evenly spread. Carefully take it out and let it dry.
