old school silkscreening
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- tashtego0
brilliant, thanks for the help and videos....
- if you want to avoid a mess of emulsion on your floor just layout some cardboard.lackofcolor
- BonSeff0
dude, there is no mess with coating the screens, it is super easy. but if you dont want to do it yourself, do what i used to do, contact a local-yocal t-shirt printer guy in your town and have them do it for you. i went that route for years. a dude would prepare my screens for 12 bucks. i would just hand him my stencils and a my old screens.
- mcLeod0
I coat all of my screens by hand and I do make a mess from time to time which is why my setup is in my basement. a scoop coater helps to keep the mess to a minimum.
- tashtego0
thanks so much for these tips, keep them comin'! especially for silkscreening on fabric)
has anyone here ever ordered silkscreens pre-coated with photo-emulsion gel, or is that something best done by your own hands? i'm just thinking about the time-saving, and sparing my bathroom from the insane mess i make when coating silkscreens...
- pre-coated? I don't know anyone who does that...unless you go to a shop and they do everything for youand knock it out.marchelo
- BonSeff0
imma junkie. only print on paper though, mainly because the water-based inks clean up easily. a friend was asking about a set up so i documented what i do. a lot of the info i learned from the gigposters forum above. it is such a good resource.
- sounds like you're blitzed towards the end of the clipimnotadesigner
- mcLeod0
buy a speedball kit. its good for starting out. check out the gigposters forums http://www.gigposters.com/forums…
- tashtego
anyone here still do ye olde silkscreening? gettin' you hands dirty with photo emulsion gel? specifically, anyone out there silkscreen on fabric, and could you share some tips?
thanks!