Screen Printing
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- ricstultz0
Dob,s I'm working/thinking on setting up a screenprint studio in my basement... maybe mid December after I get some other stuff settled.
lets hook it up in the MLK.
- mrdobolina0
ric, sounds dope. I have a flash dryer for curing plastisol ink if you are interested in it. Id probably be willing to get rid of it. I have to peep the condition of it after these other dude's borrowed it.
Neuarmy, those are dope.
- mrdobolina0
Bonseff, I still have last year's card on a shelf at home, next to my pop-apart taiwanese paper models!
- ricstultz0
Actually dude, I don't think I'll need it... Im going a different route. screen printing oils over my paintings... doing a combo type thing.
Kinda new idea I've been cookin up.
maybe some posters too.
- mrdobolina0
damn sounds cool!
I have 4 sets of hinge clamps at my mom's crib too.
- ricstultz0
yeah, I gotta get myself some clamps, a sturdy table, some screen, and a bright ass bulb and I'm ready to go.
I worked in commercial screenprinting for 4 years... I'm hyped to get back into the trade.
Oh and normal acrylic ink will work fine on untreated sanded wood. A little bit of bleeding... harder woods are better. but after that just throw some polyurethane on it and you're set dude.
- BonSeff0
guys wanna set up a print exchange when we get things rollin?
- mrdobolina0
I'm down. I will trade with any of you guys. Stultz isnt going to give up those sweet paintings though ;)
- mrdobolina0
Ric, do you just need 1 set of hinge clamps?
- ricstultz0
yeah, just one set of hinge clamps. Im mounting them to an old table top or something.
I gotta figure out how to stretch some screen tho. I have some awesome oak frames.. any suggestions? where I worked we had a machine that did it...
I'm down to trade off some prints... no problem... I'll propablly hold on to the paintings tho.
- mrdobolina0
Ric, I could probably serve you up some hinge clamps, email me your address. I will mail them to you.
- ricstultz0
Bonseff, best way I found for registering is first to print on top of acetate.
Tape down the acetate on one side, print on it. Then register the images and clean screens to that.
Flip the acetate over when you're ready to print and the tape wil keep it in place.does that make sense?
- ricstultz0
Really Dobs, that'd be ace!
I'll have to buy you a beer for em.
- BonSeff0
yeah, thats how i do it. i stoled a roll from art school back in 97. i still have about half a roll
haha
- ricstultz0
oh right on bonseff, I didn't pick them that up from above. figured it was pretty standard practice... butcha never know.
cheers.
- mrdobolina0
no problem ric.
- BonSeff0
one shortcut i did start doing is not tabbing my paper anymore.
i get paper from a cool print rep and he cuts em nice and even for me. so i just make a nice L pattern on the table with chunks of matte board. it works so much better for me than tabbing. more accurate imo
- ricstultz0
bonseff, I do the same thang.
tabbing is just a pain in the ass...
- BonSeff0
my friend chad adds in about 2 inches on the width of his paper and has his paper guy drill a couple holes and uses the aluminum pins. same thing as tabbing i guess. then he trims the excess width after printing.
sound like a solid plan. i havent tried that yet.
- mrdobolina0
I have never painted on paper before, only on t-shirts and I printed some Miller High Life dart board cases at an old job.