Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Materials required for screen printing.

You will need these materials:
1-Mesh screen: Depending on where your appliying your design(t-shirts, napkins, hats etc...) and the size of the design the mesh may vary.
2-Squeegee: The squeegee has to match the size of the screen, I mean not bigger than screen, if not the process will be harder.
2-Emulsion: Theres a lot of different emulsions out there the one I recomend is photo emulsion sold in any art store.
3-Clear tape: To secure your art to the screen.
4-Dark room: A dark closet or room with enough space.
5-Lamp: Any type will do. Bulbs has to be of more than 100w.
6-Water sprayer: This is to rinse the extra emulsion from your screen.
The nice thing about all this is that is at a low cost to you. Average price ranges from $31.99-$77.97(speedball starting kit in Amazon.com)