Want to Learn How to Screen Print T-Shirts?

Introduction: Are you currently attempting to begin a screen printing business or desire to learn to screen print to help you print your personal shirts but don't understand how or don't know how to start? First thing you may wish to do is gain the knowledge of knowing how to screen print before doing anything.  transparent lcd screen printing is a skill, so don't get discouraged if you do not fully understand the terminology. When you begin your adventures in screen printing a lot of the techniques and practices involved for printing shirts will get easier to complete over time. Trial and error appears to be the best teacher and if you get stuck on a technique or printing method just head to places like YouTube and chat forums for help.

Difficulty: Moderately easy

Items needed: waterbased inks or plastisol inks, screen printing equipment, a thumb dryer or heat gun, a source of light specifically UV exposure unit, apparel to print on, tape, a printer and computer or black magic marker and transparency sheets, a squeege and clean workspace.

Steps: 1. Create a image with a dark marker on transparency sheets or print your image from a design program like Corel Draw to a transparency sheet.
2. Search for the screen printing equipment that fits your needs.
3. Purchase you screen printing equipment.
4. emulsion your screens and let them dry.
5. burn your images into the screens with your images on transparency sheets and taped to the front side of the screen.
6. Expose the image to UV light for 6 minutes utilising the UV light exposure unit.
7. clean away exposed emulsion from the exposure of UV light with water.
8. tape up the screen and lock to the fasteners supplied with the print set up.
9. apply along with of ink.
10. print image onto the fabric.
11. dry until steam rises off the ink or it's cured.

Overall Tips:

When applying pressure together with your squeege to the screen be sure that your tilting the squeege at a 45% angle.
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-- Be sure that you produce a good fast clean swipe of the ink together with your squeege.
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-- Be sure that all sides of the screen are taped up so that ink doesn't run through the screen and onto the fabric.

Overall Warnings: Do not let your ink set on the screens for to long. Clean all screens of ink after use of printing.

If you want information on how to screen print and how to start reference the links below: