Screenprinting: How/what

Super Cameraman · Post by **Super Cameraman** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:41 pm

I just got a screenprinting kit!

In case you don't know, screenprinting is the process where you use a silk screen to print designs on fabrics, or paper and stuff.

In case you do know, how do I do it?! I'm using photo emulsion, and it seems really complicated. What's the activator for? How do I use it? How do I clean the screen!

And another thing, what should I make as my first shirt? I was thinking a Tetris piece, and then I thought I wanted my logo, (See my avatar) but I really don't know! Would the design from Jimmy Neutron's shirt be too... geeky? I also thought about video game sprites, but they need to be red blue or silver, because those are all the colors I have.

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myuusmeow · Post by **myuusmeow** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:02 pm

I'd pay so much to have that on a shirt.

Post by **bicostp** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:08 pm

Who was it, you or Marshall, that made the "This shirt isn't from Abercrombie so I guess I'm not cool" design? You should make one of those.

Here's a tutorial:

http://www.usscatastrophe.com/zettwoch/silkscreen.html

@ myuusmeow: willitblend.com is hilarious!

Super Cameraman · Post by **Super Cameraman** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:04 pm

Yeah that was me... I just don't want to break any copyright infringements... Or get beat up.

I have enough colors for a sprite from Galaga... Beam me up?

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EDIT: Wow, great link! Thanks a lot!

Human smoke.... don't breath this.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:11 am

I'd pay for that!

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:43 am

project_failure wrote:

I'd pay for that!

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:23 am

[points]I knew you were really trying to sell us stuff![/points]

I think i will get one.

dman762000 · Post by **dman762000** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:36 am

yeah dude doing this just for one shirt is not really worth it, my family had a screenprinting business while I was growing up and going through the trouble of making a screen is really not worth just one shirt, now the system we used was a lot more complicated than what you have (im guessing, as you probably didnt spend $5000 on a printing machine) but I can tell you a few hints, use uv lights to burn your screens as the uv does a much better job than white lite, also as far as copyright goes it is a real simple thing, just change the font used for the copyrighted name, if you are wanting to do that "abercrombie" thing then all you have to is make enough of a change so that it is not just like the copyrighted material (we used to do this with bart simpson shirts and G&R shirts) We would change the skin tone of a character (bart) or the detailing (the cross from g&r's appitite for destruction) and that was enough to beat copyright infringement, as far as what you have for the abercrombie shirt, it is not a exact copy of any abercrombie copyrighted material so it should be ok and as you are not using the store's entire name then you are also in the clear.

Super Cameraman · Post by **Super Cameraman** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:50 pm

Well, I guess it is a lot of work for one shirt, but I already have a screen. It came prebuilt, and I think it's pretty nice. (This is the first silkscreen I've ever seen, so I'm not really sure what "pretty nice" is, but oh well.)

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dj-spuddy · Post by **dj-spuddy** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:24 am

I watched this quite some time ago and nearly had a go myself -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_8IMx0uMo