Silk Screen Printing for T-Shirts

http://nomediakings.org/doityourself/howto_silkscreen_posters_and_shirts.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen-printing

http://chrwradio.com/news/spoken_word/audiozine/diy/silk.htm

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2007/07/craft_101_silkscreening.html

http://boingboing.net/2008/08/13/bbtv-howto-guerrilla-1.html

http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/140

http://science.howstuffworks.com/question322.htm

Thank you! thats a lot of info

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Use a 500W halogen about 16-20" above your screen and expose it for about 15-18 minutes. Put a large clean piece of glass over the screen to hold the transparency flat while you expose the screen and you should not have any ghosting.

Soak the screen for a minute before you wash it out with any pressure

soak it for a minute?? .... hmmm, I will try that... It is very curious how delicate this process is. It can have a lot variation if you skip details like pressure on the screen and offcourse time, but now soak for a minute.... do you know why you have to soak for a minute??

yes.. run water onto the screen for a minute.. both sides... it takes a minute for the previously dry screen emulsion to start loosening up enough to break free under high pressure wash so you don't want or need to stress it right away.

By starting with a low pressure rinse, you reduce the likelihood that you will damage the image by blasting away and saying.. "why isn't this rinsing?"

to much pressure too soon on a freshly exposed image can damage the edges very easily.

yes.. there are many little tricks.. easy when you get them.. can be fun too.