Silk Shade printing is commonly used by artists and shirt designers.
Silk Shade printing, or seriography, was aboriginal used in out of date China approximately 1000 A.D. Thanks to then, it has been used enclosing the globe and was much a commonplace printing mode until the unpunctual 20th century, when personal computer technology principally took over the mechanism. Screen printing is much a habitual mode with artists and immature independent clothes manufacturers.
Although it is not a tough advance to perform in your own national, Shade printing is lifetime consuming and requires in fact a plenty of time and instruments to organic able-bodied.
Instructions
Preparing the Design
1. Build a ornament to be printed, using conception software on a personal computer.
16. Apply a generous amount of printing ink below your pattern.17.Drag the ink across the screen using a squeegee so it prints onto the object and allow to dry.18.
Print the designs on transparencies for the actual printing channels. Most latest printers can print on to these.
Preparing the Screen
4. Disinfected the screen using a Shade degreaser, brush and baptize. Spare the Shade to dry completely.
5. Cover both sides of the screen in UV sensitive emulsion using the scoop coater that comes with the screen press. To protect the emulsion, do this in a darkened room.
6. Allow the emulsion to dry completely.
Combining Artwork and Screen
7. Place the design transparency onto the screen so it lies upside down and back to front as you look at it. This will make it print the right way round.
8. Tape the transparency in place with clear tape so it does not move during printing.
9. Place the screen on top of a large piece of black paper and 12 inches below a 150W light bulb.
10. Leave the screen under the light bulb for between 10 and 20 minutes. The larger the design, the longer the exposure time.
11. Wash off the emulsion so you are left with the design on the screen, and allow to dry completely.
12. Repeat for all individual color elements of the design.
Printing the Design
13. Set up the screen in the press and adjust the height of the press so it sits about 1/8 inch above what you are printing onto.
14. Tape up the edge of the screen so paint does not seep through.
15. Place the cloth you are printing onto a flat surface, ensuring it is flat and that the design will appear as you want it to. Perform a trial run using an old shirt before trying it for real.
2. Seperate the colours into layers on the pc. This is so Everyone express colour can be printed independently.3.
Repeat these steps for any additional color designs you are also adding.
