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deathcookie
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Im bored because its summer and I want to start printing  t shirts.  Ive got 2 screen print kits in my basement, and a dry mount printing press.  What is the best way to start  making tees?  Dry mount pressing, iron on prints, or screen printing?
Jul 9 2008 11:23PM
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connoroh
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yo i'm also bored and starting to make shirts. I have a bunch of designs and a screen printing kit.

I'm gonna screen print tomorrow so ill update this thread to show you how it goes.
Jul 9 2008 11:25PM
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skiizy
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screen printing is the best if you only have 1-5 colors, its a ton of fun in general
Jul 9 2008 11:27PM
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tomahawk
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how much are these kits? and are they like huge press iron type things?



i use this silk screening stuff but i use a stencil and its ill.

Jul 9 2008 11:28PM
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connoroh
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incase anyone knows, when your putting the emulsion on the screen, does that along with the drying have to be in pitch black, like everything before burning the image in?

Jul 9 2008 11:31PM
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skiizy
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umm i dont know what their kits are, but what you need consists of screen silk, photo imulsion, a squeegee, a desk lamp, and the fabric ink
Jul 9 2008 11:35PM
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tomahawk
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hmmm well do you think this works decently?

go online
print out what you want onto butcher paper
cut out the picture that you want with an exacto knife
lay it on a shirt and iron on the stencil until it doesnt move
brush on the opaque fabric paint
peel off the stencil and let dry

is this sketch? turns out fine but im not too sure.
Jul 9 2008 11:40PM
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deathcookie
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bump
Jul 10 2008 12:39AM
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FellowJibber
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make some ns ones
Jul 10 2008 1:24AM
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landonn
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this is my moms job, she does advertising and screen printing makes the best quality.
Jul 10 2008 1:32AM
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SHampson
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my mom is kinda in to screen printing, so that's what i do.  damn chemicals didn't work out today, gotta buy more.  but i like that a lot more than iron on bullshit.  looks more professional.
Jul 10 2008 2:04AM
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aznsteeze
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are the screen printing kits really worth it?
cus i tried making a ghetto version.
like basically getting a screen and an embroidery hooop.
and then taking a picture and tracing it,
and then just put some waterproof glue on the screen only on the negatives of the image.
this hasent been working too well.
(very in consistant etc.)
waht kits do you have, speedball?
and is it worth the $50 for the kit?
Jul 10 2008 3:32AM
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OAK_TREE
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screen printing is the shit. I used to do it in high school in our graphics class. It's so fun and the end product is a kick ass shirt or hoodie or whatever your making. def go that route you won't regret it. just make sure your screen is super tight on the frame.
Jul 10 2008 1:20PM
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connoroh
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anyone?
Jul 10 2008 2:41PM
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OAK_TREE
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when putting the emulsion on the screens back in high school we used yellow light for the emulsion we were using but it might be different for different kinds. as for the drying part, just store your screens in a dark place that no light will get in. i hope that answered your questions.
Jul 10 2008 3:07PM
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skiizy
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umm yeah thats sounds sketchy but hey if it works then why not? you should put up pictures demonstrating, i'll give it a shot, and by butcher paper you mean wax paper or something else? sorry it took me awhile my laptop died and i didnt have the charger
Jul 10 2008 6:07PM
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