What You Will Need:
Screen Frame – You can make or purchase one of these.
Strong wood and carpentry tools if you are planning on making the frame.
Mesh – You can use various fabrics – Cotton organdie, nylon or silk, it is important to use the correct mesh to suit the fabric being printed. Use a high mesh number for fine fabrics and a lower mesh for coarser fabrics.
Squeegee – Used to screen the dye onto the fabric, it should have a handle, a rubber edge and fit inside the dimensions of the screen.
Spray Gun – Used for background and stencil dying.
Waxed Stencil Paper – Used for sprayed designs.
Stencil Film- A coated translucent paper with a removable backing sheet that sticks to the screen printing frame.
Staple Gun – Drawing pins will work just as well. Used to attach the gauze to the frame and the padding to the printing frame.
Scouring Powder – For cleaning the screen.
Sticky tape and brown gummed paper strip – Used for masking the designs.
Stencil Knife – Should have a fine, sharp blade.
Tissue Paper and cardboard – Used to protect the screen and stencil when they are being ironed.
Methylated Spirits – Remove the stencil.
The fabric used is polyester cotton sheeting.
Making a Screen :-
To make a screen you need to consider the design and add 15 cm (6ins), around all edges. Glue the frame together using a strong wood glue, plane and sand all the edges until smooth. The side pieces should be bevelled so that a minimum contact is made with the table.
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