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terrible results using screen print please help!!
I bought a screen printing set for £70.00 (system 3) in order to fulfill a desperate order for 20 tees. I had some text to go on the back. i made the screen by using a cutter and making a vinyl stencil, carfully weeding and then sticking the vinyl on the mesh. then i use drawing fluid to paint in the vinyl stencil what i want and screen block the rest. I tried printing the first tee and it came out terrible. it was unclear, dirty and didnt print properly. why did this happen?? I later tried a new screen with only the vinyl stencil on the mesh and paint on the mesh using a brush (dabbing the stencil). still disappointing. so as a last resort i tried the squeege and still no luck!! is it because of the mesh size or something?? Please help!!
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3 Replies
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Hi Soyeb,
You need to be using direct emulsion for your stencils – there’s no chance you are going to get good results the way you are doing it.Cheers John
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I refer you to a previous post,
https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … highlight=
I don’t think screen printing is that easy that you can start it for £70, ????
how did you cost it?GET A SCREEN PRINTER TO DO IT
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are you printing light colours onto a dark t-shirt?
typical screen printers spend hundreds to thousands and then learning the art of printing (squeege angles, mesh selection, ink mixes, drying techniques, offseting the screen), you could say its not easy and its not overly hard, but stencils are photographic made and they harden to create an images on your mesh and also make it easy for you to apply a smooth and firm pressure as you push the ink through the mesh.
My advise, to sub the work out and keep researching the process or take a screen printing course which I may still be run.
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