I just recently bought some "amateur" screen printing supplies. I started the process in my basement and am currently working on making my first screen. i'm crossing my fingers that i didn't eff it up.
anyway, just wondering if any of you out there have done any screen printing, and if you have any tips or anything for how you've made yours.
i'm working with a 300 watt incandescent bulb right now, and have been trying to figure out the damn exposure time.
I remember doing screen printing in primary school with like a stencil thing and a squidgy.
I think it sounds really interesting though.
I bet you can do amazing things with it, as talented as you are.
maybe i didn't expose it enough, maybe i put too much emulsion on the thing, but it came out horribly.
Sorry if you know all this already, I'm just remembering all I can.
damn, thanks rjeso. that actually does help. i was having trouble finding any charts for wattage to exposure time. maybe 20 minutes with my 300 watt?
i'm drying a new screen out right now, anyhow. gonna try to burn it tonight with my new information. thanks!
Yeah, because robot throw up may be a million dollar idea.
Yeah, screens can add up fast, 'specially if you're using silk ones. The only thing about scrubbing is that they're more likely to get pinholes in them, so it's something to watch out for. If the pinhole is in a place near the edge, there's this stuff that you can use to patch them that the emulsion-dissolver stuff won't take off. I don't know what exactly it is, though, sorry.