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- From: adw3345@ultb.isc.rit.edu (A.D. Williams)
- Subject: Silkscreening
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- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:17:29 GMT
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- I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask about silkscreening,
- but it is the closest froup I could find. If there's a more appropriate
- place please let me know!
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- I've started silkscreening shirts for the fun of it, but paper stencils
- seem to leave too thin a deposit on the shirts. The material shows
- through even for opaque inks.
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- I've cut a stencil using posterboard, and will try it out soon. Will
- posterboard be too thick? Should I thin the ink first or should I
- keep the ink thick? If it would save me a few shirts a "don't do it"
- message would be appreciated!
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- I've heard of references to nitrocellulose stencils and other exotic
- methods. Unfortunately, I'm only an engineer, so I lack a familiarity
- with the spectrum of art supplies. What's a good stencil for t-shirts
- that I can get at the local K-Mart or Ben Franklin?
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- Thanks,
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- Derrick
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