NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/rec/crafts/textiles/2688

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Subject: Re: Silkscreening
Date: 27 Jan 1993 20:11:11 GMT
Organization: Wellington City Council (Public Access), Wgtn, Nz
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Hi, I am a screenprinter from New Zealand.Please let me know if there
is a right place to talk about screenprinting too!
1. The thin paper stencils should be OK, definately DON'T use cardboard or
anything thicker than newsprint, or you'll end up with a TERRIBLE mess. I have
use book covering contact plastic sometimes with water based inks. This is good
as long as you get it stuck on the screen flat.
2. The fabric may be showing through for several reasons:
a)The ink is too thin.
b) The material you are screenprinting is too dark for the colour of ink you
are using.
c)The mesh size of the screen is too wide.i.e. too few threads per inch.
d)The opaque inks are too dry, or you are pushing so hard that you are stopping
the ink forming a layer on the material (a problem with opaque ink). Or you are
going very slowly and the opaque inks are drying and filling up the holes in
the screen.
3. I wouldn't bother with photographic stencils or films until you can do paper
ones as they are a terrible hassle and you have to use all sorts of yucky
chemicals to get the stuff off the screens later.

Try the thin paper, dark ink on a pale fabric which must be pure cotton then
E-mail someone if you are still having problems. Work from there. Best wishes.
Please feel free to E-mail me for help if you need it.
Clare Smith at      [e-mail]