screen printing

[GoldRapt]

How much did all that kit cost you please Paul?

[Paul]

£210

[John G]

Hi Paul, Can you tell me what your printing onto and what kind of ink and stencil your using.

John

[Paul]

I am printing on Gildan black t-shirts. I use opaqe white plastisol ink. my screen is T43. I dont know who manufactore my emulsiaon but i dont know if that is any important...


thanx
Paul

[Justin]

Is T43 quite a course screen?
Justin

[Paul]

what you mean by quite a course? I dont know that term. sorry

[Justin]

Wide gaps in the mesh to allow more ink through?

[John G]

Hi Paul, 43 mesh is very coarse (as in large hole count), i use 60's for t'shirts, sometimes 90's, and for vinyl I use 120's. The reason I asked about the ink and stencil was I wanted to see if your ink was affecting the stencil and making it stick to whatever you were printing.

For t shirts I've never used any snap or off contact - plastisol is fine wet on wet printing (2 colour printing) and doesn't need any gap (snap) between screen and shirt. If your using Sericol inks you can thin it slightly with flow thinner, not runny thin but just to make it more manageable, you can even use white spirits. Make sure you flood the screen (coat the screen with ink ready for printing) and print with a smooth action. Also make sure your platen is covered with spraymount or whatever your using to keep the t'shirt in place.

Cheers John

[Paul]

I use adeshive sparay told my tee in place. So you think my screen is not good?

[John G]

Horses for coarses - depends what your printing. If it text or simple designs then yes, its no good. If you need a load of white to go down for large solids then its OK. I only own 1 x 43 screen - probably have 30 or 40 x 60's, 90's and 120's.

Cheers John