Taster Session No.4 - Screen Printing

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• Print on acetate

• Reverse the image, placing it on the table

• Set a timer for 2 minutes
  

• Metal halide lamp exposure unit - UV light

• Take the reversed acetate

• Switch light off
  

• Place screen under lamp

• Place acetate image on top for 2 minutes

• Take over to wash bay and clean with hose until the screen goes clear

• Dry but don't rub too hard

• Dry off the screen with the hairdryer for a couple of minutes, moving it constantly and dabbing with paper towel to get it completely dry

• Fix screen into the hinged base
  

• Place some newsprint along each edge or on any little dots where the emulsion has washed out. Do not place on the inside for obvious reasons
  

• Lift up the screen
  

• Line up the acetate underneath the screen to where you want it and tape down background paper
  

• Remove acetate

• Add 50% colour then 50% Acrylic printing solution then mix

• Green squeegee is softer, blue is harder. Paper is better for hard and fabric for soft as you need to push the solution into the material

• Lifting up the screen Place another piece of paper on top of the background paper

• Place plenty of the solution at the top of the screen and using the squeegee, pull backwards hard
  

• Take the paper out, close the screen with a stopper underneath and slowly spread the ink solution to stop the screen drying out

• Lift up and place new piece of paper underneath to do another print. Repeat the previous two steps

• Take screen back over to wash bay before it dries out, do not use the jet wash

• Turn the screen over to the topside, spray some washing up liquid over it, wipe it down and then hose it.

• Let your prints dry before doing the next screen.

• Line up the previous print under the screen

• Repeat printing and cleaning process

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