Do Silk Screen Printing At Home, If You Like!

You would love to walk around with your favorite band t-shirt, won’t you? But do you know what makes that print get on the surface. T-shirt printing or screen printing is actually performed in many different ways. And among them, silk screen printing is one which is also called serigraphy in another word. It was way back in decades; this printing method evolved and still is carried on with its own kind of benefits. The first benefit is that it is cheaper than other methods plus it is applicable in almost all kinds of fabrics with an excellent result.

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For those who love to spend their times doing creative stuffs, it is a good thing that is you can do a silk screen printing at home using a machine. At first, you draw a design or a pattern on a stencil boards. And then you cut it out and then press or iron it oppose to the wood screen and woven mesh. Now the screen is pressed on top of the cloth and thus painting the ink on the surface of the shirt or t-shirt. This is how it is done manually but in case you are using a machine to do it, the screen is whipped with the sensitive liquids. And later on when it’s dried, the patterned screen is placed over the shirt by the machine. Once the ink is all discharged on the shirt, it is left to dry. The process repeats on and on till all the colors are filled to complete the design. One of the worst parts of silk screening is that it takes a long time and effort as each color needs to be filled up and that begin with separate stenciling pattern and screen every time. If you are doing it at home, make sure you wash and dry the screen before you apply another shade on it. Plus things can get quite messy at the time of pouring the ink over.

In spite of these facts, this old tradition yet remains familiar when it comes to screen printing. So next time you like to create an art for yourself with your own design on your t-shirt, see if you can do it by your own. Though the job is messy and time consuming, it is worth spending your time and effort; it’s interesting too.