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Step 4Screen The Shirt!
This is the fun part. I regret that some of good pictures of the process were lost.
Before this step I reinforced the frame with some ducktape. It stayed together much easier.
To actually screen the shirt, scoop some ink into a line at the top of the screen. Then using some kind of squeegee (folded paper and aluminum foil?) spread the ink over the whole thing. I have no tips for how to make sure you have enough, because that depends on the screen, ink, and all that. I would say that using a color dissimilar to the color of the screen might be useful so you can tell what you've covered already.
Let it dry, and make sure the ink sets right. The ironing instructions the bottle were useful as it dried the ink really good, so once through the wash changed very little of the final print.
Enjoy!
Before this step I reinforced the frame with some ducktape. It stayed together much easier.
To actually screen the shirt, scoop some ink into a line at the top of the screen. Then using some kind of squeegee (folded paper and aluminum foil?) spread the ink over the whole thing. I have no tips for how to make sure you have enough, because that depends on the screen, ink, and all that. I would say that using a color dissimilar to the color of the screen might be useful so you can tell what you've covered already.
Let it dry, and make sure the ink sets right. The ironing instructions the bottle were useful as it dried the ink really good, so once through the wash changed very little of the final print.
Enjoy!
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Jun 17, 2009. 10:59 AMfleshy robot
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Hi, I use a T90 mesh or just a piece of net curtain for tshirts. In either case a window cleaning squeegee does the job very well. To be exact I have a window cleaning squeegee with a plastic handle and a piece of metal that holds the rubber. thankx
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