Pancake Mod - Screen printing / laser etching pancakes

Step 5 Expose your screen

Now comes the magical part of silkscreening, the exposure part. If you do any sort of photography this part will seem familiar.

First you will need to get your film ready:

• Design a 3.5-4.5" black and white image, I've attached mine as a PDF and gif if you liked them.
• Take your to design to kinkos as a PDF and ask them to print it out on a color transparency as black. They should understand this, if not, ask the manager.
• Cut the border off of one of the transparencies and place it on top of the other.
• Align both designs and them tape the edges together
• Place the design on the back of the screen (the part that touches the pancake) BACKWARD, so the text looks backward.
• Place the on top of a box with some padding on top
• Take a piece of glass and lay it on the transparencies to hold them flat against the emulsion
• Shine 1000 Watts of halogen light for approximately 25 mins from 3 feet away

OR

• On a sunny day, leave the screen outside in the light for 5 mins.
• Take it to a large sink, or hose and wash off the underexposed emulsion:

Comments

[porcupinemamma]

Rats! i don't understand how to do this (technically challenged ) I do however know a lovely young lady who graduaded in film studies and i think she can help me. your pancakes are very unique and creative! 10 out of ten!