How to make Goose Hunting Decoys by Screen Printing w/ Hair Conditioner and Spraypaint

No messy ink-.99 cent paint & .99 cent hair conditioner. I call it "Screen-Painting". I printed a photo-finish on my decoys made of 4mm corrugated plastic (CoroplastTM) but any substrate paint will stick to will work. I know nothing about screen-painting and have never tried anything like this before I made these decoys. I did buy a cheap book that described the process for beginners. Highly recommend one of these books for "Dummies".

Step 1 Materials needed

You can see there is not a lot of tools required. Simple handtools, Hunts speed ballTM screen developer and sensitizer, stapler, cheap dacron (wedding veil)type fabric from the fabric store, pine boards for a screen and a substrate (something to print your decoys on), spray paint, hair conditioner and a squeegee from the dollar store.

Comments

[Bert2368]

Try egg white for a home made screen resist.

[balls to the wall]

looks great

[I3uckwheat]

ya looks amazing i should make a few

[Uncle Kudzu]

so the conditioner is used as a resist? i wonder if something like corn starch or wheat paste would give sharper edges if you let it dry on the substrate and then spay-painted? hmmm... what would be the perfect water soluble resist? pretty clever, rjeblogue! i may have to experiment with this!

[rjeblogue]

Water soluble Resist is a good definition for the Hair-conditioner. While I never thought of making my own resist recipe, I did try hand lotion, dish soap, and many other similar things and Hair conditioner won. Some day I would like to reprint an image with multiple colors of spraypaint. Thanks for the ideas and comments.

[Uncle Kudzu]

i roughly know how to screen print, but your approach with the inexpensive and less mess materials grabbed my imagination. right now i'm playing with a mixture of bar soap shavings and corn starch whipped together to see what kind of washable film it will make. if i come up with something interesting/workable, i'll let you know!

[GorillazMiko]

Wow... great job! This somehow reminded my of the flamingos on my front yard that are always next to where the fish pond used to be. Great job!