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What Is Screen Printing?
What Tools You Need To Screen Print: Part 1
What Tools You Need To Screen Print: Part 2
Preparing Your Screen With Screen Filler
Preparing Your Screen With Drawing Fluid
Preparing Your Screen With Emulsion
Exposing Your Screen
Ink Differences And Preparation
Preparing Your Table For Printing
Preparing Your Screen For Printing
How to Screen Print
Applying the Ink for Screen Printing
Making An Even Screen Print
Removing Ink from the Screen
Cleaning Ink Off Your Screen
Choosing a Screen for Screen Printing
Choosing a Squeegee for Screen Printing
Summary: Choosing the right squeegee can make a difference in your screen printing project. Get tips on different types of squeegees from a printmaking expert in this free video.
Kate Van Der Riet is an Oakland, California based printmaker, specializing in intaglio, lithography and screen printing. She learned printing at University, where she studied under a...read more
"There are also many different kinds of squeegees. Here are two great examples. This one is really thick polyurethane. This one really thin and flexible. You'll notice when you push down on your squeegee how squishy it is. The really squishy ones are great for heavy body ink. And for smaller mesh holes or for higher mesh holes, your thicker more dense ones that don't have as much give, are great for finer detail work. If you're getting seriously involved in screen printing, you might want to consider getting a trough. In the earlier videos, I demonstrate, demonstrated applying screen filler and photo emulsion by hand with a brush and then smoothing out with a piece of matte board. A trough has a fine edge along the side. You can fill this with liquid, hold it up to your screen and run it over ensuring that an even spread of fluid will come across your screen. There is a huge amount of variation and flexibility in the art of screen printing and have fun with it. Enjoy it. Start out with water-based inks and you really can't make that many mistakes. Oil-based inks, as I mentioned earlier, a lot more technically difficult to use and a lot more toxic. Enjoy."
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katiejohnsonlmp said
on 10/15/2009 This was a very good series of videos that answered so many of my questions. Excellent job by an obviously professional artist. Thank you!