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| sk8er6 |
 Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:44 pm |
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Im new to printing, but have been making stencils for a while. I know printing is good for graphics because you can make the pieces have "islands of white" unlike stencils. My question is, could I make a stencil with islands of white, glue the stencil to the back of a screen, and then glue the "islands of white", and make prints that way. I thought it would be a good idea.
Thanks
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| Drunk Engine |
| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:36 pm |
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I would say that this NOT a "good idea", however my first experimation with screen printing back in the late 80's was done using the same method as you described as we did not know anything about screen printing nor how to make film positives and the use of photo emulsion.
We were air brushing t-shirts for the most part back then but needed to repeat a paricular design element and we decided to make a hand cut stencil and glue it to the back of a speed ball screen and used water based speed ball ink, the results were good enough.
We hand cut the stencil and used lots of spray adhesive to spray the top side of stencil and placed it on the bottom of the screen.
Because the entire squeegee side of the screen is going to be exposed to the ink you will you will find it more difficult to clean the screen when you are done, you will probably find that the adhesive will start to break down and certain elements of your stencil will seperate from the screen. Good luck.
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