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Screen Printing Info Two: Screen Materials

Frames

There are two types of screen frames, metal and wood. Metal frames, both static (solid) and retentionable, have become the industry standard. Retentionables do not require the use of adhesive products.

Metal frames have been replaced by wood because they do not warp from water like wood frames do. The most commonly used types of wood are cedar and pine. Pine is preferred because it is more water resistant while it is light weight.

Metal screens are made out of aluminum or steel. Aluminum is commonly preferred because it is light weight, yet sturdy. There are some applications where steel is preferred such as very large printing frames used for long printing runs.

Fabric

Screen making - there are two types of threads for screen fabric:

• Monofilament - single strands weaved into fabric
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  • primarily used in commercial printing and other applications
  • Advantage: Monofilament is easier to clean than multifilament
• Multifilament - multiple strands wound together like a rope, then weaved into fabric
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  • primarily used in textile printing.
  • Disadvantage: ink tends to build up on screen, more difficult to clean Monofilament mesh has become the industry standard

Fabric Types

Today commercial screen printing primarily uses 4 types of fabric for making screens, silk, cotton organdie, nylon, and polyester. Silk was the original material used to make screens for screen printing. By far the most widely used fabric is monofilament polyester followed by multifilament polyester and nylon.

• Silk - multifilament weave
  • loses taughtness with frequent use
  • reclaiming chemicals containing bleach or chlorinated solvents destroy the silk
  • today silk is primarily used for printing art, not commercial use as before
• Cotton Organdie - multifilament weave
  • same disadvantages as silk
• Nylon - multifilament or monofilament
  • good for stretching
  • compared to polyester, lacks stability
  • less rigid than polyester
  • unsuitable for closely registered colors
• Polyester - multifilament or monofilament (calendared monofilament polyester, metallized monofilament polyester)
  • primary material used in commercial screen printing
  • Polyester is strong and stable when stretched
• Other screen materials - carbonized polyester
  • glass
  • wire mesh
  • stainless steel

Screens made of the same material can differ in thread diameter, number of threads-per-inch, and choice of mono- or multifilament fibers. The need for various characteristics such as wearability and dimensional stability will help determine the fabric selected for a particular screen printing job. Diameter of mesh thread and number of threads per inch determine the amount of ink transferred to the substrate during the printing process.

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Screen Printing Info One: Type of Dyes

Plastisol – the most common plastisol based print used in garment decoration. Good colour opacity onto dark garments, clear graphic detail, with as the name suggests, a more plasticized texture. This print can be made softer with special additives or heavier by adding extra layers of ink.

Water Based inks – these penetrate the fabric more than the plastisol inks and create a much softer feel. Ideal for printing darker inks onto lighter coloured garments. Also useful for larger area prints where texture is important.

Discharge inks – used to print lighter colours onto dark background fabrics, they work by removing the dye in the garment – this means they leave a much softer texture. They are less graphic in nature than plastisol inks, and exact colours are difficult to control, but especially good for distressed and vintage prints.

Foil - is what you would imagine. A glue is printed onto the fabric and then foils applied for a mirror finish. Due to the gold or silver foil used, minimum quantity of 100 applies.

Glitter/Shimmer – silver flakes are suspended in a plastisol ink to create this sparkle effect. Usually available in gold or silver but can be mixed to make most colours.

Metallic – similar to glitter, but smaller particles suspended in the ink. 

Expanding ink (puff) – an additive to plastisol inks which raises the print off the garment, creating a 3D feel.

Caviar beads – again a glue is printed in the shape of the design, to which small plastic beads are then applied – works well with solid block areas creating an interesting tactile surface. Minimum quantity of 100 applies.

Four colour process – artwork is created using dots (CMYK) which combine to create the full spectrum of colours needed for photographic prints – this means an infinite number of colours can be printed using only 4 screens, making the set-up costs viable. The inks are required to blend and are more translucent, meaning a compromise with vibrancy of colour.

Gloss - a clear base laid over plastisol inks to create a shiny finish.

Nylobond – a special ink additive for printing onto technical or waterproof fabrics.

Mirrored Silver – Another solvent based ink but you can almost see your face in it.

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SuperCore!

Gratz!

First of all, we would like to say HURRAY! this is our label sample.

Full of satisfaction!

Other story, this is another "prototype design" block.

Will come out with the sample later...

and btw, this design designed by a creative friend of mine, yajido.

He's cool (double thumbs up!)

Special Design for Special Person

I think its kinda cool when this design located on right sleeve....

ok....

....DONE!

Back to Basic Series - Superman!

Okay...this one still in prototype mode.

It suppost to have  yellow  back there...eh?

Hmm...alright...my mistake...but nevermind...it still in PROTOTYPE MODE! remember?