How To Silk Screen A T-shirt

Silk-screening is very popular process used to produce most t-shirts now days. The benefits offered by such method of printing are beyond comparison.

Screen printing, also known as Silk-screening or serigraphy, is a printing method that usually creates a sharp edged single color image using a stencil and a fabric. In electrical terms, silkscreen refers to the writing on a printed circuit board. This method maybe used in etching copper wiring on a circuit board. Silkscreen printing is most commonly used for t-shirts, garments and other fabrics. It is also used on ceramic objects, metal, wood, paper, glass, and synthetic items. Here we will understand how Silk screening is used to create creative and imaginative styles on your T-shirts.

First step is to set up the printer and then adjust the screen so that the image is where you want it to be. Then place the ink in the screen and then slowly and carefully remove the screen from the frame.

After that spray the textile adhesive on the t-shirt platton and then place a test pellon on the t-shirt platoon. Slowly spread the ink over the screen to print an image as desired. It is hard to see that there is a test pillion down on the board.  It’s placed under the flash dryer to cure it.  Flash dryer is the red box with a wood handle it heats up to 350 degrees to completely dry and cure the ink so it won't wash off it takes about 1 minute to cure the ink.

Place your plain t-shirt on the platton, taking the test pellon off because it is done placing the screen on the t-shirt to print it. The registration brackets are helpful as they keep the screen in place while you are printing. Also if you print more than one colour they keep all the colours locked in the position you set them at. After printing place the t-shirt on the second board (drying board) to cure it under the flash dryer. While the first t-shirt is drying you can print another one. You can print a one colour print every minute, that’s the additional advantage.

When the first t-shirt is dry and we are removing it and placing the second one under the flash dryer and here the second shirt goes under the dryer so I can print the third.

Make Marketing Successful Through Screen Printing

Screen printing has changed the world of marketing. It has become easier and simpler to market your product if they have been packaged in a packet with your brand name and other details printed on it. It brings attention to the product immediately as the name is printed very attractively on top of it.

You can see a large number of items in which screen printing is utilized. There are numerous signs everywhere in our daily life. These signs show us the way to different, locations, or any interesting spot. You can see many signs in which products are advertised. We become aware of these products only because of their advertisement or signs that have been done with screen printing.

There are messages printed wherever you go and these messages are the life-line of today’s society. Today with the help of these messages or signs we can reach wherever we want without any problem.
To get the attention of everyone, screen printing has to be done in an innovative manner. It should have the design and style so that it captures everyone’s attention. The finish should be clear and sharp and have bold colours so as to capture everyone’s attention.

You will find very smart, bold and stylish designs on the T-shirts. These t-shirt printing have to be done through screen printing. There are a lot of other uses of screen printing like the banners or other materials involving same type of process to printing on larger signs. Through screen printing the design and inks bond together to the material, the technique is so good that it will give a very good finish to the end product.

The techniques utilized in screen printing on to large signs can also be used in the printing process used for printing extraordinary or smaller objects as well. When screen printing is done on smaller objects it is known as "pad printing" or "3d surface" printing. The technique used is that a pad is made to print the design or logo on to the object or shape. These shapes are in three dimensions and are not just a smooth horizontal surface; the examples are toys, or promotional business gifts, etc.

There is a particular process through which screen printing is done and it is done in a certain specified stages. Whatever the process, it is sure that you will get excellent quality printing done through screen printing.