You should also make sure it won't be exposed to too much dust, dirt, etc. Basically anything that will allow it to lay flat without the screen coming in contact with anything, and will prevent light from getting to it will do. Coating the inside is the cleanest, but depending on the kind of paint, it might be prone to scratching from the frame. Most such containers are fairly transparent, however, so you can get yourself some nice thick black paint and coat the thing in a few layers of that to black out the light. If you're handy with wood, you can make one yourself, or you can just get yourself some sort of rubber storage container big enough for the frame. Other alternatives are to fashion an opaque box big enough to fit the frame in. If you have a dark closet or drawer where you can lay it flat and it won't be disturbed, that's fine. Make sure you dry the screen in a dark location, exposing it to light now will cause over exposure and ruin your stencil.
Do the best you can, and remember that on the bottom of the screen (the printing side, or flat side), you can extend the emulsion over the edge of the screen onto the frame, if that helps seal those edges. The edges are particularly prone to this, and will cause stray lines of ink to show up on your print. Make sure to cover entirely both sides of the screen, any holes you leave will allow ink to get through. That's fine, but you'll probably want to add more to the bottom side, still, to get a good coat. Note that after doing the top side, you'll probably have quite a bit of emulsion already pushed through the screen on the bottom side. It is best if it will fit going both the long way and the short way, but as long as it at least fits the long way, you should be ok. You'll want to make sure, therefore, that your squeegee fits inside the frame on the bottom side. Once the top side is coated, flip it over and repeat on the bottom. Use smooth, even, and fairly light strokes of the squeegee to apply a smooth and even layer. Lay the screen flat, right side up, and pour a thin line of emulsion along one edge of the top side of your screen. You could avoid this if you did the top first, and then the bottom, since the frame itself holds the top up off the surface, but you'll also want to dry the screen with the bottom side down, so you'll need to support it then, anyway. Thumb tacks stuck into the corners of your frame work well for this. Since you'll be applying the emulsion to both sides, you will need some temporary way of supporting the frame when it is side-down. The "bottom" is the side where the screen is flush with the wood frame, and is placed side-down when printing. To clarify in this section, the "top" of the screen is the side that sits embedded in the wooden frame, and is the side from which you apply screen-printing ink. You can do this with either a "scoop coater" or a standard squeegee. The way we do this is to spread a thin layer of the emulsion over both sides of our screen. That's perfect for creating a stencil: we'll "toughen" up parts of the stencil that we want to keep solid, and then wash away the rest.Īpplying the Emulsion Essentially, photo emulsion becomes "tougher" when exposed to light, making it more difficult to remove from surfaces. Photo emulsion is thick liquid substance which reacts to light. One of the often preferred methods for making silk screening stencils is the photo emulsion technique. We have something for everyone and for most projects, including screen printing on fabric, making custom printed t-shirts, personalized wooden signs, silk screening on ceramic and pottery, glass printing, polymer clay projects, chalkboard printing and more.Frame Requirements Don't want to expose your own stencil? Have us make your custom silk screen stencil for you! We also have a line of Ready-To-Use designer silk screen stencils that come in a variety of patterns and sizes and can be used on a multitude of surfaces. No more experimenting with liquid emulsions or stretched mesh frames! All you need is one minute of sunlight to expose the stencil and tap water to soak and rinse. Our stencils are ready to use right out of the box. Use our DIY screen printing kits to make your own personalized silk screen stencils without the heavy equipment or liquid emulsion used in traditional screen printing. EZScreen products have simplified the traditional screen printing system and are a user-friendly way to screen print at home or office.
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