The Ultimate Screen Printing Tutorial Video by Anthem Screen Printing [HD]

[cheekygeek]

I have a question about the conveyor belt/screen in your tunnel dryer. What is that made out of? I'm building my own tunnel dryer and wondering what screen material will hold up to the heat. Thx.

[chinewmarie]

I just wanna make me a couple of personalized shirts for myself what is the best inexpensive all in one kit that I can buy to do this?

[fatso41872]

haha. Spot on.

[Rotarrius]

what is the benefit of this over ink printing (from pc to printer then t-shirt transfer, heat press)?

[brentdietiker]

I've been messin round with printing for the past 3 years and have been steppin up the professional of products from craft store supplies-now up to professional products from One Stop. I have made 2 $12 attempts/mistakes to printing onto the front flaps of messenger bags. Any tips on how to get a good contact when the flap is tough to get to lay flat!?!?!?!

[anthemscreenprinting]

@brentdietiker Hey there, congrats on stepping your game up! Though, I'm pretty sure our supply prices are better than One Stop's ;) Anyway, I'd probably have to see the messenger bag to give you advice on how to print on the flap. If the bags you're printing on don't have buckles, you should be able to create some sort of jig to hold the flaps in place. Perhaps just some adhesive will help to keep the flap flat and in place. Good luck!

[mbalch23]

@brentdietiker Print a cold peel transfer and then heat press onto flap. You can use any color of ink, and the transfer may be applied to any color of substrate.

[serwaaakos]

love your video and your funny!! how can i distress a t-shirt and make it look vintage. thank you.

[anthemscreenprinting]

@serwaaakos Thank you, glad you liked it! Usually to make a distressed looking shirt you would make the art file itself look distressed by adding a grunge texture. Other techniques can be used but are harder to achieve the desired look. For example, you could burn your screen and not wash it out completely, but it's usually best to just add the distressed texture to your art work prior to burning your screen.

[Aritul]

You really know your craft! Great video.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[anthemscreenprinting]

@Aritul Thank you! :)

[x3mhook]

What tape are you using in this video and does it leaves any sticky residue after removal?

[anthemscreenprinting]

@x3mhook Hey there, as said in the video the tape we were using isn't the tape we usually use, so it actually does leave a bit of a residue after removal. You should use tape especially made for screen printing, which is usually quite thick compared to normal packing tape and doesn't leave any residue on the screen after removal.

[x3mhook]

@anthemscreenprinting Thanks, you know I was using regular masking tape, the yellow one made of paper. Screens with speedball emulsion and waterbased inks. This made the tape leave a hard sticky residue on de mesh. Did't had emulsion remover nor tape residue remover so I tried with "Easy Off" and it worked, needed some muscle but it worked.

[x3mhook]

@x3mhook "Easy Off" removed both the emulsion and the sticky residue. But next time i'll try to remember to use gloves.

[schmidtstick]

Can I expose the screen to light when I'm carrying it to my light table to burn it? (after the emulation screen has dried in the dark)

[anthemscreenprinting]

@schmidtstick yes, we walk our screens across our shop from the dark room where they dry to the room where are exposure unit is. a little light is ok, you just want to make sure it's not intense uv light hitting the screen for an extended period of time. so to sum up, walking the screen to your light table is perfectly fine :)

[jsharp1686]

dude thank you man. i knew screen printing was not as complicated as the "professionals" make it out to be...

[anthemscreenprinting]

@jsharp1686 no problem, glad you enjoyed it! :)

[boscobear33]

How long do you expose the screen in the light box? Also do you rince the screen off in a dark aria to expose the stencil? Last after the emousonj is on the screen how long can you waite till you do the print in the light box? Thanks

[anthemscreenprinting]

@boscobear33 Hey there, exposure time varies by the power of your lights, the thickness of your emulsion coating and the emulsion itself, and the mesh count of your screen. You want to get your screen wet to stop the exposure process, but once it's rinsed you can turn on the lights and blast it out. Once the emulsion is dry to the touch on both sides, the screen is ready to be exposed in the light box.

[beautyinnature]

My dream job hehe.

[anthemscreenprinting]

@beautyinnature haha, mine too! ;)

[mytubenick93]

@anthemscreenprinting i was also wondering where i can get the transparency's made,

[anthemscreenprinting]

@mytubenick93 and @KashClothing, You can get transparencies made at Kinkos for about $1 a piece, but the quality isn't great since they use laser printers. To get good results you usually have to order 2 of the same transparency and then tape them together. Also, most local screen print shops should be willing to print you out a transparency for a small price. We charge $5 for 8.5"x14" films and $15 for 13"x19".

[KashClothing]

@anthemscreenprinting Can someone tell me were i can get some transparency's made,Thanks

[TheDoloone]

you guys make it look so easy.

[anthemscreenprinting]

@TheDoloone Thank you! It is easy once you get the hang of it :)

[TheDoloone]

great job guys!

[deavilchuan]

could you film a vid about cleaning up after printing if you use normal screenprinting ink???

[anthemscreenprinting]

@deavilchuan Sure, what kind of ink are you using? Water based ink is pretty easy to clean up... just need water to rinse it off! Cleaning off plastisol ink is a different story and we should have a video for that by late next week.

[XHITMANSLEVINX]

Can You use the Same Screen Over And OVer Again



[stuntmonkeyfan]

@XHITMANSLEVINX Yes you can! If you take good care of your screens, they can be re-used over and over again and can last years. Refer to our "Eco-Friendly Emulsion Remover" video on how to reclaim your screens after use :)

[XHITMANSLEVINX]

@stuntmonkeyfan Thanks and Do I Have To Have The Print Out Thing can i just make An Stencile and use The Screen With the Paint And Everything ?

[anthemscreenprinting]

@XHITMANSLEVINX Hey there, yes technically you can just make a stencil out of construction paper and tape it to the screen without coating it with emulsion or anything. Printing onto a transparency and burning it into the screen usually yields better results though.

[XHITMANSLEVINX]

@anthemscreenprinting ok thanks :]



[helmetheadofdeath666]

atdi is the shit!

[anthemscreenprinting]

@PinoyBboy1992 That is a conveyor dryer used for doing the final cure of your inks. Flash dryers can also be used but slow down the process as you have to keep the shirt on the press while it dries. Flash dryers are much less expensive though so most beginners usually start with one of those instead ($400 vs $3,000)

[billythebrainsoftain]

Great vid! Anyway you can make a vid about how to accurately line up and print more than one color? Do you layer the screens up when exposing or what?

[anthemscreenprinting]

@billythebrainsoftain Thanks for the suggestion, we'll get right to work on that! Until then though, yes it's mainly making sure you expose the color layers on the same position on each screen. This is usually done using a t-square to accurately measure the location on the screen. We'll get into more detail in the video :)

[anthemscreenprinting]

@billythebrainsoftain Just finished filming the multi color video... will have it edited and uploaded soon!

[billythebrainsoftain]

@anthemscreenprinting Awesome, thx!!!

[carlosantagony]

Pushing is for pussies!.. Jk. well, that's what a 64 year old screen printer, told my partner! cool video!

[anthemscreenprinting]

@carlosantagony Haha, that 64 old screen printer sounds like quite the character. Pushing vs. pulling has not only been proven to use less energy and reduce the risk of carpal tunnel when printing, but it also produces a crisper print with more detail! Thanks for watching :)

[PinoyBboy1992]

Great video. I do have a few questions.

1. Is that UV light at 3:00 ?

2. For foams, any kind of foam would work right? 3:20

[anthemscreenprinting]

@PinoyBboy1992 Hey there and thanks for watching! Yes, our exposure unit uses 8 uv blacklight bulbs, but really any bulb that emits uv light will work. Also, any foam would work but you really don't even need foam, you just need weight forcing the screen mesh tight against the transparency film on the glass. A cheap method is to lay black fabric over the screen to stop any light from escaping, and then put lots of heavy objects on top of the fabric and screen mesh forcing it against the film.

[EpicHawk]

What the heck is up with your music??? good video, terrible music.

[anthemscreenprinting]

@EpicHawk Sorry you don't like The Bronx or At the Drive In :(

[EpicHawk]

@anthemscreenprinting Its very distracting when you are trying to watch the video, and tell what you are trying to say.

[anthemscreenprinting]

@EpicHawk We have a better microphone now so you wont have to worry about that in the future :)

[EpicHawk]

@anthemscreenprinting Good. Thanks

[SewPixiePaumasaur]

@anthemscreenprinting i appreciated the music. much more than other screen printing videos i've seen... :D

[anthemscreenprinting]

@SewPixiePaumasaur Good, we did it just for you! ;)

[CRBCadillacRockBox]

Thanks for this video, our band Cadillac Rock Box is going to start designing our T Shirts for our Christmas Box Sets. This video is awesome. Once again, thank you guys.-CRB-

[anthemscreenprinting]

@CRBCadillacRockBox Nice, good luck with the shirts!

[BarbieBillionaire]

I was so busy staring at your face, I forgot to look at your site! Nice prices! So many colors! Wish I'd found you sooner, could've saved some money and a drive across town!!! BOOKMARKED for future notice!!! :.)

[fallgirl07]

Thanks for the video! Do you use a different ink for printing onto different fabric? I wanted to print onto a satin or silky fabric. Thanks again!

[anthemscreenprinting]

@fallgirl07 Hey there, yes there are different kinds of screen printing inks for printing on different kinds of materials. For printing on a satin or silky fabric, you'd probably want to use a fabric water based screen printing ink. Plastisol ink also works well on fabric but needs to be heat cured at 320 degrees, which many of the more delicate fabrics such as satin and silk don't stand up to well.

[BarbieBillionaire]

You're sooo HOTTT!!! Nicework!

[anthemscreenprinting]

@BarbieBillionaire Why thank ya! ;)

[exudecourage]

Informative and entertaining! Very good job. Suggestions, if I may:

1. If giving instructions in the dark, you may want to provide the text, and

2. Lower (or 86) the music so your voice won't have to compete. (The music was distracting.)

Thanks.

[anthemscreenprinting]

@exudecourage Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback! I agree the music was too loud, but it's mainly due to the poor quality microphone I was using. I wanted some music in the background to keep the thing rolling, but even with it set at the very lowest setting (1%), it's still too loud compared to the audio. We plan on making more in depth screen printing tutorials with our new microphone in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled :)

[eloid777]

i want to to silk screen painted steel face plates, what paint pigment material would be suit to screen print on steel or aluminum

[anthemscreenprinting]

@eloid777  For screen printing on metal you would need to use a solvent or uv ink. Solvent inks are very hazardous though so you would want to use a respirator and be in a very well ventilated work area, and uv inks require expensive machinery to cure them properly.

[eloid777]

question for , when you image the screen, ie burn the screen, what knind light is that

how long do you expose the image?

[anthemscreenprinting]

@eloid777 Our exposure unit uses 8 uv blacklight bulbs and exposes in about a minute, but you can really use just about any kind of light. Exposure time depends on the type of emulsion and the type of light being used. A cheap but fairly good exposure system can be made with just a 500W halogen light (around $20) and a piece of glass to hold the transparency tight with the screen. This can expose most emulsions in around 7 minutes. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!

[UNIZEN]

"chicken pot chicken pot chicken pot pie......." lmfao!

[anthemscreenprinting]

@UNIZEN I really don't understand this... but I sure do like chicken pot pie!