How To Screen Print: Screen Mesh Tips

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Screen Emulsion Scoop coater Light Table or Exposure Unit Artwork Coverage Mesh or Fabric Mesh Count Frame Newton Halftone Stencil Thickness Durometer Plastisol Ink Film or Film Positive Substrate Vacuum Cured Emulsion Water Soluble Washout Booth Flood and Stroke Belt Dryer Cured Ink Flash Cure Spray Adhesive Pick Up Resolution Printing Wet Under Base Registration Pre Shrinking Light Table or Exposure Unit Vacuum Blanket Color Composite Outline Continuous Tones Halftone or Grayscale Four Color Process Spot Color Spot And Dot "Printer" or Platen Knocked Out Crest Degrease Abrade Mesh Prep or Degreaser Micro Grit Scoop coater Stirring Stick Substrate Side Ink Well

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[jackal88k]

can i use a 305 mesh for cmyk screen printing?

[CatspitProductions]

@jackal88k You sure can. Pretty normal to see a 305 or 355 on a process job. Thanks for watching and commenting! ☠

[TheMadkahuna]

thanks for another informative video. You rock!

[CatspitProductions]

My pleasure to help out, thanks for the comment!

[clovelr]

Informative video, Ive watch several and there really helpful. Im trying to work the kinks in my screenprinting. I currently use 110 mesh, I notice when I print on paper, there seems to be an excessive amount of ink flow, of course this is not an issue when printing on fabric, would I need higher mesh count to print on paper? Of course there are many varables to all this. any tips? thanks

[CatspitProductions]

@nestorlovesguitar - You can use water based inks, it will just take a little more skill to work with during a print run than it would with a plastisol ink. But for posters a water base ink is good. On glass it would be some kind of enamel or a type of glass ink that anneals to the glass. These too may require a bit more skill to work with. Printing tee shirts with plastisol ink is much more forgiving. Thanks for watching!

[nestorlovesguitar]

Thanks a lot! So I must not use water based inks , alright... and I was reading your website: swan song uh? Cool bro! Led Zep is also my favorite band just after Metallica and I am also a kind of scientist myself haha.

[CatspitProductions]

Sounds like you are headed in the right direction. For printing on glass or posters, you will need much less ink coverage and with such fine line art a 305 to 355 mesh will probably be fine. But if you are using water based inks, it may cause a clogging problem in the fine details. Make sure to back flood between prints with water base inks and watch your squeegee pressure when flooding and stroking. Thanks for watching! Good luck!

[CatspitProductions]

Hello Néstor and thank you. It is my pleasure to help out. Feel free to ask questions anytime and make sure to visit the website for a ton of free information about screen printing tee shirts. The link is on the channel page and in the video sidebar. Thanks for watching!

[nestorlovesguitar]

(Pardon my english man, Im mexican...) a question: what are the limitations on de detail? My artwork is very fine and the finest line has 0.025 inch of width....If I intend to print it into glass or paper (mostly smooth surfaces...not shirts) and if (let's suppose) I have the best ink, and a 300+ mesh count, and I handle the procedure really carefully, can I achieve to do it very well?