Discuss the various aspects of screen printing. Inks, speciality printing, print locations, durability, etc. Can you use vinyl designs for the screen?
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Can you use vinyl designs for the screen?
Can you can cut out a design in vinyl then apply the vinyl to the screen and use it to screeprint? Will this work or do you HAVE to use imulsion?
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Re: Can you use vinyl designs for the screen? Using emulsion is always going to be the cheaper route, but yes you can use vinyl. I use it a lot when I'm personalizing names, & numbers. What I've found to work best for me is to mirror what I'm cutting, & apply the vinyl to the back side of the screen(garment side). The key is to cleen your screen right away, otherwise the glue from the vinyl will have to be scrubbed off of the screen for future use.
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Re: Can you use vinyl designs for the screen? Ok I wasn't sure if the ink would leak under the vinyl. So emulsion is cheaper? I'm confused about emulsion. When you "cure" it in sun or flourescent light what does it do? Does it harden all of the emulsion except where the design blocks the light then you just spray the emulsion off where the design was?
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Re: Can you use vinyl designs for the screen? You pretty much explained it all in a nut shell. There are many factors though to time, & proper exposure. Emulsion type, light source, time, distance. Ulano's website has some videos on emulsions, step wedge procedures, & what not. It would definitely be a good place to get a better understanding.
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Re: Can you use vinyl designs for the screen? Here is a link to a couple vids that should help you to have a better understanding.
http://www.ulano.com/support/supportmenu.htm
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Re: Can you use vinyl designs for the screen? Thank you for your help
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Re: Can you use vinyl designs for the screen? Your welcome.
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Re: Can you use vinyl designs for the screen? just curious what do you use to put- the vinyl on the screen with, i cant see the vinyl being stong enough to stay in place for that long
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Re: Can you use vinyl designs for the screen? thanks for the video. i was thinking of heat applied vinyl DUH!! make more sense now. but he put the vinyl on the sqeege side not the shirt side. nice to know if im in a bind i have another option. nothing sucks worse than washing out a creen on your back yard at 1am it gets kind of loud..
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