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actionadam · February 6th, 2009

its just found probably the most cheap and basic way to screen print - ever.

not professional results but still great quality for what it is.
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the screen is just fabric stretched in an embroidery hoops and glue is used instead of emulsion.

must see this!!

i guess i can go sell all of my 4 color press now... haha! good luck trying to sell your shirts like this!

just thought id share this with you all

sunnydayz · February 6th, 2009

Haha that was cool, in a weird way

It just goes to show that if you really want to do something, there is always a way no matter how much money you have

wormil · February 7th, 2009

You can actually screenprint using knife cut film without much equipment and get great results. That's how I got started many years ago, with Amberlith, Rubylith, an Exacto knife, and homemade screens. My friend and I printed up to three colors that way, no offset, no rotary press, cured in a homemade drying oven. People loved them.

actionadam · February 8th, 2009

thats cool but i think amberlith and rubylith were bro discontinued a few years ago... i actually used to make shirts that way too, but was only able to print one color designs.

without an offset or a press, it seemed multiple colored designs were impossible. how did you manage that?

did you build something to register your screens into place?

mtnbike45 · February 8th, 2009

That video shows some imagination.

wormil · February 8th, 2009

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	did you build something to register your screens into place?

Amberlith was discontinued but they still make Rubylith.

Believe it or not we registered by eye, most of the stuff was one color though.

Timofei · February 10th, 2009

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	Amberlith was discontinued but they still make Rubylith. Believe it or not we registered by eye, most of the stuff was one color though.

I still have a proportional scale wheel, T-square, rubytape, clear register marks, and a half used tube of amberlith from those times.

You just made me have a moment of nostalgia.

PositiveDave · February 10th, 2009

Well done boys, that's pretty much how screenprinting started several hundred years ago.

wormil · February 10th, 2009

Yeah, knife cut stencil was invented in the 1920's by Ulano, about the same time that photoreactive emulsion was invented.

HT67 · February 11th, 2009

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	I still have a proportional scale wheel, T-square, rubytape, clear register marks, and a half used tube of amberlith from those times. You just made me have a moment of nostalgia.

If you ever watn to sell the rubytape let me know..i've been wanting to try some out without buying a new roll!

Solmu · February 19th, 2009

I still use Rubylith. Sometimes it's the best tool for the job.

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