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Ahoy there... I've been experimenting with screen printing on t-shirts for a while. Nothing major.. just screwing around in my garage on personal designs. But recently i've been getting more serious about it and i'm having a couple of problems with a new screen that i just got.
The first, is that the coating trough i have is not wide enough for the screen, so i have to make two passes of emulsion that overlap eachother, giving me uneven coverage. I'm printing a lot of fine lines so the uneveness shows when i print. Is there any way around this? Or do i just need to get a wider coating trough?
Secondly, my new mesh is 120t (I'm printing on paper) and i'm having trouble washing out all the ink after printing. I'm using waterbased ink. Do i need a pressure washer for this sort of thread count? Or can i do it some other way? So far i've just been using warm water and a cloth. I'm on a very tight budget right now... so any tips are appreciated.
Thanks!
The first, is that the coating trough i have is not wide enough for the screen, so i have to make two passes of emulsion that overlap eachother, giving me uneven coverage. I'm printing a lot of fine lines so the uneveness shows when i print. Is there any way around this? Or do i just need to get a wider coating trough?
Secondly, my new mesh is 120t (I'm printing on paper) and i'm having trouble washing out all the ink after printing. I'm using waterbased ink. Do i need a pressure washer for this sort of thread count? Or can i do it some other way? So far i've just been using warm water and a cloth. I'm on a very tight budget right now... so any tips are appreciated.
Thanks!