Hello... I've never screen printed before, and I'm not looking to take up the trade, but I do have one personal little project I want to do, and so I'm hoping to get a little advice. I don't really know the properties of emulsion or the process..
I have a sweatshirt that I like, but there is one part of the screen print design that I really do not like, which more or less surrounds the part that I really do like. It's a black sweatshirt, and I was wondering if it's possible to hand-paint some black emulsion on top of the portion of the screen print that I do NOT like, to cover it up? Will the wet emulsion stick to pre-existing emulsion on a screen print? How will it hold up to normal wear and washing/drying? Is it more likely to easily come off since it isn't "embedded" in the fabric itself?
Would I use a fabric paint or other type of ink? I'm assuming it's OK to paint this by hand instead of using a screen, since it's just a solid color and no color separations or definitive images are necessary.
Any advice on how I might accomplish this would be most appreciated! Thanks..
I have a sweatshirt that I like, but there is one part of the screen print design that I really do not like, which more or less surrounds the part that I really do like. It's a black sweatshirt, and I was wondering if it's possible to hand-paint some black emulsion on top of the portion of the screen print that I do NOT like, to cover it up? Will the wet emulsion stick to pre-existing emulsion on a screen print? How will it hold up to normal wear and washing/drying? Is it more likely to easily come off since it isn't "embedded" in the fabric itself?
Would I use a fabric paint or other type of ink? I'm assuming it's OK to paint this by hand instead of using a screen, since it's just a solid color and no color separations or definitive images are necessary.
Any advice on how I might accomplish this would be most appreciated! Thanks..