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these are some of my drawings im trying to print shirts of (they havnt been fully cleaned up or leveled in photoshop) . ive got some speedball fabric screenprinting ink and im about to go get a nortech 155 mesh count prestreched screen. im printing manually with a hinge clamp press. will i be able to achieve prints that stay faithful to the original drawings (detail wise)?

also if im printing a white background for these on red gray and black shirts, do i wait for the white to dry before i print the black on top of it? -peter
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Peter,
You have some nice designs.

You should be able to print a one color with the setup you described.

But you won't be able to do more than one color.

It would be helpful to visit a screenprinting shop or watch some online videos to get a better understanding of how the multi color process works.

Hope that helps.
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even if the registration doesnt matter? im not sure why i wouldnt be able to do it besides registration would be difficult but im thinking of doing just a flat white frame so the images will show on colored shirts. im going to buy a big screen so i can fit both the image and the white frame on it. ill use the same screen with two stencils is what i mean.
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If the registration doesn't matter,
then go for it!!

How are you going to cure the first color ink?
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well thats kind of what my second question was. do i have to fully cure by heat setting the white before i print the black on top of it? if thats the case i guess i could just put the white backgrounds from two different images on the screen, print them, and by the time they are dry i could have the two black images on the screen ready to print.
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do not fully cure the first color
Just try to the touch is good

do the final cure after the second color is printed
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I'd watch out for that 2nd image, those characters are copyrighted and I dont think you would want to be sitting in a room with the Lucas lawyers...
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im not doing huge runs of these. just enough to sell at street fair type events and to friends. the worst they would do anyways would probably be a cease and desist order or whatever.
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