Screenprinting

[Oaktech]

Not like a snipping tool job, the silk-screen type!

 

Does anyone on Edugeek do it, either as part of their role or for fun?

 

We've done our Leavers hoodies in house for nearly 5 years now using our vinyl cutter and heatpress, but we've always just done the school name, leavers, and a big varsity font number for the year. This year, even though the PTFA provides the hoodies for free, the parents are up in arms that the children's names aren't on the hoodie. Historically it's because it's really awkward to get the big vinyl cutter to cut that small, and takes hours to weed out. We've done it this year, but it's really not sustainable as it's cost a lot in vinyl and hours of time from the PTFA to weed it and press it. Screening would be a much more economical way to do it - we can create a mask image on the cutter, apply it to a screen and run through the whole lot in a matter of a couple of hours.

 

I was wondering if anyone else here has got into screen printing who'd be willing to talk me through any tips or potential pitfalls I haven't foreseen!

 

I've printed before years ago, but it was with someone else preparing the mask.