Silk screens print making

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How to laser cut your screen

Laser cut your acrylic frames

Put Mylar between frames with double sided tape

Laser cutted graphic is ready

Materials needed

• Anti static bag made of mylar
• Acrylic frames
• Double sided tape
• Acryl or textile paint
• Rubber squeegee

Design it

• Make any design in your 2D graphic vector program like Inkscape.
• Prepare your screen. Laser cut acrylic frames and put the Mylar between it.
• Put your prepared frame in the laser cutter and raster your design on the Mylar.
• Use a rubber sqeegee to push the paint evenly trough the window onto your fabric.

Machine settings

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If you are using 35 W Epilog laser use these settings:

• Raster
• Auto Focus
• Resolution: 75dpi
• Speed: 1
• Power: 5

If you want to have solid color on printings you should have your image 100 % black, else you will have bigger dots.

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Silkscreen preparing with vinyl cutter

• 
  Prepare your sticker by peeling away the design.
• 
  Transfer sticker to window
• 
  Use squeegee to push paint trough window
• 
  End result on textile

Materials needed

• Prepared wooden silkscreen window
• Vinyl cut sticker
• Acryl or textile paint
• Rubber Squeegee

Design it

• Make any design in your 2D graphic vector program like Inkscape. Don't forget to mirror you design.
• Prepare your screen. Vinylcut the sticker and peel away the design instead of the background.
• Then transfer the sticker to the window.
• Use a rubber sqeegee to push the paint evenly trough the window onto your fabric.

Useful links

• YouTube: How to screenprint T-shirts using paper stencils
• YouTube: Cutting stencils with your Cameo