Screen Printing Workshop first test: Difference between revisions
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m New page: == Intro == On February 18, 2009 I made my first attempt at creating a screen using Diazo photo emulsion from Speedball. Details to follow. --Nathan == Preparation ==... |
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* I burned the screen for 15 minutes, checked it, uneducated guess is that it needs more time to expose. Check again in 15 more minutes. (10:34 PM) | * I burned the screen for 15 minutes, checked it, uneducated guess is that it needs more time to expose. Check again in 15 more minutes. (10:34 PM) | ||
** Now is a good time to note that I should have attached my positive to the screen so when I checked it the alignment wouldn't get messed up. | ** Now is a good time to note that I should have attached my positive to the screen so when I checked it the alignment wouldn't get messed up. | ||
* I decided to let it stay for another 30 that way if it overexposed I would have a high point of reference. From what little experience I have it doesn't seem to have changed much. The emulsion basically just gets ''slightly'' more transparent. | |||
* After 45 minutes I pulled the screen off the light and washed out the print areas with my high pressure spray nozzle. It takes a minute or two for the areas to start clearing out (I was worried) but then slowly they will empty out. | |||
* Letting screen dry completely will I prepare my kitchen table for test prints. | |||
== Result == | == Result == | ||
