Etsy How-To: Screen-printing & You

by Tom Drary on February 9, 2010


Check out more helpful How-Tos at Etsy! www.etsy.com Welcome to another Etsy how-to! Stinchcomb Matthews, Etsy Screenprinter and Historian, shows you how to set up a screen-printing press in your very own home using simple, inexpensive materials. Watch as Stinchcomb Matthews and his trusty assistant reveals the secrets of silk-screening… And remember to check out more how-tos and DIY news on the Storque! www.etsy.com

{ 25 comments }

studpuppy69 February 9, 2010 at 12:01 pm

What is that music they play in the beginning? Its nice.

XxxxXxxTOXICxxXxxxX February 9, 2010 at 12:31 pm

fucking dum ass the sun dusent rotate arown the earth 1:18

mightymaxisback February 9, 2010 at 1:20 pm

do you burn the image on the top (inside) or bottom (outside) of the screen? from this video it looks like it’s the bottom but i’m not sure.

bobprice22 February 9, 2010 at 2:00 pm

instead of using the unpredictable sun to burn you should have used a flood light. hell you have already splurged on getting all the crap you needed why not spend another 20-50 bucks for a reliable burner.

JaceOfSpades65 February 9, 2010 at 2:16 pm

you can just print it off of a printer using jet black, or if you could just draw on the transparencies with black or red marker (red actually works better, its completely opaque) or anything else you want to try to draw with, have fun, try new things : D

Askaredneckgeek February 9, 2010 at 2:18 pm

Yes you can use Plexiglas it is only to hold your film in place glass is use mostly because it is heavier

mikedasgerman February 9, 2010 at 2:33 pm

Photo copy your template onto an overhead projector transparency.

mikedasgerman February 9, 2010 at 2:53 pm

Great video taught me a lot i got my own stuff and gave it a shot but i had a rude awakening and found that it is a lit harder than it looks. I now have about $150 of stuff in the basement including a screen with a fist hole through it. I will still get back on the horse and try again. People be careful of what you are getting into if your not committed to this then don’t even bother.

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CatspitProductions February 9, 2010 at 3:54 pm

This is a fun video to watch! Good stuff. Check out my videos for tutorials on screen printing and heat transferring tee shirts. Questions welcome.

hanztarore February 9, 2010 at 4:51 pm

THANK YOU so fuken MUCH!!! I’ve been looking around the net to find this kind of tutorial. This video is the first one I found.

MrGnaes February 9, 2010 at 5:43 pm

lol helpul and funny..

but one thing i need to know be4 i attempt this…how do you get your design onto the transparent film in black?

JulsJunior February 9, 2010 at 6:31 pm

lol what a funny how to, 237th floor, 6000 deg kelvin, sun revolves around the earth. I wonder if many people caught that, plus i learned the basics of screen printing!

DenDeanBE February 9, 2010 at 7:05 pm

Ooh yeah, does it need to be glass or can I use plexiglass ?

DenDeanBE February 9, 2010 at 7:47 pm

Best is a hallogeenlamp of uv light
so expose is alwas same and than you can make it yourself with a couple of uv lamps in a box an than simpley place the screen above it, or with a lamp obove you screen

wudeshi February 9, 2010 at 8:21 pm

I prefer digital printing to screen printing.

ELB0X0 February 9, 2010 at 8:21 pm

kornelk – the emulsion is cured by the sun the dark ink of the design blocks the sun and the emulsion doesn’t harden allowing it to be washed away

kybigbro February 9, 2010 at 9:05 pm

oh! I didn’t know you could just expose it to the sun. i did a screenprinting workshop where there was the whole dark room and uv light machine thingy. didn’t realise I could achieve the same thing from home!..

kornelk February 9, 2010 at 9:18 pm

Amazing video! I’m not sure i get it, what is the heat of the sun (4:11) doing to the emulsion actually? How is it possilble the part which was covered can be cleaned with water?

rambovshopey February 9, 2010 at 10:04 pm

pretty cool video, easy to follow and straight to the point, cheers! x

libravenus85 February 9, 2010 at 10:33 pm

what a cute video. :)

PLemonadeFilms February 9, 2010 at 10:58 pm

I like the intro… very Kermit the frog News Flashy. Talking and “not knowing” the camera was already rolling. LOL.

XxDontPokeMeIBitexX February 9, 2010 at 11:15 pm

Lol… I caught that too

quidwitch February 9, 2010 at 11:57 pm

You can screen print on anything so long as it can’t move

TheBKSaunders February 10, 2010 at 12:21 am

I have a state of the art Dark Room he he he….

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