New Screen Printing Method for Beginners and Pros

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[@ShmingsThings]

I am in general a fan of the "Not a tutorial, but an educational explanation of what I did and the considerations I was making in the process" format, and this video is a 10/10 for me. Looking forward to whatever you put out next.

[@joaopaulino2704]

😊6no bem 😮ou mal 24😊2

[@JohnBodoni]

one thing i like about you is that you always have one eye pointed to the future. who else would have sanded and varnished the plywood immediately to make future cleanup easier? it's good to see you so excited about this new direction. your sister does great work, too.

[@dwerg85]

That's one way of doing it. But platen tape is also an option. When it gets dirty you just remove it and put a new one on.

[@MichaelStaghorn]

Back in the days, I interned at a screen printer. For multicolour, we had all the screens set up in a circle around a pole and pre-aligned them. That way, you printed one colour and then pivoted the screen you just used to the side, thereby brining in the next screen already aligned perfectly. That way, you saved the time of changing screens in the holder for every print. Another, but similar, method we used on 4-colour prints had the printing base rather than the screen rotate. 5 stations; one to put whatever you were printing on on (and in the end off) the base, and then passing it on in turn to the four colours. Granted, that's a bit overkill for a beginner maker; but worth mentioning, I think.

[@liquidsonly]

Essential for t-shirts as you can't reposition the shirt for each colour. I made two fo these machines, foot operated screen carousel lock. Making the screens was a PITA though and the laser method is a great improvement.

[@changejoe474]

@@liquidsonly Bro, can I use new graphics on my old screen?

[@النمرالجماعي-ح4ر]

كم

[@adjadj5804]

I am a screen printer old school retired I did from dark room to stencil making to machine operator. I like the laser stencil machine no more mess Very nice video love the machine who makes it I watched to the end

[@Jack_Warner]

I used to make screens back in 1980. It was for printing circuit boards, which were then etched to leave the copper clad on the board. There was a lot of work involved.

[@Trust_me_I_am_an_Engineer]

Thank you for a very interesting video, Cris! You seem to be full of energy and creativity again and that makes me really happy!

[@GetHandsDirty]

Thank you so much!

[@jutulporten]

It's always such a joy to watch your creative process! I love that you share the mistakes and problems as well! Creativity is often messy but when you see the end result all the hard work is worth it! Thank you!

[@evgeniydeus8137]

Screen printing aside, that's one hella aesthetically pleasing looking workshop!

[@GetHandsDirty]

Thank you!!

[@FrankPSF]

@@GetHandsDirty I was thinking the same. I felt a lot of jealousy thinking of working in my tiny, dirty garage.

[@JackKirbyFan]

You come across as such a kind and caring person and I thank you for all your help in various products that I've used over the years. Keep up the great work! Esp. love the glue scraper.

[@GetHandsDirty]

Thanks for your kind words! I love to hear that I helped you somehow :)

[@LewHarriman]

Wow. What a huge advance over the traditional methods! So much simpler, faster and much easier to keep screens in registration. Perfect for short-run multicolor prints.... and very economical, given what's included in that multicolor kit. (Clever technique on the magnet and thin ruler to keep the notebooks flat.)

[@JoeTheGons]

You're so cool. I'm glad I found your channel; the inspiration you create is like no other. Thank you!

[@GetHandsDirty]

Wow, thank you! 😊

[@christinacreatesau]

Oh wow. This is a game changer for modern screen printing. Thanks for sharing.

[@GetHandsDirty]

It really is! It’s very exciting to have screens ready to print in an hour or so 🤩

[@mateostabio]

Love it! Your quality and attention to detail is what keeps me coming back. Can’t believe you’re almost at 1 million subs!

[@spaceyrat]

So cool! Things have changed a lot since I took a screenprinting class in 2009!

[@marciosantana7031]

I'm a huge fan of your work, I watch your videos whenever I can. Congratulations.

[@Aldo.flores]

I admire you so much, all your videos have an enormous amount of work behind them and it’s very noticeable, it’s worth every second til the end!

[@GetHandsDirty]

😊 thank you for noticing all the work behind it!

[@miggythepiggy141]

I’ve been watching your videos for years, and I gotta admit when idk what to do with something my first go-to is dad as well! Seeing him help you out brought a tear to my eye because I know my dad’s got my back whenever I need him as well. Keep putting out amazing content you and your dad rock

[@composing-chaos]

Of course you played around drumming on it! I’m finally retiring. More time to do my art. Reviewing your videos for my studio set up. I am building my own desk after an inspiration from one of your videos. I think I got those same craft cover notebooks for my art students. I think I would like to try putting wood veneer on them. They look so nice.

[@JayRKID]

You need a white base on dark fabrics :) great video, so informative, love your channel

[@bobweiram6321]

You need marijuana too.

[@GetHandsDirty]

You’re probably right. Thanks for the tip!

[@JayRKID]

@@GetHandsDirty I only know because I've done some custom art screen printing on Gameboys, and to get good colour you need a white base of the overall silloete, so I assume it would be the same for dark fabrics etc :) I so wish I could afford your lasor cutter and screen print set up, better get saving

[@ManuelGalero]

You can also mix rubberized with a little bit of wet-look-ink to apply on fabrics and it will pop-up a little after hot dried on a blower. Just make sure all the color separations are done before air-hot-drying. You can control the desired pop-ups on the portions of the lay-out.

[@anishade2981]

I love the way you work very detail and teach us every step. Thank you love

[@joseguimaraes1094]

Boa tarde, Cris. Não cesso de me espantar com as múltiplas valências que revela! Parabéns pela sua versatilidade e imaginação, não esquecendo a capacidade de trabalho e a perfeição do mesmo. Gostei imenso do vídeo e do resultado do trabalho nele desenvolvido. Todos os itens são ótimos. Votos de boa semana e fico a aguardar a sua próxima produção.

[@FrinkyBaby]

The BOOM is back! Thanks for sharing this cool process, Cris!

[@Mr3470fred]

Cris,thanks for sharing your work and interests with us

[@Andre_Berthiaume]

Awesome ! Also, the yellow silhouette seen at 28:03 would make a great poster/t-shirt (maybe add your 'get hands dirty' logo on the silhouette' shirt)

[@WPGinfo]

A true labor of love! Great project, great machines.

[@manythingslefttobuild]

Great video Cris, cool idea adapting the microscope to the camera.

[@melsparkles]

That looks like so much nerdy fun. The prints look awesome🙂

[@LaverneLovatt]

You make it look so easy. Well done

[@norm1124]

So happy to see you still on KZbin - AND I like lasers & screen prints.

[@HerveGWERY]

Very nice! So nice you can experience the feeling of how addictive it is😅😻

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great video showing how this machine works. Cool merch. Mahalo for sharing.

[@chuzzbot]

Yellow is always such a transparent colour, it is best to apply a layer of white underneath, then it will really pop.

[@kristmadsen]

Yeah. Or if you can make the yellow darker, like gold it will help. Or add some white that may help because white ink is designed to cover better.

[@meridacavediver]

One tip, run tape around your screen edges, so clean up is easier. Very clean work

[@ArnaudMEURET]

🤷🏻‍♂️ 26:00

[@adjadj5804]

Ps you are a very good teacher and kind

[@everycoLor_312]

You're Awesome 😊 you always have the best tools $

[@ARTISTIKACORPGIV]

amazing for the new innovative silkscreen and with laser ...i like to have this and learn from you very details teaching us thank you

[@brentonjoseph]

wow!! you never cease to captivate me. 💜

[@microfx]

It's around 2k $ if you were asking yourself

[@21stcenturyscots]

How many notebooks do you have to print and SELL including the costs for buying the notebooks to break even to zero dollars? This all looks like a zero profit rich daddy operation.

[@Bob-jt7ix]

​@@21stcenturyscotsan order for 500 campaign signs at $10 each and you've paid for that!

[@marciosantana7031]

sou super fã do seu trabalho, sempre que posso assisto seus videos. Parabéns

[@CoachJM2455]

Love the detail and seeing all this stuff in your shop and how you do it. Wanted to know if you used plastisol ink with the screen printing press yet? Was wondering how it printed with that in. Great video again!

[@onnaquest]

Interesting machine. I wanted to see an engraved layer on the notebook along with the printed layers. That would look so premium

[@doriandari]

It is incredible how technology is mixing an art like screen printing with lasers, that point is magnificent, you save printing the originals and developments, in addition to applying the emulsion to the screens, what I don't like, and it is not clear to me is that Will you have to buy each emulsified screen? That being the case, it is a creation of waste that becomes pollutants. And how much does each emulsified screen cost? I don't know Rick it's questionable... Your video and production is excellent!!

[@changejoe474]

I agree with your thoughts. I want to learn more. Can anyone help me?🤔🤔 🤔

[@doriandari]

@@changejoe474 the easyest Wayne to lern, is that you look for a screen printing store.. they will teachyou

[@scoochysteve]

Yo could try printing the white first, but change the screen so it also prints white where the other colour should be. Then print the other colour on top of the white. That should help give the colour pop when printing onto a darker garment. We did screen printing whilst studying for my graphic design degree. I loved it but never really did anything with it outside of uni because of the difficulty making the screens. But seeing this setup with the laser engraver to make the screens has piqued my interest again! Another thing we learned at uni was bookbinding. If you ever see any workshops near you I highly recommend it. It is a very rewarding skill learning all the different stitching methods for the spine and doing them by hand.

[@jayedwin98020]

Just a suggestion: When printing on black, or dark garments to get the accurate finished look you want, it's a good idea to burn another screen that will allow you to first print a base print of white beneath all of your colors. This initial base white layer will prevent your next ink colors from becoming muddy-looking.

[@flaviodias2160]

Só para dar os parabéns!!!! Descobri hoje o teu canal e não fazia ideia que tínhamos uma portuguesa a fazer conteúdo deveras interessante. Ganhaste um seguidor pelo conteúdo do qual tenho interesse e faço como hobby 👌

[@GetHandsDirty]

Bem vindo e muito obrigada! :D

[@amy_pieterse]

This is such a cool product. I love that the mesh is interchangeable. You don't have to have 10 000 frames for all the different designs that you might want to keep on hand.

[@GetHandsDirty]

Yeah, I really think this is about amazing concept. 😃

[@jharper74]

This is absolutely beautiful work. Love the detailed video.

[@Emerys_Trend_Services]

Now I can understand, as a designer, why do we separate colors when designing T-shirts. Thanks for your video, It is very helpful😇❤

[@criznach]

Were there instructions about which side of the screen is up? Typically in screen printing, you'd put the smooth side of the emulsion down, towards the print surface. You'll get sharper edges that way. Results might be sub-par with what I see in the microscope shots where the metal mesh creates bumps and gaps on the print side of the screen.

[@panossavvaidis6086]

Amazing work! Just for cleaning purposes, I think this mesh density is the right size in your instance. If it works, well don't... mesh with it, right? right?....

[@GetHandsDirty]

Ahaha 😆 I guess you’re right!

[@jimrosson6702]

Great video and such amazing ideas for products to sell. Keep up the amazing work. Thanks for sharing

[@luispelacalsolea602]

Buena iniciativa Un saludo desde Barcelona España

[@ForWhatImHere]

Perfect. Thank you for the review. need a large sauce bottle with a nozzle

[@rp26101]

Just found your channel and really enjoy the videos.

[@upnicmars]

Did you said "Até já" (portuguese for "see you later") at the end of the video?! ❤ As a brazilian, I feel very thrilled about that. 🥰

[@Almightees70]

Would love to see more screen printing content!

[@HNLCreatives]

Great job! When you print ink on dark fabric colors, you need to lay down a white background first.

[@BigJyeTV]

What can I say, love yourwork and your channel!

[@mixme8655]

I got interested in printing because of your video thank you for sharing ,I wish to have that machine too ❤ new subscriber

[@JENNISWISS]

WOW so nice your crativ work❤️👌👌👌 BIG RESPECT🤗

[@occipita_ca]

its best practice when printing color on dark surfaces to add the color layer to the white layer when making the screens, and sizing the color layer up a couple pixels. Then print the color on top of the white layer. this way you only need one pass of color and you can avoid thick ink application. sizing the color layer up will also make it easier to line up the layers and you wont see the color when it get directly printing on to the dark surface.

[@bigbillseppe]

nice video, one tip.... u can also lasercut the veneer to the required shape and size.

[@n.gravey3735]

Oooh New vid!!

[@telsoamorim1101]

Que lindo! Parabéns! Assistir seu vídeo é muito satisfatório

[@shribalajilaserart]

Hey. I m from 🇮🇳INDIA🇮🇳 YOUR WORK 👌👌👌✨️✨️✨️🧿👍🙏

[@forby_]

wow these turned out great!

[@KarlBunker]

"BOOM!" 😁👍

[@vinicoutinho]

Muito legal o video! Gostei muito dessa técnica de produzir impressões com silkscreen! Abraços do Brasil ✌

[@johnsmith-000]

Nice presentation. As far as I could see from the video, all the inks were quite thick, and thinning them a bit would have improved the prints. Some ink manufacturers also offer other ink additives, like flow control agent, which can also make a big difference. I have a couple of questions, if you don't mind answering them. What's the mesh count of this metal screen? The "emulsion", as you call it isn't photosensitive, right? It is just burnt off and the leftover particles rinsed with water? Can you apply this emulsion, coat the screen yourself, or the screen is not reusable? Thanks in advance for answering.

[@changejoe474]

I agree with your thoughts. I want to learn more. Can anyone help me?🤔

[@manuelneves248]

Bonjour Cris je suis content d'être tombé sur votre vidéo car elle est très intéressante parce qu'instructive et agréable à voir. Et puis à la fin votre "até já" m'a fait tilt... Je vous donnerai plus de détails par mai dans notre langue maternelle, car je suis d'une génération (j'ai 75 ans) où l'on n'apprenai tas l'anglais. Merci pour votre partage et amitiés de Paris.

[@samaker4]

Super cool video. Thanks for posting :)

[@davidpratt427]

Pretty cool, very nice 😊

[@peloporchannel3263]

I am a manual screen printing professional. but I don't have modern equipment like you have.

[@dariomeyer4280]

...el secreto está en la malla metálica y la resina que la cubre...ya que con cualquier grabador laser podrías hacer el diseño en esta malla , quemando las zonas donde debe pasar la tinta

[@chrluc]

One thing I do that might help is I apply application tape to the platen then spray tack on top of the tape. This will protect the platen and make clean up much easier.

[@Valleygirl4lifeCreations]

What is application tape?

[@ArnaudMEURET]

It’s a bit annoying that you have to figure all these small tricks (alignment pins, shims, etc.) despite these expensive machines are of the same brand. 😒

[@AsylumLunatic-ig5jh]

You obviously never printed anything?

[@DarrenCorman]

Black fabric typically takes a white base layer under bright colors and a double stroke of white over black. (even with Plastisol)

[@Alpha17x]

I wonder if you could modify one of those to do a hybrid of screen printing and layered resin art... This video has me thinking of getting 2. And potentially ruining one as a result, if it doesn't work. I wasn't expecting to be hit with inspiration, thanks and awesome video as always!

[@marcbarash6045]

Very Cool, good job!

[@onjofilms]

Very cool.

[@RafaelDias01]

Você é boa em gambiarras também 😅. Ótimo vídeo!

[@anishade2981]

I would also love to learn what if I want to make something bigger how can I create it with small to medium size printing methods like you do. like printing 100x150cm painting with silk screen

[@CalaTec]

Thanks for the video, here you have, a new subscriber.

[@JuJoPiSan]

Piña natural a rodajas - Hacendado. Is there a Mercadona in Porto? ;)

[@GetHandsDirty]

hahaha yes 😂

[@arturodelarosa4394]

37:32 for black or color fabric, the standard practice is to lay down white and then lay down the color on top (unless is white of course) As far as i know, there are no pigments thick enough to do it without the base layer, i guess yellow is very light and that is why you got away with it, but other colors might not work. But that would be a bit more of a problem than usual since you are trying to use a single station machine to do all the inks. (note that on the base file you usually have to inset a millimeter or so from the edge of the actual graphics, to makes sure the white doesnt poke out on one side or another) Drying it with the heat gun is fine for diy, but there are pre-drying machines designed specifically for this purpose that you roll on top of the shirt for 20 seconds or so. Also am I out of date with ink tech? I thought all ink for fabric needed to be baked. I still have the damn oven.

[@wittworks]

Very cool ❤

[@GetHandsDirty]

Thank youuu!

[@Valleygirl4lifeCreations]

Can you use this screen printing equipment as a stand alone unit or do you have to purchase the whole expensive X tool set up?

[@kristmadsen]

I read somewhere you can add "personal lubracant" to help with drying. Haha. Is the laser burning out the image or exposing the negative? I guess the only(?) advantage of this system is you dont need a dark room?

[@GetHandsDirty]

It burns the image. The emulsion is exposed as a large rectangle already. No need for a dark room. You just place the screen inside the laser and send the image from your computer to the laser.

[@elmarka17]

So cool! 😊👍

[@albertsam1847]

Nice work my friend 🎉

[@uroshavalon]

Clean descriptive video. The textile print needs much less dense mesh than (40 lines /cm) for example paper print as much more color has to go through. What is the mesh density of this prebuild screens?

[@USVSPK007]

Nice work ❤

[@jggraphx]

I don’t know how i ended up on this channel.. but interesting screen printing press… I learned screenprinting in high school and now I own my own business.. I could never recommend this for a beginner.. Too much to learn not easy to set up way overpriced!.. you can buy a 4 color press carousel for cheaper than that.. you will outgrow this machine real quick and it will be too hard to resell.. this would be good if you just need a one color station for a quick and easy jobs.. My first 2 color screen press was about $100 used back in 1994.. And I still have it to this day and still use it.. if you’re beginner do your research but I would not buy this or recommend this to a beginner.. interesting technology for silk screen burning..

[@anishade2981]

can you also screen print on canvas for artworks. I. would love to see them too

[@maanviss3840]

Did the screen reusable or we should buy new one for every new project ..??😊

[@lawdsouza]

Great Work !

[@correia707]

Espetacular!!

[@SodiPopMedia]

Can you use a higher count mesh with the printer? I’ve only seen people use 100

[@Tina_42]

I love screen printing, but I could never do it. It get goose bumps on my entire body when I hear the sound of the squeegee or the brush going over the mesh >< It was a little hard to watch for me :D

[@GetHandsDirty]

Ohhh I’m so sorry about that, Tina :( I appreciate your effort watching this video.

[@BearbearbearbearbearbearRarrrr]

Blueprints of some of yer designs would also be clutch T-shirt material.