I haven’t done any screen printing since last year. But I decided I want to make a few shirts as gifts. So I dug into the closet, and went through my screens. A couple have logos that I might want to print again sometime. But one screen had an image that I printed on a t-shirt for my nephew. So I pulled it out last night. I planned on reclaiming it this morning, but never got around to doing it. But tonight I took the time to clean it. I took it downstairs to the big wash sink in our utility room. I poured some of the stencil remover and brushed it around with a nylon bristle brush. Then I sprayed it with hot water. Very little of the emulsion came off. Well it has been on the screen for a long time! So I put some more stencil remover on the screen, and brushed it around. This time I left it to sit for a few minutes. Then I sprayed it again. This time most of the old emulsion came off. I sprinkled a little detergent on, and scrubbed it. I sprayed the screen again. I left the screen downstairs to dry. Hopefully tomorrow night I will be able to coat the screen.
Good to see you back in the screen printing scene mate
Comment by logo promotional products — January 13, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
Rob I am trying to find quality multi color screening for a black shirt. If you have any insight on this please contact me at my email. I need a quality printer. Peace
Comment by Leroy Brown — February 28, 2008 @ 10:58 pm
Sometimes you can use a haze remover to breakup old emulsion if the emulsion is locked in….just be careful the dehazer doesn’t get into the glue on the edge of the frame and loosen the mesh.
Comment by Matt — July 29, 2010 @ 5:24 pm