Comments on: Feeling Exposed?

By: JESTR0Y

JESTR0Y — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:32:40 +0000

all the information you have provided here from building your own table to determining exposure time for emulsion is soooo great and useful!! i love itt! its all here; Everything you need! THANK YOU!

By: admin

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:58:55 +0000

Hi Niki,
In order to get your drawing onto a screen it needs to be ‘exposed’. Which means that the image and the screen (which is coated with light sensitive emulsion) are sandwiched together and when exposed to light the emulsion hardens everywhere except where the image is. Then you wash away the image area that did not harden effectively leaving it to be used as a semi-permanent stencil. You should read my screen printing ebook I offer for free- you can join my email list and you’ll be sent a link to it- it will help you with the basics and some terminology that you need to know to get started.

By: Niki

Niki — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:57:21 +0000

I have been reading your tutorials but have one (maybe stupid) question. Why do you have to expose your screen? And what are you exposing?
I have never done sillkscreening before, and am really excited to get going, but really don’t understand this part…
Your help would really be appreciated!

By: Screen Printing 101- Part 1- Getting Started at Print Cut Sew!

Screen Printing 101- Part 1- Getting Started at Print Cut Sew! — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:17:03 +0000

[...] However you set up your light source, desk mounted or ceiling mounted the lamp should be approximately 12- 15” above your screen and the table should have a piece of black cloth, smooth poster board or felt on it slightly larger than your screens outside dimensions. You can find more information on exposing a screen in my Feeling Exposed? tutorial. [...]

By: Screen Printing 101- Part 2- Creating The Stencil at Print Cut Sew!

Screen Printing 101- Part 2- Creating The Stencil at Print Cut Sew! — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:04:26 +0000

[...] Expose your image according to the manufacturers instructions of based on your testing results. More detailed information and a method for testing exposure times can be found in my blog post on exposing your silkscreens. [...]