How To Screen Print Multiple Colors With One Screen

Transcript:
Hey screen printers. It’s Josh Wells from Ryonet. I want to show you a very cool, old school screen printing tip. It’s a great way to create unique looks and multi color prints, using just one screen.

With your one color screen set up and ready to print, we are going to take three different inks, it could be two or as many as you want really. I’m going to go for a bit of a rasta look.

We are going to add a little bit of each color at the base of the screen. Using a smaller amount of each ink ensures a greater amount of control over the colors while also reducing waste.

Now, we are going to flood our design and then print.

The key is to keep the squeegee in the same exact track as much as possible. As you print, the ink will blend more and change incrementally. Making every print unique.

If one color is starting to overtake another you can take a very small amount of the color and replenish the one that is becoming overwhelmed. It will start to make that color stronger.

Take a look at this awesome and unique print. Try it out at home or at your shop and show us your results on our Facebook page or instagram use hashtag powering the print!

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[GotMyBenz]

I'm super excited to try this! Do you think it would be possible to do this horizontally? (Lining up multiple colors along the length of the screen and pushing from the side.) I've never printed in that direction but I'm thinking it could produce a cool effect?

[djhenderson]

Josh, I know it has been a few years since you did this video, but do you or anyone know of anyone willing to do this in a shop? I have a design that I created specifically to do this type technique (I did screenprinting 40+ years ago in high school vocational graphic arts classes) and would really like to get some shirts done with this style...

[vedascreenprint]

What is the brand name of the ink you have used? How to buy

[Fishbone]

Next show us how to do multiple colors on top/layers of each other using the same screen. Thanks man, great job.

[eddiesanchez]

Can that technique be done with water-based paint?

[vijaykumarpatel]

Thank you very much, I like it and know about it

[alexmar]

Can I do that on a black T-shirt without a white under base

[studstud]

How do we know each screen will come on the correct position for multicolor printing

[thira]

pls give paint details...such as name brand ..etc

[artbarnett]

is that what is called a split fountain