The Ultimate Screen Printing Tutorial Video by Anthem Screen Printing [HD]

David of Anthem Screen Printing takes you through (almost) all of the steps in the screen printing process. We hope you enjoy this quick tutorial and stay tuned for more advanced "tips and tricks" videos!

MUSIC:
"Strobe Life" - The Bronx
"Pickpocket" - At The Drive-In

[adicesovic]

I have been printing for 7 years ad I have never seen anyone feel so important doing it like you :P

[AraceaeFanatics]

I googled "screen printing for dummies", thankfully this was in the results. Very helpful in answering some beginner questions that I had. Thank you

[CobraJaws]

QUESTION!!! WHY WAS THIS IS THIS IN A SORORITY NOISE ALBUM PLAYLIST? SORRY HAD TO ASK ENJOY YOUR PRINTING

[anthemscreenprinting]

that's really up to you. doing the printing yourself would be both more profitable and more rewarding, but would also require you to put up a larger up front investment and would slow down the process as you'd have to take the time to master the craft. most people start by having someone else print the shirts, see how well the line sells, and then decide to put up the money to buy all the equipment and start doing the printing themselves. thanks for watching, hope this helps!

[anthemscreenprinting]

i'm glad my intelligence is so evident to you ;) if you're planning on just doing single color designs (which i'd recommend if you don't want to buy a press), the $50 kits are exactly what you need. no exposure light, no press, just all the stuff to get you a nice diy look.

[anthemscreenprinting]

hey there, glad you liked the video! i'd recommend our wr-25 emulsion. it's fast drying and exposing, holds up well to all inks including plastisol, water based and even discharge, and is really forgiving as far as exposure times go, so you can usually under and overexpose your screen and still get good results!

[anthemscreenprinting]

Thank you! We typically use plastisol ink, but sometimes use water based, acrylic, and discharge inks as well. For printing film positives, I strongly suggest an Epson printer. If you're talking about the screen printing press, there are lots of good choices out there but our favorites are Workhorse and Riley Hopkins. A 500 watt halogen exposure light is good for a beginner, but a UV exposure unit will provide better and faster burns. Haven't heard of the Black Forge squeegee unfortunately.

[anthemscreenprinting]

Thanks, glad you liked it! To burn a screen DIY style you can either get a cheap but powerful light like a 500 watt halogen bulb (around $20), or you can even use the sun if it's a clear day and the sun is pretty much directly over head.

[Aritul]

You really know your craft! Great video. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[anthemscreenprinting]

Hey there, texhnically you should coat both sides at least once, and make sure to always coat the ink side last. The reason for this is you want to push all the emulsion onto the substrate or flat side. You want emulsion coated on both sides of the mesh to make sure it is really grabbing onto the mesh, and not just sitting on top of it. Hope this helps!

[jamespeach]

Thankyou, very informative, and direct. Subscribed and will be keen to see more videos when you have the time. Glad to see you enjoying yourself in the vids too.

[screenprintingportland]

Love it guys! Great overview of the screen printing process. Well done!

[anthemscreenprinting]

Thanks, glad you likes it! It depends, do you mean let the screen dry as in let the emulsion dry, or do you mean let the screen dry after you've washed it out? If you're drying wet emulsion, the screen should be in a dark room. If you're drying just a wet screen, the sun will work great :) The design part is the hardest aspect of screen printing to explain, we will be sure to try to make some videos explaining artwork in the near future!

[anthemscreenprinting]

Hi Nibras, thank you for watching and sorry you didn't enjoy the music. We know now to use less rocking music and definitely making it much quieter, if there at all. As for how long it should be exposed under the lights, there's no real straight answer for that. It totally depends on the type of emulsion being used, the screen mesh, the power of the light, distance from light, and a bunch of other factors.

[MookCam]

Great video, thanks! One thing that I don't think was mentioned was exactly how long to expose the screen - but otherwise very clear instructions.

[anthemscreenprinting]

Hey there, glad you liked our video! You can screen print those types of designs, but you would need to do either 4 Color Process (CMYK) or simulated process, which requires multiple screens (4-6) and very tight registration. You can buy blank shirts from blankshirts(dot)com if you don't have a resellers permit, and you can buy the inks from us! Just search "process ink" in the search bar on our website :)

[anthemscreenprinting]

@exudecourage Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback! I agree the music was too loud, but it's mainly due to the poor quality microphone I was using. I wanted some music in the background to keep the thing rolling, but even with it set at the very lowest setting (1%), it's still too loud compared to the audio. We plan on making more in depth screen printing tutorials with our new microphone in the near future, so keep your eyes peeled :)

[anthemscreenprinting]

@oneamongful thank you, glad you liked it! yes, that's exactly the case. the gradient was transferred into tiny little black dots (or halftones) by creating a bitmap of the grayscaled image. This can either be done in a graphics program like Photoshop, or done through a printer rip software.

[BarbieBillionaire]

I was so busy staring at your face, I forgot to look at your site! Nice prices! So many colors! Wish I'd found you sooner, could've saved some money and a drive across town!!! BOOKMARKED for future notice!!! :.)

[anthemscreenprinting]

Thank you! :) It depends on the emulsion that was used, but most likely the emulsion on that screen has gone bad. Once it's dried on a screen, the shelf life of emulsion is typically only around 4 days. I would try to burn it just in case, but most likely everything will wash off and you will then have to re-coat it. Hope this helps!