Materials needed to make a silk-screen printer

The materials needed to make a silk-screen printer are relatively inexpensive and accessible. Substitute the materials listed below as necessary in your situation.

Here are the materials needed to make a silk-screen printer:

Choose fabric for the silk-screen carefully.

• It should

  • be fairly tightly woven but loosely woven enough so that ink can pass through it
  • be strong so that it will not tear easily
  • not stretch much
  • have a plain weave, and
  • have no printed design or pattern.

• There are several kinds of fabric that will work:

  • nylon
  • terylene (polyester) curtain
  • silk
  • silk-like fabric such as parachute silk or scarves
• Test different kinds of fabric before you buy a lot of any one type.

• Stringer and Faraclas 1987

• Fact module: Materials needed to make a silk-screen printer, by Trudy K. Stewart (compiler)
• In overview module: Printing information, by Trudy K. Stewart (compiler)
• In overview module: Literacy materials, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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