Drying printed fabric

Fabric that has been freshly printed with a silk-screen printer must be handled and dried carefully to preserve the design.

Here are some guidelines to follow to dry freshly printed fabric:

• Hang the fabric on a line, spread it on bushes, or spread it on the ground.
• Make sure it will not blow away.
• Leave it in the sun for about one hour, if possible. This "cures" the ink and prevents it from smearing and from washing out later.
• Be sure the ink is completely dry and set before moving the fabric.

• Task module: Drying printed fabric
• In task module: How to print on fabric with a silk-screen printer, by Robin Rempel
• In task module: Using a silk-screen printer
• In task module: Printing literacy materials
• In task module: Producing printed materials, by Anne Klaassens (contributor), Robin Rempel (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor, contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), Diane Wroge (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Developing instructional materials, by Trudy K. Stewart, Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt (contributor)
• In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, 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

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

Page content last modified: 16 February 1999

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