Have you ever tried silkscreen printing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by j4k3@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've wanted to try it for a long time, but never got around to it. I'm curious about any techniques that are more grass roots outside of the commercialized space, like what are the absolute minimum things needed when repeatability, convenience, and time are not important factors, but money and access to rare markets is extremely limited? What have you made before?

Like:

a (blank) makes a good screen, or (blank) is an alternate technique to screens
(blank) can work as a replacement for emulsion
(blank) is an alternative for ink

I'm personally interested in printing on t-shirts, but also printing silkscreens on circuit boards.

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[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I'm not sure about dyes, but from what I've seen, the viscosity of silkscreen inks is about like honey. I think of dyes as a water base with a consistency of alcohol. Perhaps something like that could be sprayed with a mask, but I can't picture it lasting for many wash cycles.

I'm a mod for the main 3d printing community here :) Indeed there are some examples that can be found where people print directly on fabric that has been attached to the print bed. Generally, TPU will last longer through more wash cycles, while PLA will work but well come loose eventually.

emulsion - (photography) The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.

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