Make Vinyl Stentils For Screenprinting

Fill in any gaps between the stencil and the mask with masking tape.

Make vinyl stentils for screenprinting.

Maybe you want to make a few shirts or a pair of towels. Stencil vinyl may stick too but i think 651 is a cheaper. So here is what you need. First with screen printing you can cut one stencil and use it to make multiple pieces.

The beauty of screen printing vs htv is that you can cut the design once and make multiple shirts. You ll attach the vinyl to your screen ink the first shirt lift if off and put it down on the next ink and repeat. Second you might prefer the printed look and soft feel of the ink over heat transfer vinyl for some projects. A blank screen 3.

I use oracal 651 because it sticks to the screen really well. This is a great way to do just that. In this instructable im going to show you how to screen print without the expensive time consuming dark room needing messy photo emulsion. For this one we took a vinyl stencil cut on a roland vinyl cutter stretched a screen on a frame attached the screen printed a couple of shirts.

If you ve been following along on my screen printing posts you know that i screen print using my vinyl cutter and oracal 651 adhesive vinyl. Adhesive vinyl is a one time use stencil. Links below for products equipment i use in my videos. To make silk screen stencils by hand start by drawing or tracing your design onto mylar paper or vinyl.

Next use painter s tape to secure the mylar or vinyl to a stiff transparent plastic like acetate to prepare your design for cutting. A sign squeegee or. This works well for me because i don t often print the same design more than once. If the stencil doesn t stick to the screen fold the tape back over rub the vinyl some more then try peeling the tape again.

A vector image to screen print. In this video i am showing you how it s possible to screen print using sign vinyl as a stencil. It comes off each time you wash the screen. Screen printing with vinyl.

You may not want to do it exactly like this but here s one way that actually worked for this projec.