I had been wanting to see how well blacklights could burn a screen. You can get blacklight LEDs for pretty cheap and I had heard that they can burn a screen super fast. SO my goal was to build a blacklight LED exposure unit that I could mount under my garage workbench to keep it […]
A huge important step in the screen printing process is printing your artwork on film transparencies. If you aren’t getting your artwork as black as possible on your films, its just not gonna work. There’s not a ton of info out there about which specific printer you should get to print your films out and […]
If you’re printing posters on flatstock (AKA paper) you’ll need a way to air dry them. You can either get an expensive wire shelving rack (seriously these things are so expensive for whatever reason) or you can hang dry them similar to a clothesline. Today I’ll show you how to make a cheap DIY print drying […]
As I continue to build my garage screen printing shop, I’m always looking for ways to save space. I wanted to build my own DIY exposure unit, but I didn’t want it to take up a lot of floor space at the same time. So I looked to the heavens, or at my garage ceiling […]
Ahh, thrifting. The dark art of saving money. My mom used to take me to thrift stores a lot as a kid. Like a whole lot. Maybe too much. For the longest time I thought it was normal for everything you own to smell like moth balls. I actually miss those thrifting days. It was pretty […]
I’m still chipping away at building a screen printing shop in my garage one project at a time. This time I show you how to build a screen printing washout booth for cheap using stuff you can grab at Home Depot or around your own house for about $60. I’m really happy with this screen printing washout […]
When I first started my career as a graphic designer it was at a print shop here in Houston. I was a production artist and in that time I saw a lot of other artists come and go (usually in epic meltdown fashion). But luckily I was able to hang on and eventually became the […]
If you didnt know, my first press comes from the DIY Screen Print Kit. Its a one color table-top press (unboxing video here) which means you need a table top to mount it to. Or I guess you could lay it in your lap? I could use any old table or I could buy an […]
