Screen Printing - Washing out your screen!

In my last video, I burned an image of my logo onto a screen. I exposed it for 12 minutes with my homemade exposure unit.  It turned out very good.

During washout, I used a garden hose. A pressure washer is much better because it puts less water on the screen but at a higher pressure. My logo took at least five minutes to washout with the hose. It would have taken maybe 45 seconds with a pressure washer. I have a pressure washer on order. I cannot wait! :)  It is SO much easier to do a job when you have the right tools.

My washout room is my extra bathroom. I taped plastic around the inside of the shower so I do not get emulsion or anything else on the walls. An extra shower bar is handy to hang your light, towels, scrub brushes etc. When I am all done, I just pull the shower curtain closed and everything is out of sight.

The screen stand I used was something I made out of PVC pipe. It keeps the screen out of the water and makes it easy on my back. I made the stand out of the following:

8’ x 1” PVC (2)
1” PVC elbows (10)
1” PVC T’s (4)


Cut PVC into following pieces:
3 @ 15” (middle braces)
4 @ 14” (legs)
2 @ 20” (back brace)
2 @ 2 ½” (part of middle brace)
2 @ 5” (in front of middle brace)
2 @ 6 ¾” (screen sits on this)

Here is my video. 




The washout went well.  The image turned out great but I have not had time to print a shirt.  :(   I will let you know when I print it.

Thanks,
Jeanette