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Screen Printing Supplies London .Cheapest UK.
Screen Printing Supplies London. focuses on Our high quality meshed aluminum frames. Silk Screen printing equipment in the UK market at competitive pricing.

Our Advantages that will benefit to clients. Full series of screen printing supplies such as fabric meWater based Screen Printing Inksh, squeegee, emulsion, inkjet films, washout booth.

Factory located in KENT UK which is the leading company of screen printing kits with more than 40 years’ experience.
Not only successful in Screen Printing products but also great in SMT frames with foils. Our Advantages that will benefit to clients: Full series of screen printing supplies uk such as fabric mesh, squeegee, emulsion, inkjet films, washout booth. Our Ink spatulas have natural wood handles, Stainless steel rivets and stainless steel blade. The semi-flexible ink spatulas are easier to use. Ink Spatulas are a key tool for overall profitability by keeping your ink distribution clean, easy, and fast.

Screen Printing Supplies London.
The pallet is adjustable; It can be adjusted from forward to backward, from left to right. It is over printable which is especially suitable for printing onto T-shirt, pillowcase, bag, non-woven bags and so on. The screen mesh is the polyester used in screen printing for the screen. It comes in a thread count of 15t to 200t. The higher the thread count, the less ink it will let through. Screen mesh comes in either white or yellow. Last, but definitely not least, is the screen printing frame which holds the screen mesh. They’re made from wood or aluminum. Wooden frames don’t last anywhere near as long as aluminum frames which cost a great deal more. Frames are often pre-tensioned

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Where do you start to look for the Cheapest Screen print supplies? First of all many people look for a basic list of the Cheapest Screenprint supplies and equipment. To overview the method of screen printing. Consequently telling them the minimal tools and equipment they need as well as the basic steps involved. We will break the process down and list the tools needed to start you off in screen printing. This will give you the most basic information to help you get started.

THE FIRST STEP IS TO CREATE SOME ARTWORK. SILK SCREEN PRINT SUPPLIES
Most artwork is created using illustrator, Photoshop, coral draw free software like gimp and cad draw. vectors are best for illustrations (solid linework). multi color designs are separated and placed on separate layers from the original image. Then each colour is printed in black by itself. This colour separation is also known as film positive separation. a printer, Inkjet or Laser, a computer with the software will be required with this step.

CREATING THE FILM POSITIVE FROM THE CHEAPEST SCREEN PRINT SUPPLIES ON THE PLANET
After your artwork is created or separated you will need to convert it all to black and print it on a clear film, this is your film positive.

Consequently, if the artwork design has more than one color, you will need to print a film positive for each color. It is this black opaque film positive you are going to use to make your screen. this is the step you are going to require a computer, a printer and inkjet or Laser film.

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You will need a screen to pass the ink through onto your shirt. They are commonly known as Silkscreens, there are 3 types that you can use. Aluminium silkscreens, wooden silkscreens or pre-coated stencils. When you have decided which one to use, you will need to degrease it before you coat it with emulsion.

THE PRE-COATED SILKSCREEN AND PRE-COATED STENCIL
The emulsion is a light-sensitive liquid.

Which coats on the mesh and dried, with a fan heater or oven.

When it dries, the film positive under UV light exposes to make a stencil.

This step will require screen making chemicals, a water hose and an exposure unit.

Furthermore, another way to expose to UV light is using the sun.

Sunlight pre coated Aluminum screen or stencil sheet.

The basic list of Screen Printing Equipment to print fabric
LED UV Exposure unit. to make stencils using light-sensitive emulsion on the silkscreen.
2. Washout booth with a water sprayer. To wash out and clear the image on the screen.

3. Drying oven or fan heater. To dry the silkscreens after preparing them for emulsion or coating them with emulsion.

4. A darkroom, or subdued light room. for coating your screens and storing the coated silk screens for future use.

5. Screen printing press, jiffy clamps or silkscreen carousel. To print your t. shirts, Hoodies, fabric with ease and consistency.

6. Flash cure unit or heat gun. To flash dry between colors or to fully cure single colors

7. A Tunnel conveyor dryer. To fully cure your print, water-based ink at 185 deg c, plastisol ink at 155 deg c.

8. Washout booth and pressure washer. To reclaim so you can reuse your screens.

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9. Coating trough. To coat your silkscreens with emulsion.

10. Squeegee. wooden or aluminum, to push the ink through the silkscreen.

11. Screens stretched with mesh. to make your stencils on and print your shirts.

12. Spatulas. To take the ink from the bucket and place it on the screen. for removal of ink and back in the bucket.

13. Ruler and T square. To mark the mounting pallets to align artwork film and fabric positioning with a felt tip pen.

14. Heat reader. Infrared handheld temperature laser thermometer to check the curing temperature of the printed ink.

15. Spot cleaning gun. To remove unwanted marks of ink on the t.shirts and hoodies.

16. Scrub brushes. For applying ghostbuster

Customers can buy these by far the Cheapest Screen Print supplies in our web shop.
The perfect purchase for any budding screen printer or an ideal birthday or Christmas present for artistic loved ones.

Our Silk Screen Printing supplies. Excellent consumables. Needed to get printing your own designs at home.

You will also find consumable packages at reduced prices to add to your current kit.

Find out more about The Screen Print Specialists here at Sunlight Stencils.

Our team has over 40 years of hands-on experience in Screen Printing Equipment and Supplies.

Our knowledge gained both in the UK and internationally allows us to train and inform you every step of the way.

We are dedicated specialists.
Offering the Cheapest Screen Print Supplies on the planet.

Focused on helping and serving customers, from beginners to the advanced. helping them reach their full potential.

We provide printers with the correct equipment, knowledge and technical support.

Screen Printing made easy, turn their nightmares into dreams and help make them real.

After all, your creativity is our passion.

Furthermore, Sunlight Stencils has the perfect solution for all budding artist and designers.
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The selection of professional quality screen printing supplies offered at discount prices

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As a result our customers stay ahead of all the other silk screen printers in the marketplace.

SCREEN PRINTING INKS FOR PRINTING ONTO FABRIC
​When it comes to screen printing inks, there is a large variety available.

I’ve always worked with water based inks and have much preferred them over plastisol inks.

But before I go into the pros and cons of both and elaborate on my personal preference to water based inks,

TYPES OF SCREEN PRINTING INKS
I will first tell you about the different types of screen printing inks

that I’m familiar with and what I’ve learnt about each one:

​Water based inks​
Water based inks have a soft hand which means they are soft to the touch.

People sometimes think that because they are water based that they will not wash well,

but once cured properly they wash incredibly well.

No harsh chemicals are needed to clean water based inks off your screen , squeegee , mixing spoon or your hands.

You can use just plain water to clean these inks.

Any ink that is left on the side of the screen or on any other surface will air dry and not cause any problems later.

​Have you ever opened your water based ink and smelt a sharp amonia smell ?

Want to know why..
Water based inks air dry and are printed using coarse mesh counts when printing onto fabric,

32T – 55T as they will dry blocking the finer mesh when being printed.

You get two kinds of water based inks, pigment mixed into a clear base or pigment mixed into an opaque base.

​Clear based Ink
​A clear based ink will be translucent.

It will sink into the fabric so that you cannot feel it on the garment. It works best on white fabric.

If you print on white the colors will be bright and vibrant, on other light colored fabric,

the inks will be affected by the background color of the fabric,

imagine the results of printing onto different colored paper

with an inkjet printer, the result will be similar.

Black will go onto most colors though as it is so dark, yellow will be affected more by the color of the fabric that it goes onto.

These inks are really great for printing onto kids clothing

and babywear as they are so soft to the touch and don’t have any harmful ingredients.

You can print clear based inks wet on wet, which means you don’t have to dry each colour before you print the next one.

Opaque based ink
​You get opaque bases for water based inks and these are used for printing onto dark fabrics.

The base that the pigment is mixed into is a paste and will sit on top of the fabric.

You first print a layer of your ink, dry it with a flash drier, heat gun or hairdryer to speed up the drying process –

once this first layer is dry you do another print over the first dried layer and this will be more opaque

. Imagine painting a black wall with white paint,

the initial layer of paint looks pretty white but as it dries you see the black wall showing through,

once this layer dries, you add the second layer of white making the background disappear.

When printing more than one color with opaque water based inks,
you have to dry the first print completely before starting the next colour because the ink from the first print

will stick to the back of the second screen.

A heat gun or flash drier is good for drying ink layers quickly.

You also need a way of getting your screen registered or lined up so that when you put it down for the second print,

it is perfectly in line with the first print. You can make up some kind of a jig or use hinge clamps.

If you print a single layer of opaque ink you might be happy with the less opaque finish which will look like it is a vintage print.

Some opaque inks are better than others and will give a more opaque first print and some will have stretch.

If you ever open a tub of opaque water based ink and find mold, you can simply scoop away the parts with mold and still use the ink.

The mould eats the binding agent so don’t mix it into the ink.

Plastisol Inks
Plastisol ink is composed of PVC particles suspended in a plasticizing emulsion.

they have a more plastic feel and sit on top of the fabric that they are printed.

Plastisol only dry at 160 degrees Celsius – they do not air dry –

this means that they can be printed through very fine mesh counts which means you can print very fine detail with them,

the ink won’t dry in the screens causing the screen mesh to block causing you to lose detail.

You can print a design, leave the ink on the screen and return the next day and continue printing.

Plastisol are film forming so you can print an under base of white

and then print your colors on top of that which can give you very bright neon colors on dark fabrics

Mesh counts used for plastisol inks can be 43T right up to 120T.

Screen printing inks cure.
Inks cure once they reach 160 degrees, so you can use a heat gun to make them dry and then cure them with a heat press.

There are great silicone and teflon sheets which you can use to make your prints get different effects.

Most print shops use a tunnel drier to cure plastisol inks.

If you use an iron directly onto the print, they will get smudged and messed up

this is why people put “Do not Iron on Print” stickers on their shirts.

use a heat press to cure the inks you have to use a silicon paper or teflon to cover the print.

Pros and Cons of Water based inks vs Plastisol Inks

​Plastisol ink
Pros

Fine detail – easy to use – film forming – don’t air dry

​Cons

not very eco friendly – have to be cleaned up with hazardous chemicals-

don’t air dry so any ink splat can potentially cause problems later –

they don’t have a soft hand (plastic feel as opposed to softer print finish)

​Water-based inks
Pros

Eco friendly – easy to clean up after – great for ethical sustainable type projects – soft hand – non hazardous – good for kids/baby clothing – easy to cure

​Cons

Air dry so can block screens – not film forming

Metallic & Pearl Inks
​The water based silvers and golds that I have worked with were Pearlescent based.

These are best to print with a 43T mesh. 55T will block quickly and not give the right effect.

The only real metallic ink that I worked with was a plastisol and this also only really gave the right effect when printed through a 43T.

I’m sure that you get more metallic water based inks but the Pearl bases have a good finish.

Discharge Inks (decolorant / dye remover)

I’ve worked very little with discharge inks.

They work by knocking the dye used on the fabric out and leaving the fabric it’s original undyed color.

You can mix water based inks into your discharge ink to achieve colors.

Once you print the discharge ink you dry it with a heat gun, flash drier or tunnel drier.

The heat activates the discharge and you can see the image appear

as though it is being bleached into the fabric (Jacquard is a non bleach product).

Discharge inks can give off a bad smell and vapors so you should wear a mask.

Jacquard have quite an eco friendly Decolorant.