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Finished
After three layers of screens are applied the shirt is finished. A quick ironing sets the paint into the fabric and makes it washer safe.
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Alignment
In order to make the design look right, Duncan has to line up the layers of screens perfectly. Some...
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Drying
The first layer of paint has to be dry before they can move onto the next screen and layer of color....
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Wash
On a first stroke down using a scraper, paint is distributed all over the design. On the second...
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Paint
After letting the screen dry from the rinse, it's laid atop the shirt and paint is applied. In order...
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Paints
Printing on T-shirts requires a special unwashable paint. Snook11 mix their own fabric paints. Some...
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Extra time
After deciding the emulsion is still too green and soft the screens are held up to the light and exposed for a while longer.
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Check
Sampson and Duncan check the finished screen to make sure it is exposed enough and that there are no...
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Rinse
After taking the screen out of the light they must be rinsed to wash away all the emulsion that was...
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color
As the emulsion is exposed it hardens and changes color from green to blue.
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exposure
A high powered light shines on the screens. They have to carefully watch the time to make sure they...
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Green emulsion
Inside a dark room Duncan and Garrison put the screens into a case that will hold the transparancy...
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Shade of black
Sampson checks the quality of the print. This black must be very dark in order for light not to...
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Alignment
Duncan and Sampson inspect the transparancies they've printed to make sure they are all the same size...
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Separating colors
At Kinkos, Chris Gannon separates the layers of color in the design onto different transparancies using photoshop
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Measurement
Before printing out the design onto transparancies Duncan and Josh Sampson measure out the approximate size and location for the design.
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American Apparel
American Apparel shirts are some of the most popular among screen printers, their soft...
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Choosing shirts
Andrew Duncan chooses blank shirts from the American Apparel store inside Factory People. Duncan is...
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