Welcome to Screen Printing Dog

Okay, so you’re ready to give up screen printing because, for the last couple of times, your screens came our underexpose and the emulsion dripped away during washout, or it over-exposed and you can barely see through your screen. You are pissed because you followed the instructions to the T, and you’re feeling frustrated for having to waste all that emulsion and time. Well, you are not [...]

Screen printing is probably one the most fulfilling projects you can start doing at home by yourself. It is not only great as a hobby project, but if you do get good at it, you can actually turn it into a business, and that’s when the possibilities are endless. Learning how to screen printing (a.k.a silkscreen) is quite simple to understand. T-shirts in my opinion offer the best learning platform. [...]

I’ve been a fan of Lee from Youtees ever since i discovered him on youtube 3 years back. Being a screenprinter for years, he’s taken an innovative approach to the usual methods of screen printing. Here’s a compilation of his videos (updated 2012). If you are truly interested in screen printing basics or just want an alternative view of the process, enjoy his videos below.   [...]

Before we begin, let me state the obvious. Screen-printing isn’t absolute (no form of art ever is though), and is not for everyone. There’s a lot of trial and error involved because printing contains a lot of variables – time being the most important. And I don’t mean how long it takes to wash a screen, or how long it takes for you to let the emulsion dry. What I mean is the time you [...]