Tips on Building Your Own T-Shirt Printing Press
Fashion has changed over time and with that change so has creating your own t-shirts. Express your artistic ability through your own t-shirt printing press. Create your own designs with your t-shirt printing press and make a fashion statement.
- Understanding screen pressing. Create a design made out of material such as cardboard or even plastic. This design will then be placed inside of a screen frame. After the screen frame is placed inside of the t-shirt- you can then force paint or ink through the screen with a roller or sponge (squeegee). The design remains after the screen is removed from the shirt.
- Materials needed: Find an old window frame or buy some mesh screen from a local store. You need a sample gun to secure the screen into place, and some sturdy plywood to use as a t-shirt holding place.
- Making your own t-shirt press. You need to measure the correct frame size out of plywood and mesh screen material. Then you need to cut the mesh screen material to the appropriate size. Flip the plywood frame over and attach the mesh screen so it is flat across the plywood frame. Secure the mesh silk screen into place. The plywood frame works as a sort of t-shirt place for sturdiness.
- Create fresh designs and begin t-shirt printing. Be as creative as you want while creating t-shirt designs. With some practice, you are sure to create massive creativity with your new screen press.