Vinyl That Looks Like Screen Print

Place the decal sticky side down on the screen and rub it all over with a credit card or sign squeegee.

Vinyl that looks like screen print.

May 4 2015 6 30 am pdt. Make your own screen print shirts using oracal 651 vinyl your cricut or silhouette machine and speedball supplies. Screen printing is done by water based ink that is permanent that is squeezed through a screen. With this technique you can make your own custom silk screened t shirts or posters without any darkroom or chemical access.

Vinyl decal printing is very much like screen printing and the result is a vibrant and colorful graphic. 99 get it as soon as tomorrow feb 5. Vinyl printing is suitable for very small runs of up to 16 t shirts. Caydo 26 pieces vinyl screen printing kit include 10 x 14 inch wood silk screen printing frame vinyl sheets transfer tape sheets screen printing squeegees and mask tape 29 99 29.

Vinyl is well suited for very small runs which we would consider anything from 1 to 12 shirts this is because the set up time is much quicker than that of screen printing. For this one we took a vinyl stencil cut on a roland vinyl cutter stretched a screen on a frame attached the screen printed a couple of shirts. The ink is fused into the fibers of the fabric to create a softer look and feels that is long lasting. That s due to the fact that the set up time is little relative to that of screen printing.

This doesn t make it a faster overall method though as every shirt still requires individual set up which becomes too time consuming beyond the 12 shirt mark. The one specialized tool you need is a vinyl cutter but you only need access to it for one step. However this method is much slower than screen printing as each t shirt needs its own set up. Your decal will have a wax paper backing sheet and a transfer tape front you need to peel off the wax backing sheet to expose the sticky vinyl.

Once you have you vinyl decal sticker your ready to apply it to your screen.