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Rebecca Burch (mamallama) > Step 12 -- fill the pin-holes. It will probably take 2-3 coats of screen filler on the inside and 1 coat on the outside to fill all the holes in the screen. To see if you have enough filler, hold the screen up to a light and look for pin-holes of light shining through. Be sure to cover all your tape with screen-filler, especially if you're not using waterproof tape!
Rebecca Burch (mamallama) > Step 11 -- screen filler Flip the screen over, and paint everything you DON'T want inked with screen filler. In other words, you're painting a negative of your design. Whatever you paint won't be inked, and whatever is left blank will let the ink through. It is almost impossible to erase screen filler. You can scrub areas out with either bleach or Greased Lightning, but I've never had much luck getting full erasure of boo-boos. Be very careful at this stage and use a tiny brush for detail work. It is time-consuming, yes, but the more time you spend being careful, the better your design will print. DO NOT get screen filler on your clothes. DO work in a well-ventilated room. This stuff is not nice to breathe! Thanks, Simone, for taking this photo!
Rebecca Burch (mamallama) > Step 10 -- Trace your drawing onto the screen with a pencil(staple-side up.) This is really easy to do because the screen is transparent, like tracing paper. It is difficult to erase on silk screen, though, so take your time with this step. You can correct mistakes when you paint the screen filler on in the next step.
Rebecca Burch (mamallama) > Step 9 -- Cover the outside of the screen edges with tape. You should cover up all the wood on the outside of the screen, plus about 1/4" of the screen within the wood frame. This prevents any ink from squishing out the sides of your screen and ruining your design.
Rebecca Burch (mamallama) > Step 8 -- Tape the inside edges of the screen. Make sure the tape covers both the screen and the wood frame. (You might have to trim excess silk away from the frame before doing this. Just don't cut it all the way to your staples.)
Rebecca Burch (mamallama) > Step 7 -- Now, do the rest of the corners, working diagonally. For instance, if you start with the lower left corner, you need to stretch and staple the upper right corner, next.
Rebecca Burch (mamallama) > Step 6 -- a nice, flat corner. :)
Rebecca Burch (mamallama) > Step 5 -- folding the corners, part II Now, pull the excess fabric on either side of the corner up and staple. This is the same technique used for canvas, as well. (See next photo for a better view.)
Rebecca Burch (mamallama) > Step 4 -- folding the corners, part 1. Start by pulling the middle of the corner flap diagonally, away from the stretcher, then wrap inward, diagonally, and staple. Thanks, Robert, for modeling for this photo!
Step 12 -- fill the pin-holes.

It will probably take 2-3 coats of screen filler on the inside and 1 coat on the outside to fill all the holes in the screen. To see if you have enough filler, hold the screen up to a light and look for pin-holes of light shining through.

Be sure to cover all your tape with screen-filler, especially if you're not using waterproof tape!
Rebecca Burch (mamallama) > Step 12 -- fill the pin-holes. It will probably take 2-3 coats of screen filler on the inside and 1 coat on the outside to fill all the holes in the screen. To see if you have enough filler, hold the screen up to a light and look for pin-holes of light shining through. Be sure to cover all your tape with screen-filler, especially if you're not using waterproof tape!
Step 12 -- fill the pin-holes.

It will probably take 2-3 coats of screen filler on the inside and 1 coat on the outside to fill all the holes in the screen. To see if you have enough filler, hold the screen up to a light and look for pin-holes of light shining through.

Be sure to cover all your tape with screen-filler, especially if you're not using waterproof tape!
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