Monday 7 March 2016

Buying screens

https://www.daveroper.co.uk/store/product/used-22x32-aluminium-frame-screens-new-mesh

Spoke to Mike in the print room about where to buy screens - I knew that printed textiles students had bought screens through the College, but Mike told me the specific distributors.

This website, Dave Roper, sells second hand screens at really good prices, but I also asked Mike about what the numbers with the 't's next to them meant - they're the amount of holes in the mesh per square inch, meaning that the higher the number, the more intricate your design can be while still printing successfully. The paper screens in the print room are around 120t, so this is what i should be looking to buy.

http://silkscreeningprintsupplies.co.uk/23-x-31-used-frame-new-mesh-1444-p.asp

this place also seems quite cheap - lots of second hand stuff too.

and this one:

http://www.wickedprintingstuff.com

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