Screen Printing Freight Cars
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 11:08 pm
Friends:
Here's how I lettered my first large scale freight car. I created
a set of printing screens by copying a freight car photo off the
internet.
I edited the photo and printed it onto 5 pieces of overhead projector
film which were used to expose the screens which I had coated with
photosensitive polymer.
Areas not exposed to light wash away with water allowing passage of
the printing ink. Back in the day we called this "Silk Screening", but make
no mistake about it, nobody uses silk anymore. This is 105 line/inch
monofilament nylon fabric. The frames were made to fit between hopper ribs.
Each screen was clamped to the side of the car, and the white ink was
forced through the screen with a rubber squeegee. If this looks fun to
you, you are right.
Bill
Here's how I lettered my first large scale freight car. I created
a set of printing screens by copying a freight car photo off the
internet.
I edited the photo and printed it onto 5 pieces of overhead projector
film which were used to expose the screens which I had coated with
photosensitive polymer.
Areas not exposed to light wash away with water allowing passage of
the printing ink. Back in the day we called this "Silk Screening", but make
no mistake about it, nobody uses silk anymore. This is 105 line/inch
monofilament nylon fabric. The frames were made to fit between hopper ribs.
Each screen was clamped to the side of the car, and the white ink was
forced through the screen with a rubber squeegee. If this looks fun to
you, you are right.
Bill