Screen Printing Films

How to Use Green Screen Printing Film
In screen printing, there are many ways to make a stencil. Individuals may opt to cut out stencils or paint a screen for printing. With great advancements, there is now a type of stencil that makes this process much simpler. Green film is a material that is light sensitive. It makes short work of stenciling for screen printers.

Scratch-Art Mask-Ease		Scratch-Art Scratch-a-Print 2		Ulano Blue Poly-2 Film		Ulano Pulsar
Price: $8 - $13		Price: $8		Price: $80 - $97		Price: $194
Brand: Scratch-Art		Brand: Scratch-Art		Brand: Ulano		Brand: Ulano
Mask-Ease is the safest and easiest masking system for school or studio.		Scratch-Art Scratch-a-Print 2 is similar to screen printing, but easier and more economical!		Ulano Blue Poly-2 Film is a photo-sensitive indirect screen printing film.		Ulano Pulsar is an innovative stencil system offering the industry’s easiest, fastest method of making photographic stencils for solvent inks and mesh counts above 230/inch.
Ulano Sta-Sharp S3S Film		Ulanocut Green Water-Soluble Film
Price: $163		Price: $185
Brand: Ulano		Brand: Ulano
A fast cutting film on .		Ulanocut Green Water-Soluble Film is a water-soluble hand-cut screen printing film.

• First a desired image is drawn onto a sheet of paper that is the size of the film. Place a piece of acetate over the film. Next, the design is drawn with ink onto the sheet of acetate. All ink marks will be printed.
• In a dark room, place a piece of glass on a surface that is flat. Place black cloth on glass. Remove protective backing from green film. Put green film on cloth with shiny side up. Place drawing on top of green film with ink side up. Place additional piece of glass on top of acetate. Clip each side in order to firmly hold it together. Put another piece of black cloth over the top.
• Follow manufacturer’s instructions for amount of sunlight exposure required and place in sunlight.
• After recommended time, bring work indoors. Remove clips. With gloved hands, place green film in a container of water. Manually move film about in water and brush away exposed film with fingers. Use paper towels to remove water. Allow film to be exposed to sun for around ten minutes. Cover with black cloth of felt. Allow to be undisturbed in a dark room throughout the night.
• Use masking tape to attach green film to flat side of screen and begin printing.