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What do you need for screen printing

What do you need for screen printing

Screen printing involves a stencil, which the printer call "screen", which is then coated with a layer of ink on the printing surface. Each color uses a different wax paper, one at a time, to achieve the final result. So, what materials do you need for screen printing? Let's take a look at the list of screen printing materials.

1.Screen printing mesh

At present, the most commonly used screen printing is polyester screen printing mesh and nylon screen printing mesh.

2. Screen printing fabric ink

The ink list of screen printing materials generally has water-based inks and UV inks.

3. Screen printing scraping

Screen printing material list - screen printing blade

A squeegee for screen printing is a tool used to squeeze the ink on the screen to cause the ink to leak during printing.

4. Screen printing rack

Screen printing frame We can choose wood screen printing frame or aluminum screen printing frame. The wood screen frame has the advantages of simple screen frame, light weight, convenient operation, low price and simple stretching method. This frame is suitable for manual printing. The aluminum mesh frame has the advantages of light operation, high strength of the frame, deformation, solvent resistance, water resistance and beauty. Suitable for mechanical printing and manual printing.

5. A roll of tape

6. Ball

7. Latex gloves

The above is the list of screen printing materials needed in the screen printing process, with which we can perform a complete screen printing process.


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