noob buying supplies

[mknudy]

im having a helluva time searching thru the forums...

im just starting out, basically teaching myself with some guidance, and im figuring out what i should get and where.

i got a pretty sweet deal on a couple newman frames off ebay, 27.5x27.5 and 23x31, and i got some hinge clamps.

im planning on just doing the emulsion and burning at a local shop, but ill be designing and printing myself.

so i need mesh (280-300? how much should i get to start?), squeegee, inks... what else? where are good sites to look for supplies?

thanks dudes, look forward to joining the ranks...

[kim_a]

While I'm not familiar with the roller-frame thing, I would guess you are better off getting pre-stretched frames when first starting out.

I bought mine from Silk Screening Supplies .com, Screen Printing Equipment, Silk Screen Printing Kits (Ryonet), they have deals on packs of aluminum screens in whatever meshcount you want.

[caribou]

you can get mesh and supplies from a bunch of places....dickblick, atlas screen, etc... in a pinch, i've gone to a local screen printing shop and just bought a yard from them. i've got a newman roller frame with 160 mesh on it (i think), and it's worked fine for all the stuff i need to do (i don't do really tiny text, though).

get some emulsion remover, unless you plan on doing the removal at the shop as well.

[mknudy]

hmmm, the 280 is kind of expensive on silkscreeningsupplies.com. like 80 for 3 yards.

what about squeeges? is 70 a good number?

[paul204]

69 is better

[mknudy]

haha, here we go...