Can you silk screen posters with house paint?

[bknowlden]

Hey all,

I'm fairly new to silk screening and have been using Nazdar 9700 inks. Even shelling out a bit more ($60/quart) for PMS matched colors isn't always giving me the color I want

I'm pulling through a pretty fine, 230 mesh screen for posters and was wondering if you can print with a high-quality house paint. Mainly because they can match ANY color from a sample and it's conveniently half the price.

pros/cons?

thanks in advance,
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brandon
brandon knowlden // art director

[S.Blake]

yes you can! Tons of thread ok the subject!

[squeegeethree]

You can screenprint butter on toast if you want.

[phoondaddy]

Love your Andrew Bird poster, Brandon.

You can print with house paint, search the forums with the drop down tab up at the top right of the screen. Be ready for trial and error though.

Güten Lück!

[steve w]

learning curve

[largemammal]

learning curve

what he said.

[withremote]

you can print with any colored liquid with a viscosity similar to delicious strawberry jam.

[windflame]

You can screenprint butter on toast if you want.

So this is how you do it

[Tenebrini]

buy Floetrol when you buy the paint

Floetrol Paint Additive

[scrantny]

uhhhhhh....dude someone PLEASE print some butter on toast.... I've always wanted to screen print POOP on toilet paper. but i have a bad gag reflex so don't think i would make it through the first print....maybe not even setup....