Hand painting removable screen block?
I'd like to do some reduction screen prints, with the screen gradually being blocked manually between printing colour prints. Can removable screen blocker be painted onto the screen by brush? Can it be thinned to make it easier to paint with If so, can the inks be cleaned out of the screen after printing each colour without the blocker being dissolved by cleaning water?
(I realise that I can use drawing fluid and blocker together to create each screen/colour one by one, but I prefer to gradually build up the stencil during the printing of a design, and this also reduces the number of times that the screen must be completely stripped of blocker.)
Thanks.
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removable screen block without drawing fluid
Thu, 09/15/2011 - 12:13pm — boavida.mariahello,
in my experience you can draw with only the removable screen blocker (on the screen with brush) and not use the drawing fluid, if you start drawing the bigger areas of colour - print; the add more blocker to the ones printed - print 2nd layer; and so on; the removable screen block can be washed by hand with cold water and doesn't come out, only with hot water it washes off.
The difference is that like this you only draw the negative of the image you want to print.
you don't need to use a really thick layer of blocker, in fact it's all much faster (with the drying) if you just use a soft brush and make a thin layer with it.