Silk Screen/ Screen Printing guide - The cheap and dirty way
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It went pretty good actually :
viewtopic.php?t=1348&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=75 (bottom half of page)
First try was white logo (Nazdar ink) with black pigmented epoxy. Result was OK but you could see the fiberglass weave a little bit and I didn't like working with black epoxy (the dye added an "oily" feeling to the resin)
Second attempt was white logo (Nazdar ink) + black background (screenprinted Nazdar ink as well), I used regular epoxy and loved the result : very opaque colors, ease of use of the regular epoxy.
Only thing I would change is the topsheet material itself : I used Duraclear from Crown, it's quite thick (1mm or so) for a topsheet material so it make my skis slightly heavier but more important it's not 100% clear. My opaque black turned out dark blue. Not a big deal as the result is still sweet but it's not the color I expected. I'm on the search again for some other topsheet material, more slim and more clear.
Screenprinting is definitively nice, lots of possibilities even if like me you just limit yourself to 2 colors. I'm already thinking of my next screens and how to make more "elaborated" designs.
viewtopic.php?t=1348&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=75 (bottom half of page)
First try was white logo (Nazdar ink) with black pigmented epoxy. Result was OK but you could see the fiberglass weave a little bit and I didn't like working with black epoxy (the dye added an "oily" feeling to the resin)
Second attempt was white logo (Nazdar ink) + black background (screenprinted Nazdar ink as well), I used regular epoxy and loved the result : very opaque colors, ease of use of the regular epoxy.
Only thing I would change is the topsheet material itself : I used Duraclear from Crown, it's quite thick (1mm or so) for a topsheet material so it make my skis slightly heavier but more important it's not 100% clear. My opaque black turned out dark blue. Not a big deal as the result is still sweet but it's not the color I expected. I'm on the search again for some other topsheet material, more slim and more clear.
Screenprinting is definitively nice, lots of possibilities even if like me you just limit yourself to 2 colors. I'm already thinking of my next screens and how to make more "elaborated" designs.
A bad day skiing is always better than a good one at work...