What screen printing material do I need to set up my workshop?

We usually receive quite a few questions about what screen printing material is necessary to buy in order to print t-shirts at home. 

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To have your workshop and do artisanal screen printing at home you need the following:

1) I recommend taking a screen printing course to start quickly, you will learn many tricks that on your own would take months to discover.

2) The basic products to do 1-color screen printing are:

• Screen printing screen (the size depends on your design)
• Emulsion
• Scraper
• Lacquers or acrylates 
• Squeegees
• Retarder
• Screen reclaiming solution
• 1800w/2000w hot air stripper
• Exposure unit or 500w halogen lamp
• Screen printing hinges

Depending on the sizes and quantities we need, we can buy the basics for around €200, for example, a 1Kg bottle of emulsion can last us approximately between 20-25 uses of 30x40 screens.

We also have starter kits for screen printing:
Kit serigrafia textil
Kit serigrafia papel

We recommend starting little by little, first printing 1 color on white textile or paper, then gradually with practice you will see that it is easy to do 2 colors but it is necessary to have a printing press or screen printing table.

In the following video, we explain how to print with water-based inks:

Here are some screen printing YouTube channels where you can learn step by step:

https://www.youtube.com/@EjRamirez
https://www.youtube.com/c/CharlesRebaza
https://www.youtube.com/c/EstamparteSerigraf%C3%ADaparatodos