Recipe: Make your own Natural Screen Printing Ink

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Make your own water-based Screen Printing Ink with just 2 ingredients!

Ingredients:

Natural Acrylik Paint
Water

Supplies:

Silkscreen
Squeegee
Spatula
Container
Paper

Step 1:

Measure out 1 part Natural Acrylik Paint and 1 part water.

Person squeezing acrylik paint into measuring spoon

Person scooping out measured paint into metal dish

Step 2:

Using a spatula, mix the two together in a container. Make sure you mix thoroughly; it may take a few minutes. The Acrylik tends to settle towards the bottom so make sure you mix it well.

Pouring water into dish containing acrylik paint

Spatula is being used to mix together water and acrylik paint

Step 3:

Once mixed, prepare your screen and paper. Using your spatula dish out your desired amount of ink onto your screen. Note – The ink tends to be runnier than traditional screenprinting inks but performs the same.

Spatula is being used to spread out mixture onto screen

Step 4:

Place your paper and pull your squeegee with ink across your screen to produce your prints!

Squeegee is used to pull the ink across the screen to produce a print

Step 5:

Clean Up – When done printing your edition, using soap and water on a sponge, clean out your screen along with your spatula and squeegee. It helps to have a high pressure sprayer; the Acrylik tends to stain the screen a bit more than traditional inks.