Actually, I didn't really do the streching proccess correctly. Unfortunatley, I forgot to immerse the fabric in water, which allows for it to stretch better. But on a normal frame (one like mine, with no special places to put the cloth) these are the steps:
Step 1: Cut your piece of nylon so that it is 2 inches larger than your frame on all sides.
Step 2: Immerse the fabric in water.
Step 3: Center the fabric over the frame.
Step 4: Use a staple gun to attach the fabric to the frame using the process of stapleing the middle of one side, pulling fabric taunt, stapleing middle of opposite side, pull it taunt, (do twice)
Step 5: Work from the center of the first side and staple towards the corners, then do the same thing on the opposite side.
Step 6: After a sufficient enough of staples are in (make sure you get the corners) you want to hammer staples in and trim the excess fabric to within 1/2 inches of the staples.
NOTE:
-You want to keep the fabric moist all the time, so have a wet sponge handy.
-Make sure you are constantly pulling the fabric taunt.
-Try to use 200x mesh, its a good, all-around choice. However, polyester mesh works also, and it is readily available at most fabric shops.
And as for tightness, just rub your hand over it and feel for any depressions in the fabric. You should be able to feel any lack of tightness quite easily. Anyways, Im not plannning on doing professional prints, using 8 colors, I'm just doing it for small jobs. I feel confident that mine is tight, but I guess we will have to wait to see. I'm ordering the emulsion soon, so I should have the printing process posted in no time (hopefully).
Last edited by Sbthomas13; 01-07-2007 at 04:50 PM.
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