Could someone explain differences between screen printing and silk screeing?
People use the terms interchangeably. They are both technically called “Serigraphy”. “SILK screen” it was called because the screens were originally made of silk fabric. Later, synthetic materials were used and silk was no longer part of the process therefore just ‘Screen” printing after that. The process uses low-viscosity ink, not paint. The light you speak of is used for 2 parts of the process – now this is going back to the 90s when I was in college for my Bachelor’s in print tech and Print mgt. – first, the screen is stretched across a frame (just like you’d secure a new screen on a screen door). A liquid emulsion is mixed and applied to the screen (in college is was really icky green-colored stuff). The emulsion dries then you attach the negative or positive in the proper place to the coated screen, expose it to UV light. The exposed portion hardens and the unexposed portion does not. You rinse away the unexposed portion. Then you place the screen on a substrate – paper, shirt, j
