Lab 05

Print a design on cotton fabric using screen printing

Objective:

To print the given cotton material using Screen Printing method with the required portion of fabrics.

Introduction:

Screen printing is a printing technique where a mesh is used to transfer ink onto a substrate, except
in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil.

Recipe:

fabric

Dyes = 4gm

Urea = 10gm

Thickener = 50gD

Resist salt=1gm

Soda ash=6gm

Additional water = as required.

Preparation of thickener:

• 16 gm of starch and 200cc water are taken in bowl

• Heat is applied and solution is stirred continuously until a thick viscose solution is obtained.3.
• By continuous stirring and boiling a specific viscosity is obtained.4.
• The heat application is stopped otherwise viscosity falls down. So temperature is maintained
strictly.

Preparation of printing paste:

• At first we take required amount of dyestuffs in a bath.

• Then little amount of water is added into the bath for mixing these dyes. And start stirring for
mixing the three types of dye.
• Then required amount of urea is added into the dye bath.
• After then required amount of thickener is added.
• Then continuous stirring is done for few minutes for mixing all the ingredients of print paste.
• After mixing finally required amount of alkali is added to the dye bath and mix them with the
help of stirring.

Printing process:

Screen-printing method:

• The fabric is placed on the printing table of flat screen-printing machine. The table is made of
soft by laying on it.
• Then the screen is placed on the sample fabric.
• The printing paste is taken on the screen perforation.
• Thus we can find the printed fabric with a smooth wooden strike the paste is spread over the
screen with slight pressure.
• So that the dye particles can penetrate through the screen perforation.
• Thus we get printed fabric.

After treatment:

The printed fabric is steamed for 5-10 minutes in a cottages steamer and washed with cold-water
for removing unfixed dye and exhausted thickener and then dried.

Result:

The given cotton sample material was printed by using Screen Printing method with the required
portion of fabrics.