Features:

  • This kit gives you all you need for 2 of the most popular ways to screen print. Provides all that's needed to print on fabric or paper using the drawing fluid/screen filler and the photo emulsion methods
  • Make t-shirts, curtains, pillowcases, stationary, and much more with these high quality products and easy-to-follow instructions
  • With 2 frames and 6 inks, you are ready to tackle any screen printing project with this kit! kit contains: (1) 10”x14” Speedball wooden screen frame and base; (1) 8”x10” Speedball wooden screen frame; (1) Speedball craft squeegee (textile); (1) Speedball craft squeegee (graphic); (2) 4Oz. Jars of Speedball fabric screen printing ink (one each black, read); (4) 4Oz. Jars of Speedball acrylic screen printing ink (one each black, process cyan, process magenta, process yellow); (1) 4Oz. Bottle of drawing fluid; (1) 4Oz. Bottle of screen filler;
  • 1) 3.3Oz. Bottle of Speedball diazo photo emulsion; (1) bottle of Speedball sensitizer; (1) 4Oz. Bottle of Speedball photo emulsion remover; (1) 4Oz. Bottle of Speedball speed clean; (2) Speedball transparencies; (1) round brush; (6) craft sticks; (1) sheet of black paper; (1) Speedball screen printing instruction guide
  • Drawing fluid and screen filler work together to create a painted stencil. This is an effective method for detailed hand-drawn images, or images with apainterlyquality. The photo emulsion method allows for the highest fidelity and detail. The method requires specific tools and due to its intricate steps, it is also the most complicated technique
Great for beginners too

It is an Excellent product! It was Just as described. Quick easy to use and easy to clean. Great for kids and adults.

Very Pleased

We are very pleased with this kit. The screens are of excellent quality and there are enough supplies to strip the screens and do several more designs. We ordered the kit for a VBS project and now anticipate many more uses. Two of us were experienced at screen printing, but not making photo emulsion screens. The instructions were very clear and easy to follow. The kids are thrilled with their shirts!

Great starter kit

Perfect for making custom products, especially T Shirts. The set does lack the ability to emulation based printing using graphic design programs (you need 150 watt bulb set up and printer that can print decent transparencies)

Great beginner screen printing kit

Ive bought two sets so far. Its a great starter kit. Has everything you would need to make simple screen prints on shirts or posters. Directions are a little confusing, but there are plenty of helpful videos on YouTube. Good quality.

Sorry you had a bad experience

Dear artsavedmylife- We are very sorry that you had a bad experience with your Speedball Screen Printing Kit. While screen printing does require some trial and error, we strive to make the kits complete, fun, and easy to use. Unfortunately, we have not found a way to make them foolproof. Your comments regarding the instructions are well-taken and we have tried to make them easier. To that end, we now include a free instructional DVD in the kit. If you contact me directly, I would be happy to send you the DVD as well as some additional supplies to see if they perform better for you. We include our toll free number in every kit and have people available to help anyone who is having difficulty with our products. The Ultimate kit does indeed come with 2 different size screens as described on the package. One 8x10 screen and one 10x14 screen provides flexibility and the opportunity to work with 2 screens simultaneously if the printmaker desires. We make many other sizes, but these are two of the most popular. There are also two 9 inch squeegees (referred to as 'scrapers'). One is designed to lay down a heavier layer of ink for printing on fabric, while the other is designed for printing on paper and similar less porous materials. The 9 inch squeegee is the optimal size to print across the width of the 8x10 screen and lengthwise in the 10x14 screen. With this combination you can print either size on both fabric and paper. You don't need to coat the screen in the dark when using Speedball photo emulsion. We coat screens every day in our lab, at home, in schools, and at printmaking studios around the country in broad daylight with no difficulty. Just be sure to let it dry in a dark place like a cabinet or closet. Once dry, you have a couple minutes in the light before you begin the exposure so there is no need for a darkroom. It is a real mistake to disparage the "other screen methods" as arts and crafts or child's projects. One need only see the screen prints of Henri Matisse or Jacob Lawrence to learn what an artist can create out of simplicity. Speedball was the pioneer of water-based screen printing nearly 40 years ago. At a time when other available screen printing materials were harsh, solvent based chemicals, Speedball invested heavily in the research and development of safe, easy to use screen printing materials to complement their water-based relief printing inks. Although we have worked with thousands of students, art educators, and professional artists; we clearly have room to improve and appreciate your feedback. Walt Glazer CEO Speedball Art Products Company waltglazer@speedballart.com

Five Stars

Beautiful kit, has everything you'll need for the project!

Educationally Sound

Okay I read all of the reviews I teach Printmaking and I think this kit is very good for beginners or Art Professors. The good thing about the kit is that the DVD or the pamphlet helps and you can change the mesh on the screens. I had not actually screen printed for years and there are videos that you can look at online from easy paper stencils to very hard photo emulsion screens. If you like a screen you can take it out and save it! What a wonderful tool for teachers to have the screens and the finished products.

Fantastic

This was a Christmas gift for my 23 year old daughter. She has never screen printed but is a professional dancer and full time adult artsy kid. She watched the DVD and within 24 hours "smudgy panda" was printed on everything she could get under the screen. Yep there was a learning curve--hence the name of the Panda but it was steep and only a few smudgy panda's were actually smudgy. I highly recommend for anyone looking for an entry into silk screening.

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