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Screen Printing 

Screen printing, also called serigraphy or silk screening, is the preferred way to print a logo, text, or artwork repeatedly on fabric (or for almost any flat surface).

Basically, a screen is imprinted with your design, placed on the fabric, and then paint is forced through the screen onto the fabric. There are several methods of creating the screen - from very easy & simple to more complex & time consuming, each with their own pros and cons.

Below are kits and supplies for all the methods. more information and examples of the different techniques can be found here. We also have a few great books that get into the details and, of course, the kits listed below come with instructions for the desired method. We even have a couple of full shop kits of professional equipment that you could use to set yourself up in business!

Jacquard Screen Printing Puff Additive
Jacquard Screen Printing Puff Additive
An excitable addition to your screen printing inks! Use some Puff Additive when you want a little extra pop to your designs.
Photo Emulsion Sheets
Photo Emulsion Sheets
Photo Emulsion sheets at less than 1/2 the price of Yudu emulsion sheets!
Yudu Screen Printing Products
Yudu Screen Printing Products
What's a Yudu?! A revolutionary personal home screen printing machine that does it all, that's what! Check it out!
Jacquard Professional Screen Printing Inks
Jacquard Professional Screen Printing Inks
These top quality screen inks have an extended open time unmatched by any other ink.  Silkscreen on almost any surface!
Versatex Printing Ink
Versatex Printing Ink
Versatex was designed for commercial silk screening. It is used by professional printers because of its strength of color and permanency. Versatex is the softest of our screen printing inks.
Speedball Fabric Screen Printing Ink
Speedball Fabric Screen Printing Ink
Do you want a smooth, creamy non-toxic Screen Printing Ink that hardly leaves any feel on the fabric? If yes, then this Speedball Ink is for you!
Versatex Printing Ink Starter Sets
Versatex Printing Ink Starter Sets
Two sets to choose from, each containing eight different colors.
Discounted as low as $ 13.95
Pressure Sprayer with Nozzle
Pressure Sprayer with Nozzle
This economical pressure spray bottle works great with our fire retardant.
Jacquard Screen Ink Discharge
Jacquard Screen Ink Discharge
Use to ensure your screen printing colors will pop on dark fabrics without laying down an undercoat of white ink.
Jacquard Color Magnet
Jacquard Color Magnet
Magically attracts more dye where it is applied, creating a unique, two-toned effect when silk screening.
Deconstructed Screen Printing DVD
Deconstructed Screen Printing DVD
This visually stimulating DVD leads you through the exciting process of Screen Printing with Fiber Reactive Dyes.
Improvisational Screen Printing DVD
Improvisational Screen Printing DVD
This DVD details improvisational screen printing techniques using everyday or easily accessible materials.
Speedball Screen Printing Instructional DVD
Speedball Screen Printing Instructional DVD
Learn to develop your own screens and print your own shirts, posters, flyers, etc.
Adventures in Surface Design: Screen Printing and Beyond
Adventures in Surface Design: Screen Printing and Beyond
Learn quick and accessible strategies for making marks that speak to you, and start expressing yourself in your artwork.
Simple Screenprinting: Basic Techniques and Creative Projects
Simple Screenprinting: Basic Techniques and Creative Projects
Here's an excellent and thorough book about the art of screenprinting.
Speedball DIAZO Photo Emulsion Kit
Speedball DIAZO Photo Emulsion Kit
The photo emulsion method is one of the most exciting techniques of screen-printing, offering a wide range of possibilities.
Screen Printing Kit - Photo Emulsion
Screen Printing Kit - Photo Emulsion
This technique was popularized by Warhol's Marilyn skirt prints. Everything you need to try it out (except the skirts).
Screen Printing Kit - Drawing Fluid
Screen Printing Kit - Drawing Fluid
Everything you need to hand paint designs onto a silkscreen and print onto shirts. (Except the shirts!)
Screen Printing Kit - Complete
Screen Printing Kit - Complete
Everything you need to create and print with silk screens of any type.
Versatex Screen Printing Kit
Versatex Screen Printing Kit
This fun and economical kit makes it easy to custom print your own designs on t-shirts, banners, paper, jackets, placemats, canvas bags, and more!
Get it for $ 39.99
Jacquard Professional Screen Printing Kit
Jacquard Professional Screen Printing Kit
Professional-quality screen printing kit designed for printing on lighter colored backgrounds and suitable for beginners and professional screen printers alike.
Get it for $ 47.99
Jacquard Opaque Screen Printing Kit
Jacquard Opaque Screen Printing Kit
Professional-quality screen printing kit designed for darker backgrounds and suitable for beginners and professional screen printers alike.
Get it for $ 47.99
Speedball T-shirt Screenprinting Kit
Speedball T-shirt Screenprinting Kit
Everything you need to try out screen printing on t-shirts (except the shirts).
Speedball Ultimate Screen Printing Kit
Speedball Ultimate Screen Printing Kit
Everything you need to print on t-shirts (except the shirts).
Geo Knight Jet Press
Geo Knight Jet Press
The JetPress machines are a heavy duty line of low-cost, economical swing away heat presses. Intended for start-ups, home use, and noncommercial, hobby-oriented transfer printing.
Single Color Print Station
Single Color Print Station
This 1 Color 1 Station screen printer is made of solid steel, no plastic parts, for years of long lasting trouble free performance.
4 Color Print Station
4 Color Print Station
This 4 Color 1 Station screen printer is made of solid steel, no plastic parts, for years of long lasting trouble free performance.
4 Color Dual Print Station
4 Color Dual Print Station
This 4 Color 2 Station screen printer is made of solid steel, no plastic parts, for years of long lasting trouble free performance.
6-Color Dual Print Station
6-Color Dual Print Station
This 6 Color 2 Station table top screen printer is made of solid steel for years of long-lasting, trouble-free performance.
6 Color 4 Station w/ Stand
6 Color 4 Station w/ Stand
This 6 Color 4 Station screen printer is made of solid steel, no plastic parts, for years of long lasting trouble free performance.
4 Color 4 Station w/ Stand
4 Color 4 Station w/ Stand
This 4 Color 4 Station screen printer is made of solid steel, no plastic parts, for years of long lasting trouble free performance.
4 Color 1 Station Full Shop Pkg.
4 Color 1 Station Full Shop Pkg.
This Full Shop Screen Printing package includes all the equipment and supplies you need to start screen printing.
4 Color 2 Station Full Shop Pkg.
4 Color 2 Station Full Shop Pkg.
This Full Shop Screen Printing package will increase production levels in any small shop setup.
Flash Dryer 18" x 18"
Flash Dryer 18" x 18"
This is a free standing Flash Dryer equipped with a 2000 watt heating element.
Flash Dryer 16"x 16"
Flash Dryer 16"x 16"
This free standing flash dryer can be used to flash dry your prints or process the final curing of your garments.
Exposure Unit
Exposure Unit
This exposure unit is a great compact unit that uses a UV black light system for the perfect frequency and minimum exposure time.
5 Ft. Belt Dryer with legs
5 Ft. Belt Dryer with legs
5 Ft. Screen Printing Belt Dryer features a 2,000 watt heating element.
Light Tracer Light Box
Light Tracer Light Box
Conveniently slanted tracing surface and handy recessed tool tray to keep pencils, chalk, embossing stylus, and other tracing tools at your fingertips while you trace.
Speedball Screen Printing Fabric
Speedball Screen Printing Fabric
Why replace the whole frame when all you need is the screen?
Speedball Screen Fabric Rolls (42" wide X 5yrds. long)
Speedball Screen Fabric Rolls (42" wide X 5yrds. long)
These rolls of screen printing mesh can be cut to fit whatever size screen you choose to work with.
Jacquard Blank Screen Printing Frames
Jacquard Blank Screen Printing Frames
Varnished wooden frames prestretched tightly with 110 mesh polyester screen.
Speedball Blank Screen Printing Frames
Speedball Blank Screen Printing Frames
High quality, 12xx multi-filament mesh screens mounted on solid wood frames.
Yudu Squeegee Kit
Yudu Squeegee Kit
Take control of your Yudu projects with large, medium, and small squeegees.
Squeegees for Screen Printing
Squeegees for Screen Printing
The squeegee is an essential element in screen-printing. It is the means by which the ink is pushed through the screen and onto the shirt.
Masking Tape - 1/2", 1", 3"
Masking Tape - 1/2", 1", 3"
Your basic 60 yard roll of 1/2", 1" and 3" wide Masking Tape. Essential for stenciling & screen printing, useful for other arts & crafts as well.
Speedball Speed Clean
Speedball Speed Clean
Specifically designed to remove screen filler. Just pour it on, scrub it gently with a brush, and there you have it. It's how dirty screens get clean.
Speedball Retarder Base
Speedball Retarder Base
Slows down the drying time of Speedball Printing Ink giving you more time to work.
Plastic Glass 8.5"x10"
Plastic Glass 8.5"x10"
This sheet of plastic acts as a weight for your acetate transparency during the photo emulsion screen development technique.
Acetate 8.5"x 11" - 5 packs
Acetate 8.5"x 11" - 5 packs
We have the two types of acetate most commonly used: Photocopy and Inkjet printer ready versions.
Hinged Clamp
Hinged Clamp
This clamp can be screwed down to a surface to create a screen printing table.
Diazo Sensitizer
Diazo Sensitizer
This product is used with photo emulsion, and is the ingredient that makes the emulsion light sensitive and ready to develop.
Diazo Photo Emulsion
Diazo Photo Emulsion
This is used to prepare a screen for the photo emulsion screen printing.
Diazo Photo Emulsion Remover
Diazo Photo Emulsion Remover
Emulsion remover allows for screens to be re-developed.
Screen Drawing Fluid
Screen Drawing Fluid
Apply this fluid with a brush or applicator bottle directly on a blank screen. Easy to use!
Screen Filler
Screen Filler
Screen filler is applied over drawing fluid, or freehand, and prevents ink from passing through a screen in places it is applied.
Print Base Kit
Print Base Kit
Use this with Procion Liquid H or Procion MX powder dyes to print, stencil, or paint.
Brushes For Fabric Painting
Brushes For Fabric Painting
Dharma Trading Co. has a wide variety of brushes for all your fabric painting needs. Brushes, baby, brushes!


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