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	Message: : ok class, for today's project you will need rubylith, a pre-stretched : silkscreen, a rubber squeegee, acrylic paint, a blank tshirt, *laquer : thinner and an *x-acto knife. For the asterisked items ask your parents or : therapist for permission. : Notice how the rubylith has a shiny side and a dull side, the shiny side is a : plastic sheet and the dull side is the lacquer. tape the image you want to : print to the shiny side so you can see the image looking through the dull : side (note that if you're using text you want it to read normally from the : dull side). : After practicing cutting through the dull layer without cutting the plastic : layer a bit with the knife (or simply using a somewhat dull knife) cut : away the solid portions of your image. When you're done it will be clear : where you want the image to be. Also, make sure you have a few inches of : solid rubylith surrounding your image to make printing easy. : Now take a thin cotton rag (an old tshirt scrap will do) and wrap it around : your squeegee (or a narrow strip of anything that has a solid edge) so : that there are no wrinkles on the edge you will be using. Make sure you : affix the rag with a safety pin or something so you can put it down a few : times without it unraveling. : Find a well ventilated area and spread an old newspaper on a solid surface : and place your rubylith dull side up on it. Now put your screen on top of : that so that the mesh touches your stencil. Get a small cup of lacquer : thinner and a crappy brush and place them on one side of the screen and : your wrapped squeegee on the other. : Have a friend hold the screen still or do this on the floor and use your : knees to keep it in place. Now with a moderately wet brush apply a bit of : thinner to a small spot on an outside corner (start with about 2 square : inches to get the hang of it) and apply even pressure with your squeegee a : few times. What's happening here is the thinner is melting the lacquer and : your gently pressing it into the mesh of the screen, for this reason you : don't want to use to much lacquer or apply too much pressure. Keep : affixing the stencil around the solid margin of the image till you have a : feel for what you're doing. Once you're done let the screen air out and : set for about 30 min. : Peel off the shiny plastic carefully from one corner to the other of the : image. If any of the stencil comes out, you screwed up on wither the : amount of thinner, pressure or set time. If that happens put the plastic : back and repeat the previous step, or give up on that spot for now and : paint it in by hand with acrylic paint. : Oh - works almost over, class dismissed. Next time well cover printing and : explaining to your parents/therapists why there's paint all over their : bathtub.
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