Apron

• Screen printing can be a messy process. Wear an apron at all times to prevent staining your clothes with ink.
  
  

Silkscreen Kit

• Many craft stores carry basic silkscreen kits, which consist of a piece of silk stretched over a rectangular wooden frame attached to a flat support piece with a hinge.
  
  

Screen Printing Ink

• Screen printing inks come in a vast array of colors, and in water-, solvent- and plastisol-based varieties. Water-based inks are the most environment-friendly of the three.
  
  

Blocker Method

• If you plan to hand paint your designs with blocker, you will need brushes of various sizes and liquid blocker.
  
  

Photo Emulsion Method

• If you plan to use the photo emulsion technique to transfer artwork to screens, you will need an ink-jet printer, transparency sheets that will work in that printer, liquid photo emulsion, and either a photographer's flood lamp or desk lamp with a flexible neck.
  
  

Substrates

• In silkscreening, the destination medium that will hold your final print is called a "substrate." Potential substrates include acid-free paper, wood blocks and blank cotton T-shirts.