Multi Color Enameling with Screen Prints

[cemoore]

I'm having some success with screen printing with the help of many generous people on this board. The sample attached is thin float (sandblasted on back) with homemade enamel: mason stains in Reusche Series 5 clear flux, a dash of gum-arabic made into a screen paste using a mix of propylene glycol and glycerin. I'm working on getting my exposure times pinned down for good half-tones for variations in opacity, but for now this is a simple single opacity design to get my bearings. My question now is around multi-color screen printing. I know about registrations, but seeking advice on any possible options not to have to fire between color change. I recall Bert Weiss saying not likely achievable but before I drop the subject, I'm asking if that's an impossible dream?

[Brad Walker]

Not an impossible dream, but it's a lot easier to fire between colors.

Just fire the lowest you can fire to set the enamels.

[cemoore]

Thanks Brad. Yes, I don't want to make life a living hell, so that advice sounds good. Will need to make sure I bake in the registrations in the designs. The Series 5 low temp is 1140 - sounds like a good starting point and will keep glass nice and flat.

[Barry Kaiser]

For simple multicolor, you can paint on your colors directly on the screen, then squeegee off the excess.. Cannot get great detail, but for general work it works.

[jolly]

There is a woman on Youtube, Fired Glass. She paints and uses a Unique Glass Colors product called Layering Mix. She can do a number of layers of paint before she has to fire. You might look into that to see if that would work for your situation.