Using Ink with Your Cricut Silk Screen
Screen print with your Cricut machine and Speedball ink.
What You Will Need
- Cricut machine
- Speedball Screen
- Speedball ink
- Squeegee
- Permanent vinyl
- Masking tape
- Transfer tape see my comparison on different brands here
- Weeding tools
- Surfaces I am going to use a shirt, zipper pouch, banner flags, and a tea towel.
Instructions
- Dab the ink across the top of your screen with something like a craft stick. The amount you use may take some trial and error.
- Pull the ink down with a squeegee at a 45-degree angle. Be sure the ink fills all of your screen. Use a squeegee that covers your entire screen at once or pull down more than once. Again this may take some trial and error to get the motion and pressure correct.
- You can pull more ink down if you need to.
- Then lift off the screen to reveal your design.
- Allow to dry completely. I let mine dry for 24 hours.
- Then heat set your ink with an iron or even an EasyPress to make it permanent. Put a pressing cloth or even parchment paper over the top and heat it on medium-high heat for three to five minutes on both sides.
