Finally got my stuff!

[Bsurb]

iv tried searching everywhere on which type of light... i see yellow lights, bug lights... florescence but idk where to go to get them... or what its going to run me $ wise.

i am planning on printing out on my back porch and burning the images in a bed room.... just cant seem to find what type of light.

[Frog]

bug lights are adequate, and as I said, for just coating and the brief time it takes to expose a screes (at least when one has a proper exposure unit  lol!) just subdued light with no sun is often fine.
You will need a screen cabinet or rack covered with a blanket, or a cardboard box to store coated screens.
Your toughest thing at first may be a room or drying cabinet that is UV safe.
Once again, your bedroom could be adequate with shades and bug lights, or at least a partitioned off area. Perhaps your clothes could live elsewhere and you could appropriate the closet.

I have both slept in a large closet when sharing a one bedroom apartment with three other guys back in college, and in my present set-up, turned half of a large closet into a true photographic dark room, sans running water. You may or may not know that in the old days, film positives were made on, you guessed it, real film, on a real camera.
As the fourteen year olds on the present AT&T Uverse commercials keep complaining to their younger siblings "you kids have it too easy today"!

[Bsurb]

where can i get the bug lights? lowes and walmart right..?  and when i get the light what am i looking for?just a yellow light bulb that replaces my current light that is attached to the ceiling fan??

im going to cover the blinds.... shut the door and cover the crack under the door and burn the screens in my closet...

[Frog]

That will be more than adequate, however, you may want to dry and store screens in your closet, where it is easier to keep dark, and burn them in the room which is not as critical.

I have to assume that. especially in the summertime, bug lights must be easy to source.
Hell, I thought that you guys had lots of bugs!

[Bsurb]

lol we do.. im going to the store tomorrow and ill pick some things up...

and for printing out the negatives on a printer on the clear paper..... what kind of printer do u HAVE to have? or can i just use my HP officejet ?

[Frog]

I use an HP Deskjet 9800. The inks work all right on most "waterproof" films.
Most folks will give or sell you sample packs to try.

I had to experiment a bit for the densest output.

[Bsurb]

ok if i have other questions ill let u know

[Frog]

[Bsurb]

this is what i got so far on my back porch... all cleaned and vacuumed haha... turned my back porch into my screen printing shop.

im going to walmart in a bit to get the scrubber, squirt bottles and a bug light..

[Bsurb]

@ frog do you think this is a good deal??

http://orlando.craigslist.org/bfs/2966306411.html

[Frog]

Not just @ me (though I seem to be the only Newbie helper this weekend so far)

I'd say yes and no.
Yes, it's probably way cheaper than all of the same inks bought new.
No if you won't use many of them.
No if you see just how many lots like this spring up, sometimes even cheaper.

So, I can't really advise. I also don't know your space limitations.

The Newbie question of "what inks should I get?" has come up before, and I bet that white and black are always included.

Then, maybe a red, a royal blue, a green. It really depends on how your business (or artistic design nature) goes.

What inks to get when starting out is a good subject worthy of a thread of its own.

[Prosperi-Tees]

You also should be careful buying old ink. That is just one thing I always buy new. Your basics are white, black, royal blue, red, yellow and green. In addition I would suggest a small mixing kit to allow you to mix any color.

[Frog]

It'a always buyer beware on old inks, but of all the possibilities in the graphic arts, plastisol screen printing ink has to be one of the least problematic in this regard.

[Prosperi-Tees]

Very true. Buying old inks you will want to probably get a power mixer and some curable reducer to get them flowing again.

[Bsurb]

yeah ill pass on it... im actually getting set up with a warehouse in Florida who makes drives to my town two days a week.. they asked me some ?'s about my business so i can get a account with them to get their prices...

what all chemicals do i need to get exactly?? i went and today to walmart and purchased two chemical resistance bottles and i got a scrubber..  and got my yellow bug light for $4 and some change.

just need to know exactly what chemicals to buy when i call the place tomorrow... and whats that clear paper you print on called?