Basic DIY Woodglue Photoemulsion

These Instructions will lay bare the simplicity and flexibility of making photoemulsion for screenprinting. I feel that the Photoreactivity of emulsion spooks some beginners, who think something like a dark room is needed. Watch as i burn a screen with no regard for ambient lighting and the most minimal of materials.

Woodglue - I had the tail end of a bottle , like 1/4 cup or so

Potassium DiChromate - bought some about a year ago and haven't even used half. I dumped out what looked like about 1/4 gram ish.

water from the tap

squeegee

stretched screen

random clear sticker with a muppet drawn on in sharpie

scrubbie

Added a few ml of water and shook until mostly dissolved.

dump the vial of now orange water into the glue bottle. wear gloves and shake it well. at this point it becomes photosensitive so i moved to the dimly lit bathroom

I just squirt it on and smooth both sided again and again. whatever scrapes off onto the squeegee is discarded until theres no holes or unevenness. Immediately i dried it with the hairdryer on cool for about five minutes. Keep it dim, once dry the emulsions sensitivity is at max.

this one some dude drew and left at my house. Its just sharpie on clear vinyl

Stuck the sticker on, put a black board under and set it in the partial sun for 30-60 seconds. check after thirty you should see a marked color change. if not, give it more sun

peel off the master and wet the screen. let it sit a couple minutes then rub it gently with fingertips under cold water . once the emulsion is washing out a short burst from the spray nozzle will clear it out. Be careful. after its clear let it cook in the sun to dry

Thats it , It works!