Screen Printing Forum

Hello, hope someone can tell me here I might be going wrong.

I have a basic screen printing set-up & so far I've been printing on tees & canvas totes with no problems. However I just bought some linen to print on & when I print with black ink, the ink bleeds - a lot. I did a small test with white ink which seems ok - just going to do some more. I know the white ink has a thicker consistency then the black anyway, but how do I go about printing in black on this fabric? I am using Permaset standard inks, 43T (110) mesh screens with photo-emulsion stencils.

Any help appreciated!

Use a finer mesh count if the art will permit, print with no off-contact.

Thank you. I was wondering if it was the mesh. Will have to invest in more screens!