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| 5.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
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21 of 22 found the following review helpful:
 It's not silk screeningJan 02, 2010
By M. Blake
I really do hate misleading product names. I suppose I could have sussed it out if I'd read every single bit of the description and realized what WASN'T being mentioned, but I didn't.
To be clear, this is not silk screening. What you have are some fabric paints, some stencils, a couple of flimsy brushes, and a couple of frames for holding the shirts somewhat steady wile you paint directly onto the shirt through the stencil. And the stencils themselves are, well, just lame.
We ended up not using the frames and making our own stencils. So really the only part of this "kit" we ended up using were the paints and the brushes, which are now dead and cannot be used again.
In short, we managed to have fun with the product despite it's short comings but it was certainly not what it said it was. For the price I don't necessarily expect high quality so I don't fault them for that but I DO fault them for the misleading name.
Meh.
20 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 A Fantastic Kit!!!Dec 25, 2009
By K. Babcock
"Queen of Mixed Media Art"
My aunt beat me to the punch when she bought this as a Christmas gift for my 9 year old daughter. In all fairness, I should tell you my daughter loves arts and crafts - but I'm pretty positive that even kids who couldn't care less about artsy activities would love this set!
First of all, the set is durable. When she first took it out of the box, I was a little disappointed, thinking the plastic tray should have been stronger. I was wrong - the strength was absolutely fine, and it works well. Every other piece of this kit is well made, strong, and can stand up to a child's "abuse". Granted, this kit is for older kids - who should know how to treat things properly - but it won't break if it's dropped, the hinges won't come apart if they try to slip in a garment too thick to fit, etc. It's made a whole lot better than most toys are these days, especially for the price! (Note: This set is especially fabulous if purchased for $20 or less. I would pay the $30 regular price - but hesitantly. However, I'm really frugal because I'm a single mom...and think $30 is a lot of money for a toy.)
The fabric paints are decent quality - they are great colors, have a nice consistency, go on pretty well, give good coverage, and don't make the fabric "hand" too funky. I paint a lot of fabric, and even as a paint for kids, this really is decent. I don't know how well it will stand up to washing - the directions say "Turn garment inside out. Wash with cold water in machine on "delicate" cycle, by hand or according to manufacturer's instructions. Hang dry." - which leads me to believe that regular machine washing may cause the paint to come off, even though you heat set it by placing it in the dryer for 30 min (on "delicate" setting) after paint has dried. My dryer may just be really old (which it is), but it has no "delicate" setting, so we used "low" and it worked fine. Oh - you say you don't want to know anything about my old dryer? Then let's get back to the Silk Screener.
There are 8 different templates - 4 large ones, 4 small ones. A good selection of choices, made of decent-grade plastic. They are definitely re-usable, as is the paint roller, and the sponge blotter. The only issue I have with these things? All are re-usable, yes...but it isn't kidding when it says to clean up the paint right away. My daughter could get the paint out of the sponge roller and blotter - but getting it off the stencils and roller tray proved to be a much more difficult task. We finally just let it soak with hot water and some dish soap - which seems to have done a decent job of removing the paint.
The only other problem I see with this kit? Style Six provides a piece of cardboard they call a "separator", which goes between the two layers of the garment you want to paint - like between the front and back of the shirt - so the paint doesn't accidentally leak through. Necessary piece of equipment - but the cardboard they provide is a joke. Unless your child is the size of a Muppet, and silk screening something about 4"x4". Ok, so it needs to be that small to fit into the small silk screener - but they need to provide a much larger one to fit the large silk screener. Or, you can seem really clever to your kids - and place the large silk screener between the layers of your garment, only clasping one layer to the frame. (Isn't it nice when you have easy ways to impress your kids with your knowledge and ideas?? Yeah...never enough chances to do that - and not have them prove you wrong!)
The Silk Screener is actually like getting two silk screen stations for the price of one. Two children can easily play with this toy at once, which is a definite plus. The down side? The amount of time the directions say to allow things to dry before heat setting one layer and moving on to the next. It was our experience that it took less than 45 min for the paint to dry - but I suppose that could change with humidity and the thickness of paint applied. The sponge roller makes it easy for kids to get a consistent amount of paint on the garment - a nice, thin layer. The blotter? Not so much. You can blob the paint on to your hearts content with that thing.
Also, the thickness of the stencil makes it a little difficult for the sponge roller to get paint in the corners of the designs - which is really no big deal. That's where the blotter comes in! I would much rather have a sturdy stencil that can be used many times, and use a sponge blotter to get the few areas the sponge roller missed - than have a crummy stencil that falls apart during the first use, but allows you get get all the crevices and corners with the sponge roller.
My daughter had a great time playing with this - she also got the Style Six Foil Applicator and the Gem Decorator - and she's played with them all day so far. (We're at about 6 hours now, with breaks to play with other things while she waits for things to dry.) I had a great time playing this with her - she could mostly do it all on her own, with just a little help from me. Ok, so maybe I "helped" a little more than she really needed me to, just because I think it's a cool toy.
A piece of advice, though? This doesn't come with any fabric/clothing/garments to silk screen anything on...so if you're buying this for a kidd-o in your life, you would be very smart to buy a couple of cheap plain t-shirts to go with it. If you don't, the small person may decide to try this on their own clothes - which may not make their parental units very happy. It seems like thin fabric works better for this - and you can usually find several thin, plain, kid-sized t-shirts for like $10. Style Six also has refill kits available.
What a deal for a toy kids will definitely go back to time and time again. My daughter and I give this an A+!
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Great productJan 11, 2010
By csc
My 9 year old loves this. She has had a lot of fun creating shirts. The paint also holds up in the washer and dryer.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Fair at bestJan 08, 2010
By Stacy Boyce
"Mom of 2"
I got this for my 8 yr. old daughter for Xmas. We're both very crafty & have made lots of shirts before. We were both looking forward to using this. While it's not horrible, it's certainly nothing fantastic either. The applicators don't do a great job of getting the paint inside the stencil, and we ended up using a paint brush several times. My daughter did enjoy it, but you could honestly do just as well with your own stencils and fabric paint.
6 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 NOT A SILK SCREEN KITJan 23, 2010
By R. Lee
This isn't a silk screener. There's no screen. There's no squeegee. I kind of like the machines that hold shirts in place, but they're nothing to write home about.
Do yourself a favor and cut out your own stencils and get a can of spray paint. You'll get better results than with this kit.
I know this is geared toward small children, but don't use the terms "silk screener" or "screen print" when there's no screen or squeegee involved.
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