Yudu 62 5000 Personal Screen Printing Machine

Yudu 62 5000 Personal Screen Printing Machine

The Yudu screen-printing system is the easiest, cleanest way to let everyone know who you are – and how you see the world. Don’t settle for what everyone else is wearing or spend hours futilely trying to find a t-shirt that expresses the real you. With access to a computer and an ink-jet printer, you’ll be able to create and print your own designs not only for t-shirts or other apparel, but also for home decor, art prints, posters, cards, schoolwork, and much more! With this revolutionary personal screen printer, you can let your voice be heard today, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Unsilence yourself today with the Yudu Personal Screen Printer. Contains 1 silk screen printer, 1 small bottle of black test ink, 3 squeegee emulsion sheets, t-shirt plate, mesh screen, and instructional booklet and DVD. CAUTION: Do not use generic textile or fabric inks with your Yudu screens. Using non-Yudu inks can permanently damage your screen!

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars Fun but pricey hobbyist solution
This machine provides a clean and fun way to screen print, but at a cost of money and frustration.

There is a serious learning curve in applying the emulsion sheets to the screen, which will greatly affect the quality of the prints. If there is too little water, the emulsions sheets won’t adhere properly to the screen, and too much water will result in streaks and bubbles in the coating. These sheets are a clean way to coat the screen, but they are expensive at about $9 each, so mistakes quickly add up. However, once you learn to prepare a screen for printing, the result is a fun and effective way to make custom shirts.

One caveat, you can print full-color, custom designs on T-shirts for very little money using online services like zazzle.com. If your interest is in the end product, save the hassle and do that instead. If you like to play with ink as a hobby, invest a lot of time and money into a YuDu machine.

3 Stars The Learning Curve for Yudu
I purchased my YUDU a month ago. The instructional video is “the worst” I’ve ever seen. Burning the pattern to the screen is not demostrated correctly nor listed in the instruction book correctly. However, when I went back to Michael’s to return it, the clerks gave me a free demonstration. It was so easy! I also used the 7 steps video on youtube to direct me. The machine is great. However, the instructional DVD and user manual is poorly done.

2 Stars Returning Mine Today
I am so disappointed. I wanted to LOVE this unit … but have had so much trouble burning the screens. Particularly, getting the silk frame properly wet so that the emulsion sheet will adhere evenly. It never seems to work out right … no matter how many methods I use … no matter how many times I watch the dvd demo video (terrible video by the way) or the online video … and no matter how long I give the screen to dry. I feel slightly crazy over this … yet I know that I am not craft-challenged. So I can only figure that the machine is not as easy to use as it suggests. Perhaps they should sell screens that already have the emulsion set onto them? Or perhaps I will learn to silk screen the “hard way” (seems easier to me!).

I do not recommend this unit until they work out some bugs … and make it easy for the at home crafter.

5 Stars Love this machine!
This lil gem is perfect for creating t-shirts for my small business. Making the screen was the hardest part. I only ruined one emulsion sheet, which isn’t so bad. I would recommend buying extra sheets just incase you need them. Once you get the hang of this machine the rest is a piece of cake. I have made over 25 shirts and they were fantastic!

2 Stars eh.
As another user expressed, the video that came with the unit is really just bad. It feels like Yudu rushed to put out this product but it really needs its kinks worked out before putting it was put on the market. You don’t have to buy their expensive “extras.” Put some imagination into it and you can come out paying less for the items you need (i.e. inks, squeegy, and even emulsion). It’s less messy than old school screen printing but that’s about its only positive.

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