Painting A Shirt

[aznroller911]

i wanna paint a shirt and i've never done that and i got couple questions. please excuse my ignorance. 1. should i use airbrush or spray paint with skinny tip and such. 2 if i wash it would the paint fade or get smudged?? thanks.

[SLY]

try both, but use 2 bucks shirts and wash them at a laundry place so if the paint come off u dont fuck up ur own washing machine

[dcite]

airbrush would be better, sharper lines, but either works. also for airbrush you can buy fabric paints. after your done, let the shirt dry, and than iron it before the first time you wash it. this should help the color stay good for longer. good luck man. post a pic of the shirt when its done!

[aznroller911]

well sense i should use airbrush i gotta save money for it first :lol: how much r they? i was thinkin of drawing some cartoon characters or my original ones

[CaSoNe]

azn power!...yeah i been thinkin bout gettin into airbrush too...

[dcite]

you can buy beginner airbrushes for not too expensive, but you need some kind of air source ::compressor:: also. i would just look on ebay for a nice cheap one, because no matter what if its in good shape, youll be fine. airbrushings a lot of fun man, its worth it. i think theres an airbrushing thread here somewhere..

[JEK_oner]

testors make decent ones.. you can go all out and spend 500 bucks one one, or get a chap one with aerosol propellant for about 40 bucks..


i got the cheaper one and for the money it's well worth it.. you can adjust the lines and mix your own paints.. only thing is, the propellant can get pricey..

pick one up at walmart or your local hobby/model shop

[oblong]

do whatever you want
the internet doesnt have the answere to all your problems
trial and error

[halo]

Comon man the kid just wants help.......I got a airbrush set from e-bay...they are alot of fun...not sure about the smudging/fading.......hope this helps......

[Scaf.]

When i first started making my own shirts i just used DIMENSIONAL fabric paint to get some practice. My shit actually turned out really good, and as of today, i still have the shirts without it coming off.

[jurass finish first]

iron or dryclean before you wash- wash with cold water, drip dry
damn rights im the next martha stewart

[DA'SeLMeR'']

would decos stay on??.....or would they eventually peal off?...

[kaotik_is_back]

actually, you can buy good fabric spray paint at craft stores, and just buy some chitty shirts from hobby lob or wal-mart.. if you got a skinny cap handy, they will work fine.. but, if you can get ahold of some air brush equipment, that works too..

[MoNkEy]

in this art shop near me they have special marker pens to use on shirts, they can be put in the wash and they wont be smudged or faded.

[terdone]

you should check out you local craft store like a micheals or fabric land they have dope paint markers with really think tips that you can replace so you can draw shit on you griptape and it wont matter there usualy around 6 bucks so you should buy one and steal abunch

[halo]

I thoght this was on shirts not griptape

[esaem]

yeah, where the hell did that come from? :blink:

[SBERK]

yo if you dont want to fuk with painting a shirt, you can use an iron-on technique too. here are the steps.

1. Find one of your blackbooks that has an A peice worthy enough of reproduction.

2. Skan that peice onto your computer. (if you dont have a scanner, go to a library or something)

3. (optional) If you have the PHOTOSHOP program you can fuck with the peice in photoshop, and fill it with a dope colour fade, whateva.

4. Get some IRON ON printing paper. You can get this at any grand + toy.

5. Print it out on the IRON ON PAPER.

6. IRON IT ON (instructions included in IRON on PAPER PACKAGE)

7. If you get quality paper, and spend some time cutting out the unnessasary parts of the paper, the IRON ON TECHNIQUE looks professional, and it lasts.

(or you can paint your shirt, whateva, im not tellin yall what to do.)

[DA'SeLMeR'']

^^^^ thats dope, i will try, but what does grand + toy mean?.. where can i pick these up.....

[esaem]

DA'SeLMeR'', you can usally get those at art craft stores

[DA'SeLMeR'']

k i will check it out

[MoNkEy]

i have tried those iron on paper there pretty good but when i peeled mine off it took the transfer off aswell. Also its like 5 pound or maybe about 8-10 dollars for about 5 sheets so its pretty cheap.

[DA'SeLMeR'']

thanks for the info monkey^^^

[MoNkEy]

well i would give the credit to SBERK, he reminded me about the transfers.

[DA'SeLMeR'']

k......monkey see if you can help me in the markers thread... *

[seckzoner]

haha my friend racked a airbrush kit from a currys. ahahaha

[JeCoursLoin]

iron on transfers suck ass. They look nice at first but they crack and fade after three washes. If you want your shirts to last, mix acrylic paint (cheap stuff works fine) and textile medium (in the same aisle at most craft stores), paint your shirt, iron it to heat set the paint, and this will last you longer than a lot of store bought shirts.

[DA'SeLMeR'']

thnx, ^^^ good to know, i will go buy some textile" medium"

[drace]

use an air brush and iorn it befor u wash it

[Shyd...]

And you brought up this old topic why? Ok your a noob don't bring up such an old topic. First of all he probably already painted that shirt. Second don't bring up topics more than 3 weeks old. In this case a 5 month old topic.

[.limit.]

make a stencil get a mini paint roller and mix half paint and half of this stuff u get at sraft stores which makes it stick
and roll evenly

[Live4TheWall]

Yeah I wanna thank everyone who anwsered this post, cause I was thinkin about doing the same thing and I tried 2 of the methods and both shirts came out fuckin sweet.

[Defiance]

Ive painted about five shirts and just use spray paint on them just go a little thick with the spray and so far none half faded or anything

[Sumoe]

Don't bring a 3 year old topic back from the dead dumbass, can a mod close this?

[G-Fat]

i drew tits on a shirt once, pretty cool.

[Tagger101]

ive done 2 shirts and both turned out shitty
first one it was red on a blk shirt and it was hardly readable
second it was yellow on a blk shirt and it got oversprayed like a bitch
and the picture i wanted on it washed off but the over spray stayed

ima try some diff techniques

[efso]

forget all that.
just get fabric painting and ghetto screen print;
layer it in stencils and use a squegee.
takes a little time but comes out real clean.
i do it with all my shirts.

and, regular spray paint leaves the shirt kind of stiff where it was sprayed.

[MFGrimm]

just make shure you keep the shirt stretched while your applying the paint