How-to: Stencils On T-shirts

[Idealeyez]

How-To: Stencils on T-Shirts

Posted by russellh on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 02:30 PM

A few people have asked Stencil Archive for tips and info on spray painting stencils on t-shirts. Some tips I've given them are mostly screen printing tips:

- use a flat palate (piece of wood, glass, or even marble) to keep the shirt flat
- make a mark in the middle of the palate so you can center your shirt
- maybe use spray tack to keep the shirt from moving
- put the shirts out in the sun or in the dryer to cure the paint
- if you want tight lines, practice improves your skills

I've heard from others that painting on shirts is just as good as pro inked jobs. Not much fading or just enough to make the shirt look old and worn.

If anybody has any tips on stenciling t-shirts, your comments would be helpful

[oblong]

www.stencilrevolution.com has the whole step by step even more detailed with some pictures that explain it all btw

[MaD ScRiBbLeS]

ah i suck at stencils...maybe i can go there to learn how

[joust]

im making one right now. i'll post it tomarow or something when im done.

[seckzoner]

i use normal sheets of printer paper, then i either print out my stencil, then cut around it, or make a sketch, then cut around that. then i use that normal material paint that you can find at like art stores and shit, then i dab it with a sponge. it might sound a little gay, but if you're patient then you can get a shirt to look real nice and clean.

[Mensa]

i made one last week of a stencil of mine, used a uni oilbased paint for the handstyles, i'll post it up when i take a picture of it soon - hoo ahh

[Kronone]

lol all did was spray paint my T shirt with my stencil, haha

[skateparadise]

damn you come out with at least 6 threads a day

[l33t.b0mb3r.hax0r.ntr]

it really depends on the paint you use. Iused some shitty paint to spray paint a t-shirt and after about the third wash the whole thing was nearly invisible

[Alio]

how to stencil a shirt
1. find a stencil in your friends ecko !!Shoe Box!!
2. take a can of Flat Black and put a Fat Cap on it
3.Spray it on the shirt...in a back and fourth motion starting from the side side to side..

there you go!!!

http://photos.yafro.com/pics3/i/20050402/00/a/d/7/ad7aa2c4bc12eba226afc55733a932c00_full.jpg

[NeW 2 dA sCeNe]

^^ what kind of paint did u use and wen u washed the shirt did the paint come off?

[nerdx]

dont use spray paint.
just get some fabric paint whatever colors you want.

lay the stencil, you really dont need anything to hold it as long as it on sometihng flat.
then get a small roller, i used a 4 inch
then roll, if your doing a light color you might need a few coats on a dark shirt.
after it drys, you can use a hair dryer. put a peice of parchment paper over top of it and go over it with an iron, this will keep the paint from fading and from washing out in the machine.
thats, it really easy heres one i did for a friend.

http://img491.imageshack.us/img491/6116/img112211113tq.jpg

[NeW 2 dA sCeNe]

well ne one got tips for doin a 3 layer on a shirt?

[M A G]

Originally posted by MaD ScRiBbLeS@Apr 14 2005, 08:26 PM
ah i suck at stencils...maybe i can go there to learn how
whats TGU mean?

haha my friends did something like that..

just makin sure.

[Rambooboo]

make a stencil and tape that shit down good and do alot of light coats so it dont get crusty

[fnt]

use screen printing fabric ink, it's what you use when making shirts normally, you have to heat seal it with an iron afterwords

[EstarFresco804]

I use fabric spraypaint, round VA everyones diggin the spray effect on the edges so i hit it up on this planet of the apes stencil
if you want it clean go "artclass" and lay down some newspaper covering the edges of stencil
http://i17.tinypic.com/52bc50i.jpg
http://i18.tinypic.com/4kf19ph.jpg

[ironik_wa]

i did this b4 and it didnt work...i uesd the wrong colour- only certain colours will work others wont soak in properly... i pined the shirt up on a notice board on each sleave corner and at the bottom

[Writenamehere]

i usually make my t-shirts with roller, it's fast and easy just make sure you have enough paint, and once i did t-shirt with artline 3cm wide black marker
and it has stayed for over twenty washes with washingmachine. If i do freehand stuff to fabrics i tighten it into sewingframe(dont know if thats the right word)http://www.kangastukku.com/images/Tarvikkeet/ompelukehys_128.JPG.

[satan27]

i print a stencil on regular printer paper then i put a piece of freezer paper over it and trace the image then cut it out only on the freezer paper. then i get my shirt and iron the freezer paper on so it sort of sticks to the shirt so it doesnt move around and ruin the shirt then i just use acrylic paint and roll it over the stencil and then wait till it dries then i take the stencil off and i got a shirt.

[rolling roks]

yeah i am interested in doing a shirt or two
so regular flat black spray paint wont work for shirts?
i gotta use some specail kind of paint?
if so where do i get it?
micheals or something?

[sxiz]

what you need to do is get a paint roller and some fabric paint. if you use a roller with fabric paint on it and roll over the stencil it comes out perfect on the shirt and it doesn't wash off.

[rolling roks]

regular spray paint doesnt work??
gay

[Tagger101]

i learned about making t shirts in graphics class stencil on tshirt will work but screen printing is way better and you can make billions of shirts in three seconds or even diffrent ones the screens like five bucks to make and you can use them forever look it up on google or some shit

[REPTAR_3RK]

I have made alot of t shirts with regular old painters touch and they tend to stay in decent shape. they start to fade at around wash 7 but i mean you can make another one right. its free cuz you made it.
STEP 1: find a picture on the internet. DONT PHOTOSHOP IT. PRINT it off in black and white. STEP 2: cover the blank side of paper in charcole or pencil, w/e you got (charcole works best) tape the photo to w/e you are cutting it out of. STEP 3: trace what you want to cut out with a pencil so that there are no islands. when you remove the paper a charcole image of what you drew should be there. no just redraw it in pencil so that the image doesnt smudge off cuz it will. STEP 4: cut it out and your good to go. I know this sounds like alot of work but when you want to do say a 7 colour stencil like my muppet one you need to take your time.
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/REPTAR_3RK/IMGP3070.jpg
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/REPTAR_3RK/IMGP3064.jpg
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/REPTAR_3RK/IMGP3065.jpg
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/REPTAR_3RK/IMGP3071.jpg
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg64/REPTAR_3RK/IMGP3068.jpg

[x{parkour}x]

[QUOTE=REPTAR_3RK;972326]I have made alot of t shirts with regular old painters touch and they tend to stay in decent shape. they start to fade at around wash 7 but i mean you can make another one right. its free cuz you made it.
STEP 1: find a picture on the internet. DONT PHOTOSHOP IT. PRINT it off in black and white. STEP 2: cover the blank side of paper in charcole or pencil, w/e you got (charcole works best) tape the photo to w/e you are cutting it out of. STEP 3: trace what you want to cut out with a pencil so that there are no islands. when you remove the paper a charcole image of what you drew should be there. no just redraw it in pencil so that the image doesnt smudge off cuz it will. STEP 4: cut it out and your good to go. I know this sounds like alot of work but when you want to do say a 7 colour stencil like my muppet one you need to take your time.

nice didnt know you could stencil like that, some clear coat would help tees from fading

dope stuff Reptar

[REPTAR_3RK]

Thanks man ive never done one with a clear coat but its a good idea.

[The Most Sadistic]

you guys can check sites liek uptowns.net and shit. its a air force one forum but they got a section for custom clothes & shoes

fags on there do a lot of custom shit they know all the good paints that last through washes and shit... there might be a better forum btu thats the only one i know off the top of my head

[x{parkour}x]

^ i think a few layers of montana paint is good enough on a tee, thats a good site tho

[TESTER]

what you need to do is get a paint roller and some fabric paint. if you use a roller with fabric paint on it and roll over the stencil it comes out perfect on the shirt and it doesn't wash off.


WORD, i also tried regular acrylic paint and it worked a bit stiff but throw it in the wash a few times and your good to go

[x{parkour}x]

Thanks man ive never done one with a clear coat but its a good idea.

yup, no problem

[mada focka]

these look like shit compared to reptar's, but meh here i go

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s301/beanshore/portland015.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s301/beanshore/portland014.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s301/beanshore/portland013.jpg

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s301/beanshore/portland012.jpg

i just use some transparicies (the stuff teachers use on overheads) for the stencil, tape it down to the shirt and i dab it with acrillic paint, washes well and if done right looks crisp.

[REPTAR_3RK]

these look like shit compared to reptar's, but meh here i go


Thanks for the compiments man. yours are pretty good. just keep at it and you eventually get better. my first ones looked like shit

[x{parkour}x]

yeah those transparent sheets work good for multilayer stencils, nice tees mada focka

[mada focka]

thanks parkour, yeah ill keep at it, i might try some multi colors soon but i dunno. how long have you been stenciling like that reptar???

[westXcoast]

just dont its a waste of shirt
plus the paint like hardens your shirt(where u painted)

[x{parkour}x]

^ nah i dont think so, stenciling shirts is kickass

[cast LI]

stenciled these on my jacket

World/Inferno Friendship Society
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc205/pooptart666/IMG_0881.jpg

Stencil by banksy. everything else on this i sewed on myself
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc205/pooptart666/IMG_0876.jpg


step 1 - find a stencil you like on the internet, or design one yourself.

step 2 - trace the stencil onto the paper side of a piece of freezer paper

step 3 - cut out the stencil

step 4 - lightly iron the stencil onto whatever fabric you want the image on MAKE SURE THE WAXY SIDE OF THE PAPER IS DOWN. this makes it stick to the fabric so it wont move around and you get a crisp clean image

step 5 - paint over the stencil, make sure there is no color showing through anywhere on the paper. you can use acrylic paint, any kinda of fabric paint, or screen printing ink. i find that screen printing ink with a mini roller or a sponge works the best.

step 6 - wait until all the paint/ink is completely dry and peel off the paper. wa-la! no go out and work your new steez.