spray painting t-shirts

[homeo_apathy]

Whenever i spray paint a design onto a shirt it fades after it has gone through the wash a couple of times....does anyone know how to make it more permanant, or a better method.
Is there a better substitute for spraypaint?

[Black Dagger]

Yeah this happens with spray paint.

For tees that you're gonna wash, it's best to use fabric paint, and ive heard that washing it in salt water is good to do the first time (dunno if this actually does anything, but its what ive heard).

Also, hand-wash your tees, don't machine wash em, and they won't fade as much.

And try to minimise the amount of washes you do as well, within reason.

[sham.pain]

Oh wow. I recently confronted this with my tees about a week ago, uncanny...

Yes. Actually, fabric paint is much better, but, obviously you dont get the same effect. Whatever you do, dont wash in hot water, and always use the gentle cycle if youre machine washing. Its bettter to handwash, but thats not always an option.

Oh, and the biggest tip of all: theres this sort of decoupage crap thats like paint setter, but it has a terribly complicated name. I borrowed it from a friend, its in a red can with a silver lid. Ive had the shirt for two weeks and it has yet to fade.

Good luck!

[homeo_apathy]

ah thanks for that..., i was about to resort to not washing my clothes

[DM.]

Originally posted by [email protected] 4 2006, 05:29 AM
ah thanks for that..., i was about to resort to not washing my clothes
Eventually your clothes would fade under the dust :D
Just use fabric paint like said before (if it is the same as what we call here textile paint), once dry use your iron on the backside and don't ever wash it above 40°.

[which doctor]

I'm pretty sure that fabric spray paint exists.

[Comrade C.A.]

when spray painting a shirt, should you put cardboard or something in the shirt to make sure it doesnt bleed through?

[homeo_apathy]

yeah thats true, i learned to do that after the 1st time...it totally screws up the other side of your shirt

[emma_goldman]

You can use spray glue to keep the spray paint lasting longer. I always just use acrylic paint. It's cheap (less than a $1) so you can get creative with it and use a lot of different colors. I have acrylic paint tees and I wash them over & over again. They look the same. :)

[Invader Zim]

Howcome when ever you accidentally get pain on cloaths it never comes out, but when you do it deliberatly it does?

[homeo_apathy]

where do you buy all this stuff? such as acrylic and fabric paint

[Rollo]

There's a number of places in brissy that sell this stuff, like spotlights and lindmark kinda shops.

[emma_goldman]

Originally posted by [email protected] 7 2006, 05:57 AM
where do you buy all this stuff? such as acrylic and fabric paint
Acrylic & fabric paint are sold nearly everywhere. Our local craft stores are Micheals, Joanne's, and a little shop I usually go to called Rudy's. Any craft store will most likely have it. :)

[emma_goldman]

Originally posted by Invader [email protected] 5 2006, 10:49 AM
Howcome when ever you accidentally get pain on cloaths it never comes out, but when you do it deliberatly it does?
:lol:

Hmm..probably because it's more concentrated. If you have a spill, it's going to be probably more thick than if you have brushed it out. I don't usually have that problem. What paint did you use?

[tubamaniac]

There is a great Fabric Spraypaint for stenciling and painting t-shirts.

I used it to make shirts for my anarchist band. It dries faxt and soft.

got mine at www.fabricspraypaint.com but it is also available at the big craft stores.

We had great results and it is fast you can paint a shirt and wear it an hour later.

It does not fade in the wash either.


tubas for a Bush Free Amerika

[anarchista feminista]

I bought fabric spray paint once. It faded really quickly. And don't use normal spray paint. It kinda smells funny too. I honestly thing that regular fabric paint is best. Usually the more convenient way to do anything is likely to be less effective. So keep that in mind. Stencilling brushes cost about $2.

Edit: okay, so we have the revleft stencil data base. But I think it might be an idea to post a sticky in DIY on how to stencil as we seem to get alot of people asking about it. Or just post a link to the tutorials in it... We just seem to go through this alot.

[tubamaniac]

when we did it we didn't have a problem with fading or bleeding at all.

You do have to wait three days before washing though.

I would love to see the stencil database.


when you stencil with a brush can you mix the colors so they fade together?

[anarchista feminista]

Originally posted by [email protected] 29, 2007 12:00 pm
when we did it we didn't have a problem with fading or bleeding at all.

You do have to wait three days before washing though.

I would love to see the stencil database.


when you stencil with a brush can you mix the colors so they fade together?
OH. maybe that was my problem. I found it to be a little messy though. and it broke after the first use. On the right-end of the top menu bar, mouse-over on features and it will be on that list.

[Vicarious]

TRY putting fabric paint into a pant sprayer (like one you would buy at home depot).

[Comeback Kid]

two pronged solution

A) use fabric pant, may cost a tad more then spray but worth it.
B) Dont wash you clothes.

WINNAH

[Rollo]

Washing your clothes is so bourgeoise, I generally use cheapo washing detergent or whatever and that seems to be less powerful and doesn't fade it as much.