Spray painting clothing?

[victim77]

Can you do this? Will the paint crack and fall off or what? What about acrylic paint? I would use speedball but I can't find it anywhere here.

[Forte]

Don't they make "clothing dye," that you can get at any craft store? Or is there an advantage\message behind spray painted clothes?

Also, if I remember anything from arts and crafts, acrylic paint is less "potent," than enamel paint, but enamel paint isn't something you'd want to breath. :)

[victim77]

Well im using a stencil so I need something I can spray or roll on.

[Everyday Anarchy]

When I stencil shirts I used fabric paint and a paint roller. Works nicely as long as you got the stencil taped down good because the paint can make it warp and it'll curl up letting paint fall in areas you don't want it to.

[Miss Mindfuck.]

There's not much variety in the way of ready-to-use fabric paint; however, unless you are violently opposed to a bit of stirring, you can have any color you want if you mix a few drops of fabric medium into plain, old acrylic paint. This is actually muuuuuch cheaper, as fabric paint can average $3-6 a bottle, and acrylic paint runs from fifty cents to $2 a bottle. And you only need one bottle of fabric medium, because you're just mixing that shit with the acrylic paint. You can sponge it on, that works best, I find. Just make sure you put something heavy like cardboard inside the shirt or whatever so that it doesn't bleed through. You can use regular paper for the stencils, and attach it to the fabric with spray adhesive, (certain craft stores even sell spray-on stencil adhesive) or you can grab some Freezer paper from a box store, use it shiny side down. You can iron it onto the clothing, and it sticks perfectly 'til you pull it off. Do your stencils directly onto the freezer paper, and you'll never have to pay gauged prices for t-shirts again. =]

[victim77]

yeah me and my band are using the acrylic with the medium but we used to much medium the first time and it came out runny. we'll try again.

[Miss Mindfuck.]

yeah me and my band are using the acrylic with the medium but we used to much medium the first time and it came out runny. we'll try again.

If you're making band merch, you might as well screen print. You can make the same design over and over and it's waaaaay less time-consuming.

[victim77]

We are pretty much but we are using glue in place of emulsion since we have no way to get it.

[Tweek888]

spray paint works fine on cloth as long as you use pre shrunk clothing or shrink it yourself. I have a few shirts made with spray paint and they haven't even started to fade yet. the paint sort of stains the cloth instead of making layers on top so it doesn't crack or anything.

[razboz]

Fun Fact: Most spray paints contain cobalt, which can have some nasty reactions with your skin. Watch out.

[anarchista feminista]

read the thread i made on painting clothes. spraypaint can work. but it looks bad, and is no where near as effective as proper fabric paint. it may be more expensive, but honestly i think putting away a few extra dollars to buy it is worth it. diy is fun. but spraypaint has a grubby "oops i got paint on my clothes by accident" look to it. unless you want that. fabric paint is far more versatile.

EDIT: if you're looking to make band merch, i think my stencilling method works quickly enough. i've never screen printed before, only because it seems like too much mucking around compared to stencils. and they can be quite detailed. also fabric paint isn't that hard to find if you bother to look around.