Bang! Bang! Bang!
Hello there! Well I made another shirt and it wasn't exactly successful but I have learnt some valuable lessons.
I don't know if you can tell from the photos but the stencil bled a bit on the shirt which isn't too bad for a shirt for me but I wouldn't want to be selling that one.
So, the things I learnt:
1. The white paint I have is a crap brand "Hydrotex" and has gone lumpy etc and may have contributed to the bleeding - the other colours I have roll on a lot more nicely.
2. I probably tried to make it too fast and loaded the roller up with too much paint wich would have also caused it to bleed - Slow and steady is better.
3. The gaps and bridges in this stencil are quite small which makes it easy to accidently cut or tear them making the stencil useless. I have a lot too learn about successful bridging. With some counters I have only used on bridge where I should probably use two so it is held down from both directions. However, the method and paint I use - if done slowly and carefully usually pastes these down in place on the shirt as I print... perhaps they should just be a bit thicker.
4. Take the stencil off the shirt before the paint dries. Because the white ink is a particularly thick paint when I let it dry then tried to peel back the stencil it was quite firmly stuck in place which meant a couple of the tiny little bridges ripped off which means I have to cut this stencil again next time I use it.
5. Probably shouldn't put such ugly photos of self up on the internet - but I know a few of you have been wondering what the inside of my nose looks like....
Okay so all up I think I might look into a new white ink before I make the other shirts and in the meantime I'll work on my site.
I don't know if you can tell from the photos but the stencil bled a bit on the shirt which isn't too bad for a shirt for me but I wouldn't want to be selling that one.
So, the things I learnt:
1. The white paint I have is a crap brand "Hydrotex" and has gone lumpy etc and may have contributed to the bleeding - the other colours I have roll on a lot more nicely.
2. I probably tried to make it too fast and loaded the roller up with too much paint wich would have also caused it to bleed - Slow and steady is better.
3. The gaps and bridges in this stencil are quite small which makes it easy to accidently cut or tear them making the stencil useless. I have a lot too learn about successful bridging. With some counters I have only used on bridge where I should probably use two so it is held down from both directions. However, the method and paint I use - if done slowly and carefully usually pastes these down in place on the shirt as I print... perhaps they should just be a bit thicker.
4. Take the stencil off the shirt before the paint dries. Because the white ink is a particularly thick paint when I let it dry then tried to peel back the stencil it was quite firmly stuck in place which meant a couple of the tiny little bridges ripped off which means I have to cut this stencil again next time I use it.
5. Probably shouldn't put such ugly photos of self up on the internet - but I know a few of you have been wondering what the inside of my nose looks like....
Okay so all up I think I might look into a new white ink before I make the other shirts and in the meantime I'll work on my site.
posted by Claire at 10:23 PM
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