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- TheTeenVote, on 10/10/2007, -2/+53Sites laggin , heres a mirror http://m3.bestpicever.com/piles/?s=stencilshirt
- Otto, on 10/10/2007, -0/+33This is actually pretty easy to do for anybody with a bit of a technical mindset. You'll ***** up a couple of shirts getting the timing down right but still, here's the basic version:
1. Make a stencil, or several, of the pattern you want to bleach in.
2. Get dark colored shirt and spray bottle full of bleach.
3. Spray bleach around stencil, wait some length of time (longer = whiter), then towel off the bleach.
4. Repeat step 3 with each stencil. Work from the darkest colors to the lightest.
5. At the end, get the shirt real wet to wash off all the excess bleach.
6. Sell shirt to some random poser.
7. Profit!
Also, unless you want there to be a messed up pattern on the back of the shirt too, I suggest a cardboard or some other kind of insert for the shirt while performing the process. - TheJas, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25I believe you are seeing a hand clutching the shaft of the penis. The apostrophes would be the knuckles. Lastly you have the tilde ejaculate.
- Nickdotnet, on 10/10/2007, -3/+20Little confused.....it took him TWO YEARS to figure this out? He worked with chemists?!?!?!? WTF?
Bleach and stencil - indie designers have been doing this for years in their garage. Who hires someone to figure out how to make a stencil and bleach a shirt?
Buried as lame..... - Aberen, on 10/10/2007, -3/+18You broke stencilrevolution!
DAMN YOU DIGG! - andshewas, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16This is really unique. I wonder if the bleach eventually wears away the fibers in the shirt...so then you'd have a fish-shaped belly hanging out.
- an0nymous, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17do you like.... turtles?
- payan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Wasn't it a how to?
- DreKor, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12meh, i've seen bigger.
- hiPpymIck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9i use car spray paint and hand-cut cardboard stencils - no bleach
its quite crude but effective - poor mans air-brush
(you have to put lighter colors on first and
master the logic sequence of stencilling)
it fades a little when you wash it..but then it doesnt look so 'new'
its pretty easy to get a sunset ..ive even sold a few - mykelefty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9k thanks but this is called a DIY
- JohnnyRad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Fair warning, DO NOT use a bottle full of bleach, you have to dilute it otherwise it will eat away at the shirt. Also consider doing a discharge (bleaching) and then dying it with some Rit dye (a cheap dye that can be purchased on the laundry detergent isle at most grocery stores). Then you can go back through and repeat for some nice effects.
if you really want to make it soft and "vintage," throw it in a rock salt wash for about 5 cycles. It will become the most comfortable shirt you've ever owned. - PerfektXj, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8good money saver too
- bdbr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Rock salt...that's gotta do wonders for a washing machine's longevity.
- WiLLGT09, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7nothing is spraypainted, it's bleach that just fades the dye in the fabric.
- jbus, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Discharging paste works much better for this. It doesn't damage the fibers of the clothing the way bleach does.
- vornan19, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Wow! You should start a horse semen collection farm and sell it!
- iceschade, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Wouldn't washing it take out the bleach but leave the shirt stained right?
- zippy757, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7...we did this in the 60's...used tin foil and believe it or not potatos ( use uncooked ones and cut design in like a stamp ) for stencils....works best of cheap tea shirts with poor fabric dye
- MrSunshine, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5How about ponies instead?
- r3bol, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I use a roller, plastic film and fabric paint. My results...
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/r3bol/dharma-swan-canvas-shopping-bag.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/r3bol/dharma-swan.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/r3bol/00119.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/r3bol/00120.jpg - speedyrev, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The bleach won't eat the fabric if you use a heavy %100 cotton shirt and diluted bleach. Then make sure you wash the shirt immediately after stenciling.
- honeymustardn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Phew, I thought I was the only one who had semen shaped like tildes.
- designer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5I believe Michael Jackson used a method similar to this.
- zyko, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Vinegar neutralizes bleach. Just spray it on the bleach when you want to stop the bleach from working. Of course you need to wash the shirt still.
- mlvassallo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5That took him years to develop?
- Diana172, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Why don't you just keep the ruined clothes and use them when you clean?
- theRIAA, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2a whole bottle of bleach? you know it's concentrated right?
- Elliuotatar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I've never heard of the stuff. I'm sure it's hard to find. Plus I just looked it up on the net, and it's like $18 for a 32oz bottle.
- theRIAA, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I don't think thats how bleach works...
- arcooke, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Those look like crap..
- Jonjonr6, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Honestly, I think there's some digg "readers" out there who just digg everything down. I have no idea why your comment was dugg down (-1 right now). All you were doing was explaining how this isn't necessarily new, and you had a technique you used a long time ago.
- picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3and destroyed his lungs....... smoking what??
- kiesow567, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Pretty stupid article. I did this years ago and sold them for a profit.
Working with chemists? no. just bleach thats watered down a bit.
I have shirts that I made like this that are over 6 years old and still holding up perfectly.
But you have to wash the bleach off immediately after you get the desired color.
Also, try bleaching shirts then dying different colors in the spots that you bleached...cool effect. - bdbr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You mean "color safe" bleach? Doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of taking out color?
- Jelfish, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3The problem is with using chlorine bleach, which has lye to hinder the chlorine gas from forming. You can also use hydrogen peroxide to bleach, but it's not as strong, I believe.
- third_eye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Had the guy just taken his art to any screenprinting place, they could have used discharge paste and saved him TONS of money and work. Some people never learn.
- brockpetrie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hydrogen Peroxide, although it can act as a bleaching agent itself, will also halt the progress of an initial chlorine bleaching. Just douse the bleached area in peroxide, let it sit for a bit, and then wash it.
I destroy and resell denim, and I always use peroxide after I bleach anything. It's cheap and effective - Elliuotatar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Oh but it is. I had a jean jacket once and I wanted to bleach it white, so I threw it in the washer with a whole bottle of bleach, and when I took it out, it was white all right, and half the stitching had dissolved so it was falling apart.
That said, if you only use a little bleach and only leave it on for a little while, I don't think it will damage the fabric too much. People bleach clothes all the time. They just don't go crazy with the bleach. - somerandomdude, on 10/10/2007, -6/+7Here is my problem... If I did this, I would want it to be something I could wear more than once, and I know, from experience, bleach on shirts does not equal a long durability for the shirt. That bleach will eat through it within 2 weeks.
If they have a way to fight that (I only got to see the mirror), then this could be something cool. - JohnnyRad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1for a rock salt wash dump in some rock salt with your cycle. -dont use this on everything just stuff you want to make super soft. it will remove some of the silkscreen ink if you do it to a screened shirt (not a problem for discharged shirts). hope this is a little more help. its really trial and error to find a good amount of rock salt for your specific washing machine.
- picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1howto anywhere? I heard about this out in Berkeley.
- Hassassin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Thanks for the feed back, care to elaborate? What is it that looks crappy about them? Did you bother to tlook through the rest of my work? Did all that look like crap as well? Either way I dugg your comment.
- dannbkk, on 04/21/2008, -0/+1Very Interesting, It also seems like Custom Made Shirts are becoming the way of the future
http://www.rogueshirts.com - rebornthrublood, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1cheap way to do discharge printing. many apparel companies print like this now. so much better than silk screened.
- JohnnyRad, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1people have put in worse
- bdbr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm not sure why people are digging you down. You have a valid point - many years ago, I bleached thick canvas and had it fall apart. But I had soaked it. I think the main thing is to wash it out ASAP.
- zyko, on 10/28/2007, -0/+0Apparently vinegar and bleach can create chlorine gas, so it may be a good idea to use a gas mask that filters organic vapors when working with bleach on an ongoing basis.
- sutech, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1funny, I've made my own t-shirt few days ago. It was for play I was doing with my friends. I supposed to be just guy who moves props around on stage. For that purpose I've painted with bleach big "I'm not here" sentence on my black shirt. For some strange reason, almost everyone I've met liked the shirt and most of them wanted one.
- baokyrox2, on 03/17/2009, -0/+0You can learn from this site too, highly recommend.
http://www.animeshippuuden.com/bleach-211
http://www.animesz.com/bleach-211
http://www.animeshippuuden.com
http://www.epdrama.com -
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