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Unosuke:
you don't have to be the one who made it, but if you think its awesome, post it. Here's mine:

Emaline:
Silkscreening is fun!






The first is a hoodie I made for a friend's podcast, the second is a shirt I made for him as well. The bottom design warps around at the side. The first one is kinda crap because the hoodie was stain resistant, so the ink didn't stay on well. I ended up painting it on.

RadioElectric:


Made this today with stencils and bleach.  There was some bleach that ran under the stencil and some of the edges show up but I kind of like it.  The bleach was VERY unpleasant to work with though, even outside, yeuch.

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RadioElectric-

I love your bleaching job!

I tried it myself a few times, made some tiger-striped shirts but utterly failed at the viney designs.

Any tips?

RadioElectric:
Well, the one I posted the picture of was the first one I'd made but I feel like I learnt a bit.  I'd have to know what particular problems you had but here's some general tips.

1. Make your stencils out of something the bleach won't soak into.  I used thin plastic that you can put into a printer to use as overhead projector slides.
2. Don't make too intricate a design, my t-shirt uses 4 simple stencils that I laid over each other to build the pattern.
3. Use a spray bottle to apply the bleach, don't soak the fabric too much.  If you want a really strong pattern it might be better to turn the t-shirt inside out and apply the pattern to the inside, that way only the strongest bleaching will show.
4. Wipe the stencil with paper towel before you lift it... always... otherwise the bleach WILL run under the stencil.
5. Don't worry about it looking a little messy, most of the bleach designs you see in stores are just splashes, nobody expects bleached t-shirts to be perfect.

I hope that helps.

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