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Talking about stencils...

Cocker

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Here’s a t-shirt I just finished. First try with fabric paint instead of stencil ink, a bit shabby on some places, but I’m happy overall.

What do you guys think?

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By the way, what you see under the stencils is some cardboard I used so the paint won’t go through.


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Smithy

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Looks superb nice one! Yup you have to put a layer of cardboard under to stop bleed through. Fabric paint is much better than stencil ink for this kind of work.

Have to you set/fixed the paint yet with an iron?
 

Cocker

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Not yet, going in the oven for first heat cure! How long do you have to wait before ironing it?


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Smithy

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With mine I left it overnight and then ironed it the next day on the cotton setting (dry of course NO STEAM!) on the reverse side of the design for about 5 to 10 minutes.

One other little tip, get hold of a circle cutter if you haven't already they make cutting circles a piece of cake.
 

Smithy

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What Grant says is exactly right, you actually don't want it to look perfect, then it just looks like some over-priced Japanese job :D

It looks much better and authentic with the odd little bleed out from the stencil.
 

Cocker

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Agreed with both of you, guys, that’s why I don’t care much about the shabbiness. That’s also why I prefer to cut the circles by hand [emoji4]


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Smithy

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Looks like you used Marsh font as well? That's what I've been using for my stencilling and been very happy with how it turns out.
 

Cocker

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That's correct! I figured this must have been the most comonly available stencil font around at that time, seen they used it for almost all of them.
 

Smithy

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It actually looks a lot harder than it is Burt. It's actually really easy to do and just requires the right materials and a little bit of patience (the cutting out part).
 

B-Man2

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It actually looks a lot harder than it is Burt. It's actually really easy to do and just requires the right materials and a little bit of patience (the cutting out part).

Ahhhhh ............See, there it is.....Its always the patience thing ... ;)

( I admire your humility, but honestly , you guys are good at this stuff)
 

Cocker

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As Tim sais, it’s only a game of patience (and good lighting for the cut out part!).

But thanks a lot for the kind words!


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Greg Gale

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That is brilliant! Fantastic job, mate. I would totally wear it. now I want to make a stencilled shirt too, I just don't know what. Do you know any good resources?

BTW, what paper did you use for the stencil?
 

johnwayne

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Nice job Cocker and certainly cheaper than the £60 BR's I saw at Flying Legends airshow from ELC recently and certainly more personal/unique!
 

Cocker

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Thanks folks!

Greg, I used 200gr paper, that's the max the printer at work can take. As for the designs, I usually browse through the web until I find something I like...

@johnwayne That's for sure, the shirt cost me 5 euros, but it's really low grade though. I need to find something a bit better for next ones!
 
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