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pdloran · February 26th, 2007

hi every one,i had these made ten years ago.i was very impressed with the technology.at the time i had no idea what a computer was.
i am an airbrush artist.i was trying to sell more of my art.i airbrush t-shirts at festivals an carnivals.i planed on airbrushing and selling premade transfered t-shirts.the art work is my original art work . 35 mm photographed my art then had some one else make the transfers.i was impressed with the detail.also the size of the image could be increased/decreased.
i was no to impressed with the washability of the t-shirts.i did not like the feel of the transfer.
im wounder since then their have been some improvements in the transfers.

peter loran

MotoskinGraphix · February 26th, 2007

Go take a look at the Pro-World website...should answer your questions.

pdloran · February 26th, 2007

David thanks...ill look in to that site.i like your site.well done.i airbrush on vinyl film.i used to get the vinyl remnants from other companies.airbrush the custom vinyl sticker.that was a few years ago.getting back in to it soon.
Peter

MotoskinGraphix · February 26th, 2007

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	David thanks...ill look in to that site.i like your site.well done.i airbrush on vinyl film.i used to get the vinyl remnants from other companies.airbrush the custom vinyl sticker.that was a few years ago.getting back in to it soon. Peter

I do a bit of airbrush on vinyl. Gets pretty expensive when you are dealing with automotive clears and flex additives. Most folks dont want to pay for the custom vinyls.

pdloran · February 26th, 2007

i never added flex.i was helping a auto body shop out an they took care of the clearing.also did a lot of custom stickers an rattle can cleared them.skate borders eat them up.i do the stickers with water based acrylics.one coat of wal-mart clear coat...done then if the customer wants to auto clear over that then thats up to them.
with your t-designs maybe their is a way to digitaly print out sticker decals.that would be cool.

MotoskinGraphix · February 26th, 2007

The flex additive is added to the clear so the vinyl will bend around complex curves such as wrapping into a wheel well. Whithout it the automotive clear becomes brittle and will crack. I have been using the createx auto air colors which are water based. Another clear you can use is frog juice.

Fluid · February 26th, 2007

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	Most folks dont want to pay for the custom vinyls.

most folks dont want to pay for anything

Rodney · February 27th, 2007

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	im wounder since then their have been some improvements in the transfers.

If you are only doing white t-shirts, it looks like your designs would look using dye sublimation technology.

JaeAmera · February 27th, 2007

Pdloran,

Sub is the most "handless technology" I have found as it relates to apparel imaging. That may be the direction you need to take if the 'hand / feel' of your imaged apparel is important.

Jae'

pdloran · February 28th, 2007

so i could send my art work to you an you would make a sublimated trans fer?
if you can do that for me then i will be talking to you again .thanks for the info.

peter loran

JaeAmera · February 28th, 2007

Sure Peter...I would be happy to.

Shoot me an e-mail to: Jae at amerasource dot com

Jae'

pdloran · May 25th, 2007

here are some of my heat transfer t-shirts.i made them with my desk top printer.i estimate they cost 2.75 to make.i sold them for about $19.83.some times more, some times less.like if a customer wanted me to sign an or remark the transfer that cost a bit more.some times i would airbrush some extra personalized art on the back of the shirts.

i charge more for custom cut to shape.this image is of our puppy "juby"made in 2004.100%cotton.
i used my desk top printer with dye ink witch come with the printer.i airbrushed it with createx.it washed well an lasted as long as my son fit it.

next heat transfers i had some one else make the transfer an press them on t-shirts for me.
i think that was 1993.i airbrushed a canvass 30x40 inches.photographed it with a 35 mm camera.
took the photograph to the person that makes the transfers.they made the transfers an t-shirt for $7.00.i sold them for about $19.75.if i airbrushed on them it was a bit more added to the cost.
the nice thing is they sold at my set ups while im working on other t-shirts.its like killing two birds with one stone.

next transfers i made.i was trying to gang sheet my transfers.i do the original airbrushed painting.photograph it scan in to the computer.in photoshop i would put four images on one piece of transfer paper.now im killing four birds with one stone.made a t-shirt with 4x5 image for under $3.00 sold them for $14.78.at my show i would hang the t-shirts up next to the original painting an the t-shirts sold like hot cakes.

then i found out about opaque transfers.now i can do black t-shirts.sweet.i started to play with different size options.i think this one is 5x7.for the jagged edges an to make it look cool.i used my wifes rubber stamping deckle scissors.thank ya mate.i got two images per transfer paper.again killing two birds with one stone.the t-shirt ages an cracks an thats ok with me cause it make my art work look better.thats God at work.i know with His hand in it,im a winner.

so photograph your works an make some transfer out of you printer.your printer has been costing you money.now you need to get payback!put that thing to work.at three dollars a pop maybe less then that you can give aford to give them away.i hope the wheels are turning.
my t-shirts here were made over four years ago.im now working on the next generation.im going to be using new pigment inks an a epson c88 printer for some very original transfers.also im gonna be doing some first time sublimation transfers.in september 2007.this post was made for the airbrushers i know.i thought it was ok for this site.
thank you all very much.helps you i hope.peter loran

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