the unoffical clothing thread.

[rictus01]

well seeing as I've left it quite late, and Paul seems to have his hands full (I've had stuff off him before and it's very good).

I though I'd give it a go myself, so a plain black T shirt and a zip up hoodie with a little skull logo was my starting point.

Knocked up this before in Photoshop and printed it out on transfer paper

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs177.snc4/38199_413175474134_621884134_4743338_1482534_n.jpg

then onto the front of the T shirt

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs208.snc4/38722_414844779134_621884134_4791545_7535679_n.jpg

and something for the back

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs235.snc4/39092_414844769134_621884134_4791544_8056731_n.jpg

onto the Hoodie, first a skull and some barbed wire

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs203.snc4/38506_413856024134_621884134_4760991_5552951_n.jpg

Then some bike matching decals

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs203.snc4/38506_413856049134_621884134_4760996_163410_n.jpg

A few white letters added

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs203.snc4/38506_413856044134_621884134_4760995_6104481_n.jpg

reflecting the actual engine capacity

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs152.snc4/36958_413896424134_621884134_4762296_7026272_n.jpg

Then onto the front

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs203.snc4/38506_413856054134_621884134_4760997_7465209_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs203.snc4/38506_413856034134_621884134_4760993_1202485_n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs103.ash2/38506_413856039134_621884134_4760994_528277_n.jpg

Oh and to show the like to the bike's decals

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs090.ash2/37861_413897824134_621884134_4762357_7745786_n.jpg

Perhaps not as good as Paul's stuff, but great to do none the less.

Cheers Mark.

[chris8886]

how did you get the transfers onto the garments mark, do you have a heat press?

[rictus01]

No but the wife has an iron amd greaseproof paper.

Cheers Mark.

[caz650s]

Nice one Mark ...well done

Looking forward to having a chat & a cuppa with you ... last time was when we had an early breakfast at box hill !!

See You there :D

[rictus01]

indeed it was mate, you coming in the van? makes it easier to find you.

[minimorecambe]

How did you cut out the letters and numbers? Are they on a black background?

Looks the dogs :)

[rictus01]

all the orange ones are from a set of bike decals and lazer cut so no no background at all, the white letters are from an alphabet sheet (cost £2.99) so no background other than te hoddie itself.

Cheers Mark.

[rictus01]

the two on the T shirt are just Iron on sheet and inkjet printed, then cut out.

Cheers Mark.

[minimorecambe]

Ahhh

So how have you got the decals to stay on? Have they just stayed on with the iron?

I make a lot of my own stuff for the ferret rescue so just wanting a couple of ideas :)

[rictus01]

yeah I done a little experimenting and a hot Iron for about 90 seconds works fine. it's very thin vinyl after all, cover with greaseproof paper and it won't stick to the iron, rub in for about a minute while it cools and peel the greaseproof off smoothly.

Cheers Mark.

[minimorecambe]

Awesome.

Might try that with a few of the left over decals :)

[Paul the 6th]

Awesome.

Might try that with a few of the left over decals :)

if you're referring to the vinyl decals from myself or other signwriters, the material used for sticky decals on vehicles is different to the transfer material used on garments... just before you go ruining any of your favorite shirts :)

The adhesive vinyl will probably just melt and go all gooey. If you're after some which can be pressed on with heat, they need to be made from 'supaflex' or other flexible transfer material. It's specially designed material which melts with the heat and bonds with the fabric.

Where did you get the transfers from rictus? They look reasonably good print quality considering they're domestic print transfers :cool:

[rictus01]

Hi Paul, the white skull (back of hoodie) and letters I got off ebay for a couple of quid, the orange stuff is a spare set of bike decals, you're right it'll probably come off after a wash or two, but hey it looks good, the T shirt ones I did in photoshop and just printed out on "iron on" paper I had left from some kids party shirts I done a few years back.

I would imagine the T shirt will last a little while, but really not that fussed, after all it's only to get into the spirit of the weekend:smt102

Cheers Mark.