Vintage/Distressed Tee Treatment?
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- scarabin
i love this fabric treatment. anyone ever do this or know exactly how it's done? i'd love to fuck up some shirts.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing…
"fabric put through an extensive process that shows years of weathering; each bit of pilling and striation in this sheer fabric captures true old vintage worn-in feel; no two shirts are exactly the same; garment dyed pigment; enzyme/ silicone finish"
- scarabin0
(i refer to the fabric treatment, but info on "burning out" the image would be of interest as well)
- inkpink0
discharge print, enzyme wash, and a sweatshop full of ladies rubbing tshirts on sandpaper.
seriously.
- morilla0
don't they bleach first, then lay down the ink?
- version30
inkpink is right, i was writing this
it's called discharge printing, i know a guy back in ks that can do this for you http://prideofgumbo.com/ Jeff is his name. he supplies all the hipster rockabilly types with their band/gallery posters and what not. his signature poster is the 50 he'll do on pabst blue ribbon boxes and sign when he does a run for a friend or whatever i have a few of them from art shows in storage somewhere. he's done screen printing for me but showed me examples of this in his shop
- dbloc0
not sure what the treatment to the fabric is, but I've seen the trend building lately. Grunge parts are see through
- scarabin0
i ran across this, but i'm hoping for more info on enzyme washing
- scarabin0
'cause fuck, that shirt looks crazy comfortable
- inkpink0
yeah you can get lots of different distressed blanks now. here's another example. http://www.bareapparel.com/custo…
discharge is pretty common with most screen print shops. same process, they just print a chemical bleaching agent instead of ink which leaves an off-white-ish color.
you can also print color into the discharge as morilla suggested. this is a great way to go if you want soft ink on dark tees without having to flash a white and/or use opaque plasticol inks.
- inkpink0
but of course the "grungy" texture inside the negative areas of that example skull printed are created in the art with photoshop or whatever... not a result of the discharge print or enzyme wash.
the details that can be discharged out is pretty incredible... tiny lines and coarse halftones.
- Invalid0
you can buy fabric in a roll which is already like this. or your can spray on an enzyme that eats away at the fabric. it's left on for several minute then put into a chemical wash to stop it eating right through the fabric.
there is different techniques for different fabric blends and GSMs. you can also sand blast the t-shirt. traditionally this is done with denim.
small tears and rips are done with a Dremil finger grinder or sand paper.
the print is done using a bleach. not White King. they use the same screen printing method, only they use a paint that contains a bleach. this also needs to be washed off to prevent eating right through.
having said that, the skull on this chicks t-shirt actually looks like a standard screen print. not bleached. a bleach print often has fuzzy edges becaue the bleach absorbs into the fabric.