Re:Ask HN: I am crazy (but can you help?)
by shanac on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @08:48AM
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You could use acetate, acrylic paint, plus glue to do a dyi screenprint on the run. I did this, and I have shirts that have held up 10 years :)
Re:Ask HN: I am crazy (but can you help?)
by weisser on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @08:50AM
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Cool tip! I've honestly been thinking more about getting the schedule ironed out than merch but I'll take a look at this method.
Re:Ask HN: I am crazy (but can you help?)
by davidgerard on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @07:54AM
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Bleach stencil shirts can be ridiculously beautiful. They are also, for obvious reasons, quite fragile. Temporary wearable art.
Re:Ask HN: I am crazy (but can you help?)
by hablahaha on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @11:07AM
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They look cool, but man I hate the orange that bleach on black makes.
Re:Ask HN: I am crazy (but can you help?)
by davidgerard on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @11:13AM
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I had some where it was bleached up to straw-yellow. Looks gorgeous ... dies pretty quickly.
Re:Ask HN: I am crazy (but can you help?)
by weisser on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @11:20AM
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Sounds interesting - will look into ways of changing the color.
Re:Ask HN: I am crazy (but can you help?)
by davidgerard on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @11:33AM
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Basically, bleach longer or use a stronger bleach (which of course makes the shirt die quicker) or pick a black that is susceptible to your bleach (requires potentially pricey experimentation). It verges on alchemy :-)
I was reading about bleach shirt stencils in MAKE magazine actually: http://makezine.com/projects/bleach-shirt-stencil/