Ok, we all know that there are perfectly good fabric paints available to make lettering on t-shirts, which is how it should be done, but I wanted to know what gloss paint would look like. From time to time I go out with groups of students to various exhibitions or places of interest, and I find it helpful to others to be able to pick out who is in charge, so I have several t-shirts bearing the word 'tutor' for this purpose. Having just finished painting my back door I thought I would utilize the paint that was left on the brush, before I cleaned it. I wrote the words with double pencils onto a wide piece of masking tape, and cut them out with a scalpel to make a stencil. I removed the letters and stuck them randomly on a black t-shirt, and put the stencil strip on the white t-shirt. (I like white-on-white - its not so in-yer-face.) I put a whole newspaper inside each, to prevent the paint from soaking through to the back, and dabbed my brush with the gloss on it over both sets of letters. Removed masking tape, and hung on the line to dry. They turned out ok, but I hope the smell wears off! It remains to be seen how they stand up to washing - not good, I should think.
(The letters are back-to-front because I took the photos myself in a mirror.)
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