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Airbrush Lessons Index

Lesson One

Lesson Two

Lesson Three

Lesson Four

Lesson Five

Reducing Paint

Fine Lines, Detail

Detail Trick

Auto Art

Airbrush T Shirts

T Shirt Lettering

Fixing a bent needle

Fixing Airbrush Tip

Airbrush Cleaning

Airbrush Cleaning Two

Airbrush Basic Article

Paint Strainer

The Basic's

Paint for Airbrushing

What is a airbrush?

Types of Airbrushes

Airbrush Repair

Sticky Airbrush Trigger

Using airbrush templates

Airbrush main lever Replacement

Airbrushing a Star

More Lessons and Tutorials

Airbrush supplies

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Airbrush Equipment Recommended to Airbrush T Shirts:

I hope you find this helpful in sorting out which airbrush equipement , supplies might work best for you. I will keep adding to it as often as I can. Another great resoucre is my Airbrush Review you can check that out by clicking right HERE

Don Johnson / Airhead Airbrush.Com, Inc.

For airbrushing T Shirts, textile a bottom feed or siphon feed airbrush is your best bet. The Paasche VL has for mony years been the work horse of the airbrushing T Shirt industry. Please be sure when purchasing an airbrush to stick with the name brand companies such as Iwata, Badger or Paasche. These companies make quality airbrush's and parts are very easy to come by just about any where. Why buy a knock off airbrush that uses Iwata parts as the Iwata parts will not make up for the lack of quality in the rest of the airbrush. Stay with the name brand companies and save yourself some hassle, time and money.

All three of these are water based paints and must be heat set once the artwork is completed on the shirt to hold up to washing.

CREATEX

AQUA FLOW

Ready Tex by DR P H Martin

If your using Createx Textile paint follow this directions: SURFACE PREPARATION Fabric- Including 100% cotton, 50/50 blends, denim, sweatshirts, and most natural fibers.
1) For best results, wash item first to remove sizing and mill finishes.
2) Airbrush the design onto fabric avoiding thick buildup of paint and excessive paint layering. 3) Allow colors to dry, or a heat gun may be used to accelerate drying time. Drying time varies depending on application.
4) Heatset fabric for permanence by one of the following methods: a) Iron for 2 minutes at 300º F use a protective cloth, keep iron moving. b) Turn item inside out and put in clothes dryer for 40 minutes at highest heat.

Airbrushing/Spraying For best results, blend GOLDEN Fluid Acrylics with GOLDEN Airbrush Medium. Start with a 1:1 mixing ratio, and increase amount of GOLDEN Airbrush Medium as desired to increase sprayability and/or transparency. When artwork is complete, spray a thin coat of GAC 900 for least color loss. GAC 900 can be added to the system if a softer hand is desired (follow heat-set directions below). For durability and washability in a spray application, this is the recommended system, and will perform significantly better than GOLDEN Airbrush Colors alone. GOLDEN Fluids blended with GOLDEN Airbrush Medium do not require heat-setting for launderability, yet equal the performance of fabric paints that do. Using GOLDEN Fluids generates a saving of time, energy, and money. Allow for garments to cure for at least 4 days prior to washing (Note: heat-setting will speed the curing time required and may increase the launderability). When using water with the Airbrush Medium, a 1:1 ratio of water to Airbrush Medium is the maximum amount of water recommended.

Although not recommended for fabric use, GOLDEN Airbrush Colors may be blended 1:1 or more with the GAC 900 to aid in washfastness (properly heat-set according to directions listed below). This blend, although better than GOLDEN Airbrush Colors alone, is still not equal to the launderability performance of the Fluid Acrylics/Airbrush Medium mixture.

Doc PH Martins - Ready-Tex Ultra Ready to use Fabric Paint no dilution or filtering necessary AP Approved Non-toxic Conforms to ASTM d-4236 Standards 70 Brilliant colors including standard, pastel, opaque, transparent & metallic Excellent for use on T-shirts,

Airbrushing T Shirts requires pretty high psi setting of betwwen 40 to 60 psi pleasedo your home work before buying a compressor to ensure its rated for airbrushing T Shirts.If you are going to be doing this commercial, in other a lot of shirts a commercial type compressor might make more sense than a compressor marketed for airbrushing. A five horse power, thirty gallon air tank like you'd find at Home Depot or Lowes.