lee bells and ginger Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Hi, I wonder if anyone can help. I've been using liquid emulsion for a while now; printing onto canvas mainly. However, i tried this week printing onto a tshirt. Developed, stopped, fixed and washed as normal (just as for a B&W print but longer in the Fixer and wash). However, as I suspected - it didn't hold up in the washing machine with my laundry. Would using a hardening fixer make any difference? Or is there a better way of printing onto a Tshirt using your home darkroom than Liquid Emulsion? Any ideas gratefully recieved! Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelkh Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 How about cyanotype as an alternative? I'm sure people use it on fabrics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann_clancy3 Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Yes, you can print on fabic with cyanotypes. THis place has ready made products, are of course you can coat your own fabic. It is much messier than liquid light but can be washed but only with particular soaps, i.e. dove, etc. They will give you a whole list of products that can be used http://www.blueprintables.com/ There is also a very interesting book on printing with fabics . It is out of print but Bostick and Suillvan still show it in their catalog. Or checked use. This woman is printing on silk , cotton, and using not only prussian blue, but other colors as well. The book is "Blueprints on Fabric " by Barbara Hewitt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gauthier Posted June 10, 2004 Share Posted June 10, 2004 Liquid emulsion really is gelatin with silver. It gets very fragile in water. Hot air and water will make it melt and I doubt it would even survive a cold water wash cycle. Wet, swolleb liquid emulsion is very fragile. Cyanotype is your best choice. The pigment the process creates - Prussian Blue - was used by the textile industry until the 1970's. You'll probably want to use alum or another such product to harden the pigment-fabric bond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheryl_smith Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 You can also try Inkodye. It's a light sensitive dye for fabric, and it comes in different colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregg_cook Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 I understand that the real deal is using liquid emulsion on tshirt screens and then using the screens to print the t shirts... going to try it soon and I'll report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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