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Yup, I ruined a plate. It’s taken me years to figure out how to do it, however I have now done it! But as I duplicated what happened for you in the video with a little experiment, the mystery deepened. What I expected to happen, didn’t. One plate was able to be saved. But one wasn’t, sort of. It’ll make sense by the end of the video.
But in the process of ruining a plate, there was an opportunity to add layers to a print in a way I haven’t before this happened.
Want to more about gel printing? Check out my page of gel printing resources, especially the Dos and Don’ts of Gel Printing!
See how to make a very fancy, exclusive tool for your gel printing! Okay, it’s not fancy, it’s fun. It’s not exclusive, you use everyday items. It’s a hot glue stamp made on cardboard. There is one thing that makes them much more useful for gel printing- I’m sharing that in the video with you.
The glue gun I’m using, I’ve had for years and can’t find one online to share with you. It may no longer be manufactured? The Cadmium Yellow Light Hue, Cadmium Orange Hue, & Permanent Light Green are from https://www.plazaart.com/ but I buy it in the store because I have a tough time finding the paints on their website.
Want to know more about using a Gel Press plate? Check out my page of gel printing resources !
Cheap t-shirts can become something fun to wear! Just one gel plate, the Puzzle Piece by Gel Press, was used to cover the entire shirt with pattern. You might think it took planning to get the all the puzzle piece prints to connect into each other. Nope. Because of how the puzzle piece is designed, it is extremely forgiving! No matter how I put it down, I could always fit the next one into it.
You’ll also see how I mixed up the paint so that it became a fabric paint, and most importantly, what I did when I got the curved areas of the shirt, the arms. I cheated to make the pattern work there. You’ll see how in the video!
If you’d like to see more about gel printing, including the Dos and Don’ts of Gel Printing, check out my page of gel printing resources!
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