Before we get to this weeks Pimpashirt Creation…we come to you with a special announcement. You may have noticed that one of the Pimpashirt emcees has been missing from our videos….that emcee is one of Pimpashirt’s originator’s Josh Ellsworth. Josh leaves the Pimpashirt crew on great terms and has accepted a new job with Stahls’.
Josh – Congratulations and best of luck and thanks for your contributions to Pimpashirt.com!
On with the show…so this week we bring to you another Pimpashirt original. Our distessed design was very well received, so we decided to give our viewers another option with this type of look.
This week features a method that we introduced a while back…the adhesive residue technique. If you remember, this is acheived by hot peeling a cold peel heat transfer material. We decided to take this technique a step further by allowing a portion of the design to set in to allow some of the material to stick to the shirt. What you get is an adhesive residue, but also some of the material will bond with the shirt giving it a really PIMP distressed look…check it out.
Awesome job with the video this week Doesn’t kill that the shirt is also great
Will miss Josh but wish him the best at Stahls
Thanks for the comments.
Nice effect Mike!
My one question would have to be is… Whats the type of media used for the adhesive residue? i’ve done a similar effect with solutions clear but i would also enjoy being able to replicate this look
~mike
We used SPECTRA Cut II for the effect.
Thanks Mike!
Way to think outside the box. I love it! I would love to know which vinyl is most affordable to accomplish this look. Thanks.
Looks great, guys! Are you going to put that design in “the box” for us to download? I hope so!
This week’s design has been uploaded to our Box
Great! Got it! Thanks!!
Love the shirt. It’s great to see such new ideas. Keep it up. Best of luck to Josh. I hope Stahl’s realizes what talent they have in Josh.
Where do you get these designs? Are you also artists who can create your own designs?
Excellent work. I enjoy your creations each week and look forward to them.
The designs are Pimpashirt originals except for those that are submitted to us from other users.
Awesome shirt! Love the mixed techniques.
Still not quite sure how you got only a portion of the film to stay though….could you elaborate?
Best of luck to Josh in his new diggs!
To get the adhesive residue, you peel a cold peel immediately. What we did was peel slower towards the end of the design so that the adhesive starts to bond with the shirt allowing portions to stick.
You guys are on fire…week after week turning out awesome shirts!
Love it, but I have tried several times to achieve that adhesive residue technique following Josh’s instructions but I just can’t get it to work. Any suggestions?
I wanted to know if you can recommend a heat press, my heat press isn’t doing the job. Also, can you recommend a good vinyl.
A very good press for the price is the Stahls Maxx. If you are looking top of the line with all the bells and whistles…Hotroinx Auto Clam.
We carry a full line of vinyl that will work great for you. The kind you get all depends on the application. Feel free to contact me at any time for any questions.
Do you find that when you do a hot peel on cold peel vinyl that it leaves a hint of the color of the vinyl that you used or does it just leave the glue type residue? For example If I wanted to do black tshirt and have like a red “bleed” look will it leave a red tint when I hot peel it? Was trying to decide what color to order.
It depends on the cold peel vinyl that you use. Check out this post…http://pimpashirt.com/2010/10/15/wrap-around-snake-skin-tee-and-adhesive-residue-revisited/
You will see the difference between the two vinyls and how the finished product looks.