Thank you!

@@wickedartstudio yeah bro thank YOU! OK so secretly I make jewelry but know a couple famous artists (LA & PDX). You're creativity, precise directions, and tips from your own mistakes makes you stand out Trevor. Keep going I'll watch every video I see. You deserve SOOOO many more subs. Thank you for what you do to help in the creative community. 🙏🏼

@@HEROHCR2YT That's awesome! I appreciate the kind words and support!

Hey Rob! I've never used a topcoat after heat setting, I will definitely have to try that! Thanks for sharing your expertise with us my friend!

What topcoat do you use?

@@hannaha.4892 createx Colors! Matte top coat #5603

@@robmartin5414 thank you!

Thank you, my friend!

Thanks Thomas!

Hello my friend!

Hey Rich! Yes, it does my friend!

Para que quede claro, uso la base transparente, que es transparente, no el blanco transparente.

@@wickedartstudio muchas gracias por la aclaracion

Hey Jesus! The 5601 Transparent Base works great as well. 5601 is actually made specifically for fabrics. The 4004 I use is dual purpose. It works great on fabrics, but it can also be used on hard surfaces like automotive applications. A heat press is definitely a good investment if you plan to airbrush a lot of shirts!

@@wickedartstudio Trevor Appreciated

Of course, the transparent base is the same thing as paint, just with no pigments. :))

I agree with @Meas Agun, you absolutely can!

Hi Mario. I've never experienced that issue; however, I have never used masonite board purchased at a big box store for my shirt boards either. I have always purchased t-shirt boards made specifically for airbrushing shirts. I believe the boards you can purchase from reputable manufacturers are laminated or coated with some other coating to help prevent warping. It costs a little more to purchase them that way, but they do last much longer based on my own experience. I don't paint shirts frequently, but I've had the same set of shirt boards for more than a decade now and they are still useable. The smooth surface has deteriorated some from heat and paint absorption, but they are still useable. Something else you might try is sandwiching the artwork with Teflon sheets. I always put a sheet of Teflon over my artwork to keep the heat press from sticking to it. Adding a second sheet between your shirt board and the shirt (under your artwork) may keep a lot of the heat from transferring into your shirt board. I'm not certain that will help but it's worth a shot.

Not exactly. The Transparent Base does a couple of things. First, it gives a transparent base layer of paint that soaks into the fabric and allows subsequent layers of paint to adhere better because you're getting chemical adhesion and mechanical adhesion. If you heat set the Transparent Base with a press prior to airbrushing, it also forces all the little fibers of the shirt to lay flat which gives you a nicer surface to create your art on (overspray will catch all of those little shirt fibers if you don't heat set the base). Durability is created by heat pressing the artwork again after you've finished.

I generally don't wear a mask when I'm teaching or creating videos simply because I would be very hard to understand when I'm talking. There are other filtration methods being used in the studio to lessen that risk. I do wear a respirator, or another mask designed for particulates (depending on what I'm doing), when I'm not teaching or creating videos. The health risks are real when it comes to inhaling airborne particulates and I recommend every artist protect themselves. We can't paint if we're no longer here.

@@wickedartstudio thanks, I understand that you don't use a mask when are recording a tutorial. But I do know artists that don't use any protection at all. Thanks again, till the best video. Jacco

Using a heat press without the transparent base paint layer isn't going to gain you anything. The idea behind the transparent base is to lay down the fabric fibers in order to give you a super smooth surface to work on. That super smooth surface will catch less overspray and yield a more professional result. It's an important step for higher end custom shirt designs in my opinion. It is not worth the time or expense for production work.

Hey Guy! That's a great question and I'm actually not sure because I've never painted a shirt with urethane. Even when I was doing all of my automotive work with only urethane, I chose to use Createx Airbrush Paint on fabrics. I don't think using a heat press with urethane will do anything for longevity because urethane doesn't cure with the same crosslink process that water based Createx paint uses. I remember spilling paint onto my clothing several times when I was using urethane years ago... I don't remember it ever washing away. As far as using a heat press and an intercoat clear to lay down the nap of the fabric goes, I'm not sure if that would work either. It probably would, but I think urethane would tend to make the fabric stiffer when dry as well, which could make a shirt less comfortable to wear using the same approach. I have seen other artists use urethane on t-shirts. So, it can be done. I've just never experimented with it myself.