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Question: Will spray paint show up on black shirt!?
I have read a few articles about making your own shirt by spray painting stencils!. I am wanting to try this for something simple!. However, I would like to use a black shirt!. I am worried that even white or silver spray paint will not show up on the black material!. Any experience with this!?

(also, any tips about washing the shirt would be great!. I only plan on wearing it once, but if I can wash it and the color stay, that would be great)Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
You can use fabric paint!. It is inexpensive and comes in bottles at hobby lobby and Michaels!. With fabric paint it is opaque and will show up on black!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This shows how to paint black on white T-shirt!. Just substitute the white T-shirt with a black T-shirt and use lighter colors that show up against a black background!.

http://laura!.moncur!.org/archives/2007/09!.!.!.

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I use dylon OPAQUE fabric paints which show up on black because the colour itself is stronger!. It's thicker and actually shows up!. I buy mine from http://www!.fredaldous!.co!.uk/ You can use this in airbrush guns by mixing the paint and substituting the interchangeable canisters!. Look here: http://uk!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=AcPYlO3TYq!.!.!. You can also try screen printing or just use a paintbrush to go over the stencil!. If you are using cans then i don't have any suggestions!. If you really want to start doing t-shirts, look into screen printing as the effect is much better!. Start here: http://uk!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=Ee_8IMx0uM!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com