Glow in the Dark Site for Night Hunting

Easy-to-apply phosphorescent luminous paint greatly enhances sights on rifles, shotguns or pistols, especially in low-light situations. Glow pigment is activated by brief exposure to light and can be recharged indefinitely. Meets military specs. Highly water-, weather- and oil-resistant. There's 30 or more applications per 1/2 oz paint or powder.

	Acurate Sight Alignment
	Shoot tighter groups
	Improved sight picture

Fabric Painting

Recommendations:
Proper product selection, heat-setting, and care ensure long garment life.

T-Shirt Painting Board Preparations:

To prevent paint from bleeding through a shirt to the back, it is helpful to create a t-shirt painting board. To begin, tape a piece of plastic, such as a garbage bag, to a backing board (a flat piece of cardboard) with masking tape. This helps the fabric from sticking to the cardboard after paint has been applied to the fabric.

Place the backing board between the layers of fabric to prevent paint from bleeding through the layers.

Slightly stretch the fabric around the backing board to remove wrinkles from the fabric and hold in place with masking tape. The fabric is now ready to be painted on.

Application of Large Areas or Long Lines:

Filling in large areas with thick paint will produce a very stiff, uncomfortable garment. Blend with our product GA-Screen Fabric Gel to reduce the stiffness of the acrylic paint. If painting in a thick manner, short strokes of paint will hold better than long lines. The longer the line, the greater the chance of cracking when washed. A washing machine's agitator may stretch the garment beyond its limit and thus cause cracking.

Material Considerations:
Test materials thoroughly before large production runs or when using a unique fabric. The looser the weave of the fabric (cotton/poly blends), the better the penetration and hold the paint will have on the material. Thicker fabrics (sweatshirt-type weaves) should be slightly stretched with a backer-board to allow for better penetration of the paint into the material. To increase the adhesion onto any fabric a very light misting of water (e.g.-with a plant-mister) will increase the penetration into the material. Care should be taken with this technique, as over applying the water could result in bleeding of the color.

Choosing your T-Shirt

Craft stores sell T-shirts in many fashionable colors, and the fabric is usually a good quality, opaque, preshrunk cotton. You want a preshrunk T-shirt so that your painting will not shrink with the shirt or warp out of shape when you launder the finished product. Stores like Walmart or Target or Kmart that sell men's white T-shirts in packs of three or more (Hanes is an excellent brand) will give you the most reasonable deal if you plan to paint them in bulk. The only thing you usually sacrifice is color. Just keep in mind that one colored T-shirt from a craft shop costs the same as three white T-shirts at Walmart, and that you can also tie-dye the white shirts using Rit or any other commercial, permanent fabric color. Get the most bang for your buck.

Preparing the T-Shirt

At most craft stores, you can also find T-shirt boards made of cardboard that you can insert into the shirt. These pull the fabric taut and flat, which makes it easier to draw or transfer your sketch onto it. The benefit to using a T-shirt board is the lack of seepage; your paint will not soak through from the front of the shirt to the back in splotches, or onto your tabletop.

At the craft store or a fabric store, you can purchase a large embroidery hoop. This is a nice alternative to the T-shirt board if you are just going to do something simple like stamping or a stencil. If you are going to draw the design onto the T-shirt by hand, however, your best bet is the board. It will allow you to press down firmly with your pencil when you make your sketch. Use soft lead or charcoal pencils if you are going to draw freehand.

Prewashing a T-shirt is essential if you are buying a shirt that is not preshrunk. You have to remove the sizing (starch that the manufacturer used to make the garment hang nicely from the hanger or hold its shape when folded and wrapped) before you paint. The sizing may also cause your paint to resist (i.e., prevent it from soaking into the fabric; it will sit on the surface and flake off when dry). Iron the T-shirt on high to remove the wrinkles (since it is cotton).

Insert your T-shirt board, or clamp the embroidery hoop to the front of the shirt, making sure that the inner hoop is inside the shirt, and the outer hoop is outside.

You are now ready to prepare your picture and your paints.

Preparing Your Image >>

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