Printing / painting on wetsuits

[ptoot]

Publicity on wetsuits of various divers proves it can be done:

Does anyone have any idea how to stencil a design on a (Eliossub smoothskin) wetsuit? The paints I have tried are flexible enough but flaky so not a very good option.

Does anyone have any experience he or she wants to share.

The 'professional' approach: is it costly to have it done by professionals and what kind of printer should I contact?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Spear0Joe]

Ptoot, have a search across the forums for wetsuit painting, i remember reading somewhere its a mix with a glue and it worked pretty well?

joe

Here you go mate, taken from forum post made by Dave from spearo.co.uk

Try using 50/50 glue (Bostik 2402 or similiar) and thinners with artists pigment added
It needs to be fairly thin so it brushes (or sponges) on easily, then being a rubber based glue it remains flexible once dry. This is what Elios use for their brushed on smoothskin camo shown in the photo
Do each colour as a separate layer, allowing them to dry in between. It will take a bit of experimentation to get the colours you want, as painting them onto black darkens them a lot. Make sure the glue is completely dry before you fold the suit up, as otherwise it will stick to itself

 

[ptoot]

hmm, not a straight out-of-the-can solution, but that was pretty much as expected. I'll go visit our local art-shop and try to find these ingredients.
Elios' logo seems to be simply sprayed on, but they might have used a glue-solution as well.

thanks for looking it up!

 

[foxfish]

Joes link probably offers the best solution however you can simply spray with acrylic paint from a aerosol can but it will deteriorate fairly quickly!
I sprayed some smooth skin gloves last year, there is still some paint left but very patchy.

 

[Orca_Wetsuits]

Hi there - we get asked about printing logos onto our wetsuits quite often. Our logos are all done during manufacturing, but this is the advice we give to people who want to add their own logos:

·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]A rubber-based screen printing ink needs to be used for this fabric
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Most commonly the print process for the logo needs to be repeated 2 or 3 times. You need to wait for the print to dry, before repeating the process
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Do not use a high-temp oven for drying – let the print air-dry naturally

 

[ptoot]

thank you very much

 

[jonn22]

Hey all,

I have been trawling the web for ages for someone or some how to print onto suits and found this thread.
I've had suits from Snugg in Cornwall before so thought I would ask them and they put me onto a printing firm in Wadebridge that they use for their triatlon suits.

They set up my artwork and printed my suit for around £30. That included the set-up, so next time i want my suit printed they said it would only cost around £5 just for the print as they keep the screen??
Well worth giving them a shout....

ten design studio
01208 895520
Ten Design Studio | Ten Design Studio

 

[foxfish]

Cool but, what did you have printed? - O & welcome to db.

 

[jonn22]

Hey fox fish, cheers for the welcome!!
I had a Snugg smoothskin suit made, but before they glued it up I got a tape measure printed up the arm and leg!!

 

[scottwilson]

Gotta ask........ why a tape measure?

Well come to DB John. Is the repeat price based on the size of print?

 

[ptoot]

Thanks Jonn22!
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