04-21-2006, 07:39 PM
Having ordered several sweaters from Susan(I commisioned her to do my part three sweater) I can help you out with this. The first thing I always do is to dip my sweater in a very watered down ritt black dye bath. Doing this mutes the colors slightly and makes the sweater look dead on color wise(nothing worse than a bright Freddy sweater). I then rinse it well and throw it in the dryer. Then I start the fraying and weathering process. Once the sweater is accurately frayed I use the same dye bath to muck up the collar etc. and to add some stains. Basically I wear a glove and dip my hand into the dye to get some color and I use my fingers to rub the frayed ends of the collar, sleeve cuffs and waistline. once that is finished drying I use the airbrush with some acrylic black to darken(be subtle) the seamlines in the pits and add some spots here and there just to make it look really nasty. It all seems like a lot of work but it goes pretty quick and the end result rocks. I am not saying my way is any better than the other ways mentioned, just the way I go about it. Many different roads to the same destination I always say.LOL! At any rate good luck with it. You will love the sweater, I will not buy sweaters from anyone else.
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Quote:I have a nice new Freddy sewater on the way! Only problem is that Freddy doesnt have a nice new sweater. I need to tear it up and make it filthy. What should I do to mess it up properly?
I used shoe polish on my old licensed sweater a while back.
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