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we've all seen those Velcro t-shirts where you can rearrange the letters, but eventually the bits get lost. I'm suggesting iron-on temporary letters (and punctuation of course), that let you make a statement that might be poignant today but tomorrow you'll wish would just wash out when you clean the
t-shirt - these do exactly that.
"I haven't slept with David Beckham"
"I went to the t-shirt shop and all I got were these lousy temporary letters"
"Rumsfeld for President !"
(??) Interactive T-Shirt
http://www.cuckoode...k/product.asp?id=73
Write your message. Wash it off. Write another message etc. [DrBob, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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thanks [zanzibar] - I reckon you could get letters which biodegrade on contact withe the kind of enzymes in washing powder - you wouldn't want the letters leaking in the rain or discotheque now would you ? |
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she's up and left us [z], in mid anno.... |
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Do non-biological washing powders still contain the enzymes to which you refer [neilp]? If not then I suggest they are not appropriate. |
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You could always bolt an etch-a-sketch to the front! |
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"Rum __ for ________lent"? |
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[dob] - nah I think that's what makes them non-bio, but I'm sure there's a way.... |
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Biological washing powders contain stuff like proteases don't they? So a protein based paper would be needed which wouldn't be good for ironing! |
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You could make it out of cellulose and have a sachet of cellulase to add to your wash. |
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Or, of course, statement T-shirts that change in the wash to say something completely different, as selected parts of the design wash out. |
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The threads in the fabric already form a cross point matrix. Could you do it electronically by putting electronic-paper dye on the crosspoints? |
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Baked. Only yesterday I was pondering a purchase, for one of my many nieces, of just such an item <see link>. It's not quite as freeform as you want, neilp, but I reckon that it can easily be adapted. |
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What? No Velcro skull patches? |
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Proposed Mechanism : You'll need a stencil set, a bottle of spray on starch and a spray bottle of weak solution iodine. |
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Starch stencil the slogan |
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Iodine spray over the t-shirt. |
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Your slogan is then revealed in wonderful Prussian blue. Simply wash to remove the slogan or spray a fixer to keep. |
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