Welcome to the forum Brooklyn, loads of great artists here willing to help out and share their knowledge. The first tip I will give you, and you may want to write this down "DONT EAT YELLOW SNOW"!!!! Im serious as I can be, that stuff tastes nasty. Okay, now to my other tip, I use Bulldog adhesion promoter or DupliColor adhesion promoter, but as stated above, I use Wicked Brand paints, ETAC Paints, SpectraTex Paints or Auto Air Paints, not a big fan of Createx textile paints and they can also be hard to learn with because of tip dry. Also as stated above, I always scuff with a red or green scotchbrite pad and clean it really well with wax/degreaser before I even apply the adhesion promoter! Good luck and let us know how it goes for ya