White on black t-shirt

[Joakim]

I have tried a few times to put white paint on a dark or black textile. I do not get the shiny white that I want. In a contrary I would describe it as dull grey.
For the latest attempt I primed a tshirt with createx 5601 transparent base, 2 coats and heatset with iron. Then sprayed at 50 psi, 0.5 needle, with wicked detail white. However, I have tried with standard opaqe too. But without getting the desired sun-beam-in-the-eye white appearence. Any ideas?

 

[Kingpin]

I dont paint on Textiles but @huskystafford does, He may be able to help

 

[Kingpin]

This thread may be of use!

https://airbrushforum.org/threads/the-punisher-t-shirt-teaching-kids-how-to-behave-with-t-shirt.25555/

 

[Mitya Ka]

Try another white such as 5212 Opaque White, straight from the bottle, it may be more opaque

 

[Joakim]

Aah! I found a similar thread...

Problem with true white color on t-shirt

Hi all. I can't figure this out. I use wicked opague white. I tried 50 constant psi and no reduced color. I tried with 20% reduced also. But I get weird grainy color which is not smooth white. Something is wrong. I mixed color with badger little mixing thingy like it was mentioned on video which...

airbrushforum.org

Any suggestions beyond that?

 

[huskystafford]

I build my white. I don't count how many passes. I wait between passes so it is dried. It never looks like real white, until I heat seat it. You can also use hair drier in one hand and in other airbrush. With hot air you hit the color in the air which you spray on tshirt. This should help with drying in the air before it hits the tshirt, so white is building faster.

 

[huskystafford]

one more thing. If we are looking at how many passes I do. I do more likely 10 passes then 2 passes. I took that number out of my arse, cause I don't count, but just so we are on the same page.

 

[huskystafford]

isn't wicked detail white transparent? -.-

 

[Joakim]

Thank you! I feel more comfy on how to progress now! True, the detail white (used in this case) is a bit transparent, but like I said I tried also opaque white. I think it comes down to careful prepping the fabric and building white with many layers. Letting it dry, and heat-setting. No cut corners. Btw I like the hair-dryer idea!