Signature Pens

[Terk-1]

What is the best way to get character signatures on clothing? Sharpies or fabric pens?

 

[M 'n C]

just me being nosey... will the kids be wearing the items or no? I think if they are wearing them then a sharpie might not be best as they can bleed through the clothing.

 

[pigletforever]

Characters are not allowed to sign clothes if they are being worn at teh time.

I have read that clickable sharpies are good for the charaters to hold and on the websomewhere I read that you can make them more permanant by soaking in vinegar and letting the garment dry before washing.

 

[M 'n C]

Oh that is nice to know pigletforever. I had no idea the rules but thought I'd throw out the whole permanent marker can bleed part.

 

[Terk-1]

will the kids be wearing the items or no? I think if they are wearing them then a sharpie might not be best as they can bleed through the clothing.

Actually, the autographs would be for a shirt that I would wear, but not at the time of signing. Thought it would be a different way to collect signatures, by having them sign a plain white t-shirt instead of a regular autograph book. I was going to use an embrodery hoop to hold the shirt in place for the character to sign.

 

[Terk-1]

I read that you can make them more permanant by soaking in vinegar and letting the garment dry before washing.

Would you soak the shirt before or after the signatures? I did read on another post that they recommended washing the shirt in a regular load of laundry PRIOR to the signatures. Is this right?

 

[pigletforever]

Teh vinegar part is done AFTER it is signed. This will help set the ink. I don't know about washing before hand if you are using this method. A

 

[Jilly16]

Since the characters need large pens, I picked up a few of these really huge pens at Five Below for about $2 each. They're about a foot long and pretty thick. They even have halloween ones!

 

[Tiffer]

I have heard that characters connot use permanent markers at all??

 

[whogirl'smom]

I have heard that characters connot use permanent markers at all??

My cousin went to WDW at Christmas and used several different colored Sharpies and didn't have any trouble with getting autographs. I am taking Sharpies to do a shirt, too, on our trip in 2 weeks.

I do know that to keep color from fading (like in a tie-dye shirt) you soak the shirt after colored, written on, etc. in 1 cup of vinegar in a bathtub of cold water about 4 inches deep (however many gallons that is).

 

[Terk-1]

I do know that to keep color from fading (like in a tie-dye shirt) you soak the shirt after colored, written on, etc. in 1 cup of vinegar in a bathtub of cold water about 4 inches deep (however many gallons that is).

Thank you for the tip. Never thought about doing that. I got an assortment of 8 different colored clickable Sharpies (was on sale at Target). I thought the clickable one's would be better, as to not losing caps, plus they are long enough for the character to sign. I also like the assorted colors so that I can have the villians sign in the darker colors, the princesses in the lighter colors, the fab five in another color and so on.