Transform Your Guitar with Direct to Film (DTF) Printing

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All Music Composed by Mark Gutierrez

[Kevin.odonnell]

Love it. Black burst the edges and clear it. Please do more with this! We want to learn more

[lancelucifer]

Used to see a few in pawn shops mid 90's where people had done theirs in the 80's. I always noticed them and thought they were pretty cool.

[dtrmnts]

This is amazing. Would love some ideas on protecting this without having to spray clear and then sand (potentially thru the clear and ruin the image)

[emanueltomasini]

Skateboards are sublimated. They have a poly coating on the wood so sublimate will work. Would work with guitar too, but need a vacuum chamber to get around the corners

[harmlesscreationsofthegree]

I could see cutting a channel around the body and binding the edge as a viable way to finish the transition from the transfer to the side. Time consuming, but would look super neat.
Awesome vid man!

[K_R_N.]

Here's an idea to take this further in a wild direction:
-Get a figured wood body like a burl top
-Take a high quality photo of the body with smooth lighting
-Get the photo into Stable diffusion, use Img2img or Controlnet to generate something from the original wood pattern, try to experiment a lot but maintain a good balance between the original image and the result
-Play around with the result in Photoshop to get some transparency and blend it with the original wood photo in a cool way
-Print out the generated result with the transparency, line it up really carefully with the guitar body and press it

You could use something other than stable diffusion as long as it provides Img2img functionality, not sure if Midjourney has that.

[walterariel]

The question is how does it take laquer over it?

[emanueltomasini]

The bubbles appear because dtf prints are like thin foil and the heat needs a way to exit. There is uv-dtf specially for slick non breathing surfaces. They are similar to stickers but embossed.

[Milehousestudios]

I had no idea I was such a big fan! This concept was awesome. I'm only upset I didn't think of it. The designs were sweet.

[ChadwickRider]

So rad!!! I cannot wait to try this idea... thanks for sharing Mark!

[reesebenza]

Mark this is AWESOME please do more.

Do what you want, the transparent stuff but if you could do something like a picture of Spider-Man or like a Pirate Map or Lord Of The Rings that would be really cool

[DavidSilverman-darktoad]

Awesome video! What would you apply over that to hold up to abuse and have a consistently smooth finish? Is there some kind of clear coat that would adhere to both the film and wood?

[johnro]

When the cord melted and shorted out was it possible to just cut the cord solder each wire use heat shrink tubing and repair it? I like this idea. I have used iron on transfers on all kinds of stuff that the transfer was not meant for but it worked this method seems to be the way to go.. I wonder how well the transfer would survive if you clear coated over it?

[robokeo]

So innovative . Opens up so many possibilities. Have you tested any finish over it? Just wondering can you use standard polyurethane or varnish or will that react with the colours and bleed somewhat… love the videos. Keep pushing the envelope. Cheers!

[BCMPRGv]

Just installed a new commercial DTF printer at work. You've inspired me to do this as well but I'm curious about hitting film with a clear coat. I'll have to research to see what skateboard mfgrs use. Thanks for posting this.

[simbasimba]

Would a thin clear coat add a little protection or is it totally unnecessary?

[jonathanyun]

I love how you took an unfortunate good up and turned it into a teaching opportunity (and an opportunity to pause for hot sauce :P) love the vibes!

[jeffcasey]

Maybe try cutting the film on the laser cutter. Not sure if the film will withstand the heat from the laser

[KragonPebble]

Beautiful work. Please do more. Thank you!

[DarrenCorman]

Can you spray clear over the transfer?