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If you can find the right girl(s) or guy(s) it works out great. We make em sign a contract that specifically sets out our agreement with them, inlcuding ink we will and won’t do, Attendance at public events we goto, photo shoots and shcedules for new ink. The contract is for 6 months, we pick the ink and usually it’s stuff we just want to do and…[Read more]

We keep 3 different cleaning solutions here.
1. General sanitation which we use a product called Quat 64. Hospital sanitation recommends using 8oz per gallon, we use 10 oz per gallon of distilled water and it get used on everything, walls, floors, counters, and every surface we have.
2. Pre clean of the proceedure area we use 8 parts water, one…[Read more]

I have gone to flat rate prices on larger pieces, $300 per session, sessions start at 3 hours until they yell stop or we are done. Tap-Outs. Customers feel they are getting a great deal, in reality not many people can go past the 4-5 hour mark. And the few that do is worth the lower income in terms of how long it took for the increase in word of…[Read more]

nice, just nice.

I hunted antique stores for my lamp, finally found the ONE!!! An old hospital flor lamp, all stainless steel. The head has full rotation, with a bent post that can be raised and lowered. Rewired it for a modern plug, put in a daylight bulb for some bright white, and put some polish on the inside of the stainless cup. Those things are like freaking…[Read more]

Sounds like the usual, rockstar-d**khead attitude to me. And guys like that onder why tattoo artist have such a bad rep. jeesh. I have come to realize that when I tell a potential artist that thier portfolio doesn’t mean jack crap to me when they come in asking about a booth they are really offended. imo, when I see a tattoo artist with a tons of…[Read more]

Don’t forget to add a degree in psychology for when you gotta be the therapists to the artists woring for you as well! :lol: :lol: :lol:

I think what you did was awesome. If you linked pictures I dont see them in the post.
As far as foreigners being bad at tattooing non-Denmark natives started the whole tattoo scene. The word Tattoo comes from the Samoan word Tatao which means to mark. The tattooer is known as the Tufunga. There also traditional Irezumi style of tattoo which dates…[Read more]

what I did was I took the total price of the supplies I use. so lets say I pay 20$ for 50 needles. I divided the 20 by 50 to get the price per unit. I then mulitplied the price per unit by 2. I Did this with EVERYTHING. I used 2 because I rarely only use one ink cap, one needle, etc. For inks I budget 2$, for paper towel you budget an entire roll…[Read more]

woah thats kewl :3
I should find the canadian version of this for Ontario :D

it all comes down to tuning, the capacitor, springs, and the coils
i have a liner that runs at 200Hz, which is essentially cps
80 seems VERY slow
my colour packers run around 90-100
as far as voltage thats something you need to playa round with to find out on your own
every machine is different
your power supply doesnt affect speed just how hard…[Read more]

oh are they white?
also thanks for posting that pic
you can really see the detail in the tree
in the othe rone it looks solid black to me

I have an LED Headlamp. it works like a charm!

Time to get some tats bru

the flowers are there. you can see the swelling of two of them.

good job dude
Really great colour saturation
did you draw the design?

I just use the regular light on the ceiling of my shop. Some people use the fluorescent lighting. You can also get small lights that attach to your tattoo machine.

try http://www.tinypic.com

very hard to see either of the photos D:

Stencil Stuff is rad
try mixing 1 part isopropyl alcohol 99% with 7 parts Dettol
I find it works better as the alcohol makes it dry faster :3

Spray some on your glove, then rub it in until its tacky, and away you go!