Tarantula

@Viper65 wrote:

Jesus Christ……….I knew this thread was gonna go to shit the minute i saw that picture of the machine with a metal tube on it. Have at it fellas Im outta this one, this dead horse has been beat so many freaking times its ridiculous. Have fun..

Sorry you feel that way, but if people come on here for help they should be given…[Read more]

When you say get a sterilizer first and THEN an autoclave what did you mean? The autoclave does the sterilizing, any process before that does cleaning and disinfecting. Ultrasonics just clean stuff, you use them for cleaning most of the ink and blood from any reusable items: tubes, tips, grips etc. Then clean with brushes, then ultrasonic again…[Read more]

Plastic wrap is probably the worst thing you can use to cover a tattoo, it sweats, all the serum and blood still leaking from the tat heats up and becomes a breeding ground for bacteria. The main reason people use it is so Mr. Firsttattoo can look at it on the way home without taking the protection off and getting infected within the first few…[Read more]

Bag ’em

like it

thats some damn nice looking work

http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Fundamentals-Modern-Tattoo-Jordan/dp/0615281478
This is the book I recommend I have the black book and the spalding book too but this is by far the best book you can buy as far as all round information for beginners goes

None of my machines run at over 7v, I build my own machines and they usually run at between 4 and 5v. Even the cheap ass ones that came with the kit ran at 7v until i stripped them down and rebuilt them, now they also run between 4 and 5. Strip it down and see if you can spot any problems, if not decide whether you want to keep the frames and…[Read more]

nice job!

I dilute colours just the same as for grey washes, you can also mix in the tube with a cup full of distilled water counting elephants. It just gives a faded out colour. I did a tat a little while ago that had the guys family motto on top of a claymore sword, on top of a scottish flag. To give the whole thing depth I did the lettering in a very…[Read more]

I bought some needles and disposable tubes from tmart once, cost me about £1.50 for 5 free postage… got what I paid for to be honest.

Helpmetattoo would be the one, i only ever really check this place and that one regularly :) Welcome to the forums, you’ll find people here are pretty friendly and helpful.

I’ve seen these before! Is it on here or another forum?

Not silly at all! Firstly read the book several times, there’s tons of stuff in there. Other than that front springs often come ready bent so just leave them like that, you can adjust the angle a little if you like but remember everytime you bend the spring you weaken the metal. The flat front springs are usually called “true” springs these are…[Read more]

Nice idea, another forum I belong to used to do this but you had to do a tat on a practice skin. Unfortunately it kinda died out because it was only ever the same few people posting. Go for it, if i can find some time I’m game, can’t promise though as I’m really busy at the moment and don’t have time for much at all at the moment.

The big differences between now and when a lot of “old timers” started is firstly the health and safety issues these days – a few years ago this wasn’t so much of a problem, it changed back in the 80’s when people started to get scared of aids. Also these days ppl like to sue at the drop of a hat…

Secondly tattooists used to do flash 99% of the…[Read more]

Tattooists working in shopw will tell you that 100% were apprenticed, because that’s the way they want you to go!

While I wont have a go about you hitting on the hot 17 yr old, I would like to point out that while you’re complaining about the guy fondling the customer you’re hitting on the daughter…a piece of advice: don’t hit on customers or any other females at work its unprofessional, women need to feel comfortable in the shop if they’re getting tattooed…[Read more]

Welcome Roni, practice on plastic skins and pig skins or even fruit first, then tattoo your own legs before you deface your friends. Where I live it seems that everyone owns a tattoo kit and is more than happy to tattoo some awful piece of crap on their unfortunate friends. Wobbly lines, blowouts from going too deep, fades from not going deep…[Read more]

I use intenze and eternal inks, colours are great and stay that way.