The Dollar Tree and Yudu Project Part 1

I finally had time to go pick up some emulsion remover so that I would have the bare minimum to try my first project. I went to a Michaels which is relatively near and it must have been my lucky day because next door was a dollar store. I need to give EXTREME credit to the dollar store because I found some things there today that probably saved me well over $20 today in supplies cost. As I've mentioned prior, I'm trying to do this the smart way and do it without buying a whole bunch of unecessary supplies at first. I've read about a lot of people buying multiple bottles of color and accessories to find that they only used the Yudu once or twice before it ended up collecting dust in the closet/under the bed, etc. Although I do eventually plan on buying a larger size emulsion remover in a different brand, liquid emulsion or capillary sheets to replace the Yudu emulsion sheets and speedball brand paints, I'm holding off just yet. One downside with the Yudu is that the supplies are so darn expensive. The upside to this is that the Yudu'er community has found multiple alternatives which work just as well or better.

I've read that a good way to save on the amount of emulsion remover you use is to dilute it with water and put it in a spray bottle. Yudu sells the set of spray bottle (it comes empty) and 2 oz emulsion remover bottle for $14.99. Yah, it's a really expensive empty bottle. This is pretty much the retail price you will find at most places. You can also buy the 2 oz bottle on it's own for $7.99. A 2 oz bottle is a really small amount for that price. I can imagine that if you didn't use the spray bottle method and just poured it on the screen to clean, it would be gone within 2 or so uses.

While I was looking at these at the store I remembered the dollar place next door so before I bought anything, I ran over there. Turns out they had these great spray bottles that sprayed good mist which would work out perfect. In addition I found a whole bunch of blank t-shirts in multiple colors. I had to stop myself from buying a whole bunch of them and just bought 3 red one in size kids small. For the 3 t-shirts and spray bottle I spent $4. I went back to Michaels and used my 40% coupon to buy the little bottle of emulsion remover so with tax it was about $4 and change. WoW, so happy that I spent under $10 on these supplies today. What a deal!

Now all I have left is to decide on the design I want to print on my first run of these red shirts. I have a couple ideas which I'm still tossing around. Stayed tuned for part 2 of the dollar tree project!