Tattooing for the first time?

Question

i bought a tattoo starter kit off the internet.

i already have some people wanting me to tattoo them, I'm starting off with small and simple ones... i know how to do it. i watched the safety video and read the books, and researched it alot.

the only thing is, I'm scared of the needles not being sterilized, even though it says they are n the package.

I'm scared of them.lol. i dont want the person to get aids or some disease.

so i want to disinfect them more, how would i do that, what would i use?

or are they really good to use ?

Answer 1

go to a ghetto store like food city or a butcher, and buy pig ears practice on them and if you can just go learn a few tips from an artist if you want just email me and I can tell you a few things or get on yahoo instant messenger my add is

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Answer 2

honestly... put the machine down... the needles are fine... thats not our problem...

where are you planning on tattooing? your kitchen? thats not sterile...

the only way to learn to tattoo is in a tattoo shop, most shops will give you an aprenticeship for free if you look promising...

I dont care how many books you read or videos you watched, h**l, I dont care if you stayed at a holiday inn express!!

Just cause I read a book on F-16's and played top gun for the nintendo doesnt mean I can land a fighter jet...

dude, do it right, before you eff up a bunch of people.

My tattoo shop makes about 30% of its business fixing tattoos done by "scratchers"

Answer 3

oh. wow. i dont want to burst your bubble here but this kinda sounds like a prison ink operation. That means its not safe at all. If you want to do tattooing then might i suggest going the classic route by doing a apprenticeship and work your way up slowly. i have heard of practicing on pigs but i dont know if that is humane. i wouldnt trust a tattoo starter kit off the net and i dont think it matters if you have read every book on tattooing as practice is the only way.

Answer 4

Oh boy.

Here's the thing: those kits are specifically designed for people who think that having a machine makes you a tattoo artist. It doesn't - it makes you someone who has a tattoo machine. You have no training, you likely don't have a sanitary work environment, and you don't have an autoclave, from how it sounds. Watching a video and reading a book isn't going to make you a tattoo artist.

Put away the machine - the fact that you're worried about infecting people is a good sign - it means you're thinking about something other than the "glamor" of being the one of your friends who owns the tattoo machine. Dump it, and practice your art instead. If you find yourself really wanting to be a tattoo artist, take a course in cross-contamination and blood-borne pathogens, build up a really impressive art portfolio, and ask a professional artist in a legitimate shop if they'd be willing to hire you as an apprentice.

Do NOT tattoo out of your home. Just like owning a car doesn't make you a good driver, owning a tattoo machine does not make you a tattoo artist.

Answer 5

Invest in an autoclave.