Never get tattooed at someones house!!!!! Why? Almost everyone tattooing out of their house is going to be poorly trained and more than likely, really unsanitary. This means you are going to end up with a substandard tattoo with a high likely hood of catching a nasty disease.That being said, a safe, clean, high quality tattoo can be performed quite a few places by a highly trained professional tattoo artist.
Something to consider. You really need to consider the person doing the ink. There are some really great artist that work from thier house. There are some really shitty artist woring in Tattoo shops. If the guy you are considering has a studio in his house and has all the equipment it may be worth doing a little more research. £30 seems a bit low for all that work, what is that like $40US?
What is the guys name? Is there any interwebs info on the guy? If he has awards, you should be able to find some info.
Hi
There are 2 sides you need to clarify before getting inked.
The first is his level of artistic skills – have you seen his work on anybody else? Does he have a web site? Does he have a portfolio of work done?
Check out you can actually see his work before he does any – you simply might not like his style.
The second is that you can be legal from operating in a house as long as the room has been converted for the use of tattooing.
This means:
No soft furnishings (carpets, cloth covered chairs/benches). You want to see hard tiles hard surfaces of steel or plastic that can be wiped down with antiseptic.
You want to see sterile equipment this means either an autoclave or disposable grips, tubes, tips all sealed up and opened in front of you.
The same is said for needles – must be sterile packed and opened in front of you.
You want to see new ink pots (disposable)
Check that he has a sharps box and hazardous waste container or certificate to say they are collected.
If he has an autoclave you want a spore count certificate.
Does he wear gloves?
Does he wipe down all areas with disinfectant before he begins?
No smoking signs/rules?
If the answer is no to any of these (except autoclave as if all disposable and broken out in front of you no worries).
Is he health registered? Should be a certificate on wall.
Then don’t get tattooed.
Take care
Matthew
There are 2 sides you need to clarify before getting inked.
The first is his level of artistic skills – have you seen his work on anybody else? Does he have a web site? Does he have a portfolio of work done?
Check out you can actually see his work before he does any – you simply might not like his style.
The second is that you can be legal from operating in a house as long as the room has been converted for the use of tattooing.
This means:
No soft furnishings (carpets, cloth covered chairs/benches). You want to see hard tiles hard surfaces of steel or plastic that can be wiped down with antiseptic.
You want to see sterile equipment this means either an autoclave or disposable grips, tubes, tips all sealed up and opened in front of you.
The same is said for needles – must be sterile packed and opened in front of you.
You want to see new ink pots (disposable)
Check that he has a sharps box and hazardous waste container or certificate to say they are collected.
If he has an autoclave you want a spore count certificate.
Does he wear gloves?
Does he wipe down all areas with disinfectant before he begins?
No smoking signs/rules?
If the answer is no to any of these (except autoclave as if all disposable and broken out in front of you no worries).
Is he health registered? Should be a certificate on wall.
Then don’t get tattooed.
Take care
Matthew
pretty much says it all,
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