Bill Windsor Created Shirtcans – a Paint-Your-own T-shirt.
After a trip to Atlanta where Bill Windsor saw hand-painted T-shirts in boutiques in Buckhead, he came up with the idea of a do-it-yourself hand-painted T-shirt. He wanted a catchy name, and ShirtCans was born. “You wear what we can.”
![Bill Windsor invented ShirtCans in1976 Bill Windsor invented ShirtCans in1976](https://billwindsor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/business-1976-shirtcans-ad-photo-3-cans-300x234.jpg)
A variety of designs were offered. Each can contained a white T-shirt printed with a black outline design, four acrylic fabric paints, a paintbrush, and instructions. After a test at local K-Mart stores, Bill flew to New York and wore out the soles on a pair of shoes walking all over town to make sales calls on apparel buyers. Then he flew to Chicago where he received a large test order from Sears.
Bill returned to Orlando very excited, and he opened a manufacturing facility at 119 W. Kaley Boulevard in Orlando. Business #10.
![1976 ShirtCans ad 1976 ShirtCans ad](https://billwindsor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/business-1976-shirtcans-ad-229x300.jpg)
In addition to manufacturing and distributing ShirtcCans to retail chains, the product was also offered to the advertising specialty industry and to premium companies.
![Rich Sarver was a very talented artist who did all the art for ShirtCans Rich Sarver was a very talented artist who did all the art for ShirtCans](https://billwindsor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/business-1976-shirtcans-Rich-Sarver-was-a-very-talented-artis-293x300.jpg)
Rich Sarver was the talented artist who created the designs for the ShirtCans and the labels and promotional material. Incredibly talented!