Removing Vinyl Lettering From Clothes

While they may seem permanent they are not difficult to remove from your clothes.

Removing vinyl lettering from clothes. You can use a solvent specifically created for removing letters and numbers but you can also use fingernail polish remover or rubbing alcohol. Remove an unwanted vinyl decal from your clothing. You can also look for special heat transfer vinyl remover that is designed to take vinyl lettering off of clothing. First place the garment on a flat surface.

Below are a few hints on how to remove ironed on letters and labels. Solvents only work to remove vinyl and rubber prints from clothing. Ironed on letters are a trendy way to accessorise your clothes and show off your personal style. If the transfer is made of vinyl place wax paper over the letters and iron directly on the wax paper.

Screen printed ink is permanent on clothes. Get a bottle that has enough liquid in it to soak the whole area of the clothing that you want to remove printing from. Once it reaches the point of looking tacky it is time to save the shirt and remove the decal. Removing vinyl lettering with a solvent use a solvent to chemically loosen the vinyl from the fabric.

Use heat and steam to remove the letters. While they may seem permanent they are not difficult to remove from your clothes. Sometimes you get a great t shirt in a colour you love but there s a business logo on the back that you just don t want. Lay wax paper over vinyl letters.

Removal is simple however depending on the length of time the decal has been affixed to the shirt it may take more than one attempt to peel it away. Vinyl letters are used for everything from sailboats and cars to signs and t shirts. You ll begin to notice that the vinyl starts to peel off very easily after being heated for a bit. Although it is very easy to iron on letters and labels it can be quite tricky removing them.

This only works with vinyl transfers. The vinyl transfer will essentially melt and stick to the wax paper and you can peel the letters away from the shirt by removing the wax paper. Sometimes you get a great t shirt in a color you love but there s a business logo on the back that you just don t want. Using your scissors x acto knife or razor blade gently use a sweeping motion to pick away the htv starting at the top of the unwanted heat transfer vinyl.

The material might come off in chunks at a time. Just keep picking at the vinyl.