Drawing on a T-shirt 🥝 remove the inscription, remove the thermal sticker, reduce the print

Each of us, in our life, faced with a situation where a thing loses its attractiveness due to a worn print, but I don’t want to throw away the t-shirt. And also we are all people, our tastes can change, and a previously beloved print will cause the thing to be thrown away. But with the help of this article you can learn how to remove a picture from a T-shirt, sweatshirt or sweatshirt without ruining the thing itself.

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Chemical solvents

One of the most effective ways to remove the inscription from a T-shirt is to remove it using chemical solvents. There is a special tool that you can purchase at household chemical stores.

You can also try the procedure using:

• alcohol;
• means for removing superglue;
• nail polish remover.

In order not to damage the thing that you need to clean from a boring picture, follow this instruction:

1. Wash a thing in the washing machine in the “fast wash” mode at high temperature or manually, again, giving in to high temperature. This will heat the print and make it more mobile.
2. Turn the T-shirt inside out so that the print is inside and place the item on a clean surface.

Important! Before applying the product to removing stickers from clothes, Check it in an inconspicuous place, so as not to accidentally ruin the thing.

3. Apply the product on the T-shirt in such an amount that it can soak through the fabric and destroy the glue base of the picture. Then the sticker will quickly and easily peel off the fabric.
4. After a few minutes, try to tear off the print from the clothes, while helping yourself with the sharp end of a knife or other object.
5. If there is an adhesive residue after removal, you can use alcohol or a nail polish remover.
6. Then wash the item in the washing machine with enough detergent added so that all solvent can be washed and not irritate the skin in the future.

Important! If you prefer a sports or free style and there are a lot of such things in your wardrobe, use our tips to preserve their strength and beauty as long as possible. Follow the links to find out:

• How to wash t-shirts?
• How to iron t-shirts?
• How to fold a t-shirt beautifully and neatly?

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Heat

Often high temperatures help solve such problems. The situation when you need to remove the pattern from a T-shirt, sweatshirt is no exception. Here's how it works:

1. Lay out the thing on which you need to remove the pattern on a clean and even surface. An ironing board is best.
2. In the middle of the thing, that is, between the front and back of the clothes, put a towel or a strong cardboard so that the thing does not suffer when heated.
3. Be sure to read the maximum permissible temperature for heating things before heating. Do not overdo it so as not to damage the fabric.
4. Turn on the hair dryer and, bringing it close to the sticker, start heating it. When exposed to high temperatures, the sticker will begin to lag behind the fabric.

Important! If the reason that you decided to remove the existing pattern is your personal perception, for example, you are simply tired of it, you can easily change the design of a thing using improvised tools or make a different pattern. How exactly - read in our special articles:

• DIY T-shirt Printing - Workshops.
• How to color a t-shirt?
• DIY T-shirt Drawings.

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Steam

Hot steam can also help you, but don't forget about safety. Do not overdo it so as not to burn the thing. And yes, this method is quite long, but effective.

To get the desired result, follow these instructions:

1. Put a damp towel on the sticker and attach a preheated iron.
2. Hot steam from the iron helps soften the sticker, respectively - will help you remove the pattern from the clothes.
3. When the sticker becomes soft and as if viscous, you can open it with a knife, and then peel it yourself.
4. At the end, be sure to wash the item in the washing machine or manually.

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With iron

Do not forget about the iron - it can help you remove the thermal sticker from the T-shirt, and you won’t have to tear the picture in pieces yourself. An iron and parchment paper will do this for you. Here is what you need to do:

1. Lay out on a flat surface, preferably an ironing board, the thing that you need to clean from the patterns, with the pattern up.
2. Heat the iron to maximum temperature (you can first heat up to the middle and gradually add temperature).
3. If the sticker is vinyl, cover it with a sheet of parchment paper and start ironing the item on top of the paper. As soon as the drawing begins to melt, it will stick to the parchment.

Important! If you feel the fabric start to burn, set the temperature a little lower.

4. After removing the inscription, glue marks may remain on the fabric. To get rid of them, use alcohol or a nail polish remover.
5. At the end of the procedure, be sure to wash the item.

Important! Very often with prolonged and frequent wear, such things are deformed and change their size. If you don’t want to part with your favorite clothes, check out the effective ways from our publications:

• How to stretch a t-shirt?
• How to reduce the size of t-shirts?

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Scotch

This method may be less effective than the above options, but it is also used as a safer alternative when the fabric does not withstand high temperatures.

Important! Do not use tape to remove sticker from fabric on delicate fabric that is prone to stretching.

This method is simple to use:

1. Stick the adhesive tape tightly to the picture and with sudden movements try to tear off the sticker from the T-shirt.
2. Repeat until all traces are removed.

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Cold treatment

Not only hot steam, hot water and iron can help you wipe the label on your own. The cooling method is also an option.

To do this, you will need to carry out a number of such actions:

1. Wash the shirt in the washing machine or by hand.
2. Put the item in the freezer for a sufficiently long time (approximately 5-7 hours).
3. Using an unnecessary card, try to tear off the inscription from the surface of the fabric.

Important! If you like to wear only high-quality things and are very picky about design, our master classes may be useful to you, how to sew a t-shirt with your own hands.

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Alcohol

If you need to remove the pattern from a T-shirt printed by thermal printing yourself, the only way that will help you is with alcohol. It is applied in this way:

1. Lay the item on a flat, solid surface, such as an ironing board.
2. Using cotton, moisten the drawing well.
3. With new cotton wool, also moistened with alcohol, wash off the pattern.
4. If the picture is depicted on a fabric that is easy to deform, a thing well moistened with medical alcohol can be washed with powder.

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“Dimexide"

If you need to remove rhinestones or sparkles from a T-shirt, this is easy to do, because you just need to tear them off with a knife or similar item. But the trace that remains after the rhinestone and glue can not be removed with anything.

Important! The most effective in this case is Dimexidum solution, which can be purchased at any household chemical store or pharmacy. You can also use alcohol or acetone.

Application:

1. Apply a sufficient amount to rhinestones, stickers or sparkles on the adhesive.
2. Wash a thing in the washing machine with the addition of powder or rinse aid.

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Helpful hints:

• In order to remove a sticker from your clothes, you may have to use several means in turn. Do not be afraid of it. But at the same time, it is not worthwhile to use different pharmacy and chemical agents, and besides, expose them to high temperatures. So you can not only spoil the fabric, but also harm your health from the release of caustic and toxic fumes of various chemical compounds.
• Know that the longer the sticker has been on the fabric, the harder it will be to remove and remove, but anything is possible. Although if the quality of the picture is doubtful, the situation may be completely the opposite - the pattern or inscription themselves will begin to separate from the fabric.
• Do not forget that stickers are not designed to be removed. So the success of their removal will depend on what glue was used in the manufacture of clothing.
• It is not advisable to use acetone and a solvent on synthetics - such aggressive substances dissolve the fibers of clothing. As a result, instead of a picture or an inscription on things, you can get a hole of the same size.

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So, if you clearly adhered to all the tips, instructions and directions, then there should be absolutely no problems with removing stickers from clothes. We hope that you have learned a lot of new and informative from this article and in the future you will not have any problems regarding how to remove and reduce the pattern from the t-shirt.