How To Remove Screen Printing From a Shirt

Looking how to remove screen printing from your shirt? This guide will take you through the process.

In this short guide, we shall examine the steps you need to take to take to remove a screen print from your shirt or sweatshirt and at the end, we shall go through a few tips to make your work easier.  

Steps to removing a screen printing from a shirt

Step I

When you realize that there’s something wrong with the printing, rinse the shirt in cold water immediately.

This step will remove any fresh ink on the shirt. Ensure that the water is cold and not warm or hot, as hot water helps set the ink firmly onto the shirt’s fabric.

It's the same with removing stains from shirts.

Step II

After rinsing the shirt or sweatshirt in cold water and ensuring that all the fresh ink is gone, rinse it in warm water.

Step III

Once you’ve removed all the ink that can be removed through rinsing, let the shirt dry completely.

At this point, you’ll notice that there might still be some ink printed on your shirt.

Step IV

Place a paper bag on the shirt, with the shiny side-lying on top of the part that still has ink.

Step V

Using an iron box without steam, heat the part of the paper bag lying over the part of the shirt that has ink.

The iron’s heat will force the ink into the paper bag.

Step VI

Repeat steps iv and v until no more ink can be removed by this strategy.

Step VII

Take some sugar and use it to gently scrub the part of the garment that still has ink.

Make sure that you’re only scrubbing gently, as scrubbing violently can damage the shirt’s fabric.

By the time you finish these steps, the entire screen printing should be totally gone. How easy was that?

Now, let’s look at a few tips and warnings associated with removing screen printings.

Some other tips for Removing a Screen Printing from a T-Shirt

Final word