# Removing a print from a piece of clothing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 9, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-print-from-a-piece-of-clothing/372074 "2006-09-09T16:41:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-print-from-a-piece-of-clothing/372074/1 "2006-09-09T16:41:23Z")
I recently found a t-shirt in my drawers. It’s a nice enough t-shirt but it’s got JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER printed down the side in that rubbery sort of ink. I would like to JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER as much as the next guy but the writing is kind of ugly. Is there any way I can get rid of it? ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-print-from-a-piece-of-clothing/372074/2 "2006-09-10T01:37:58Z")
[QUOTE=FlyingRamenMonster] I recently found a t-shirt in my drawers. [/QUOTE] Getting unconfortable, was it? > [@](#): > > …the writing is kind of ugly. Is there any way I can get rid of it? Paint and varnish remover, or scissors? Seriously, unless you can find a solvent for that particular ink it’s wear it or trash it. Or seq and appliquie over it. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-print-from-a-piece-of-clothing/372074/3 "2006-09-10T06:13:58Z")
If it’s the really thick, sort of 3-D print that they sometimes use on clothing, you can peel it off. If it’s more the conventional sort of screen printing ink, you may be SOL. A cursory glance through some screen printing supply websites reveals no ink removers. I hear Old Navy is having a sale. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-print-from-a-piece-of-clothing/372074/4 "2006-09-10T13:08:20Z")
It’s the kind that starts peeling off on its own after a while. I was wondering if I could speed up the process. (Time to go shopping, I know.) ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-print-from-a-piece-of-clothing/372074/5 "2006-09-10T15:53:42Z")
Even if you got it off the shirt would probably be distorted and wrinkly where the letters used to be. You can get a new one for a few bucks. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-a-print-from-a-piece-of-clothing/372074/6 "2006-09-10T16:05:20Z")
[QUOTE=Renee] Even if you got it off the shirt would probably be distorted and wrinkly where the letters used to be. You can get a new one for a few bucks. [/QUOTE] Anything that’s going to act as a solvent for the rubber material is simply going to allow the rubber to \*really \* embed itself in the fabric. If you can’t scrape it off there are few other easy options.