Removing Plastisol transfer label

[jvieira]

So, I'm panicking. I sent out an order for 620 garments (250 hoodies) to a contract printer I work with and sent them labels to be printed on as plastisol transfers.

The labels I sent them mention composition as being 100% cotton but the hoodies are 80/20.
The customer is a picky one and I am sure he will pick it up and it will be a huge problem. This is a $3000 problem on my end because of a 100% instead of 80% (it's a .40 inch mistake).

Now, it is sunday and I am not sure the hoodies are already printed but I suspect they are as they are due to be printed, bagged and shipped TOMORROW (monday) and labels always come on first.

I now have to figure out HOW I am going to solve this problem. This is fleece and I believe I might be able to cut away the 100 and reprint as 80 but I'm not sure how that will look (it will probably look like crap).

Anyone knows how to remove PLASTISOL TRANSFERS?

[Frog]

I know that you don't have a pic of the finished product, but how about of just the transfer art?

[royster13]

Is it it worth keeping the client "long term"?......If so, you have to abandon the idea of "salvaging" the garments....In your own words "it will probably look like crap".....

[presspressmerch]

You should be able to remove the label with spot remover easily and cleanly.   It's going to take a day, but it won't look like crap.


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[jvieira]

I know that you don't have a pic of the finished product, but how about of just the transfer art?

Here you go.

[Frog]

You have a lot of work ahead, but with the offensive part having good clearance as it does, you may well be able to blow it away without affecting the rest.
Then press just the new correct information as an addition to the existing label.

Something like this may help as well. An eraser shield available at any office store.

[jvieira]

Is it it worth keeping the client "long term"?......If so, you have to abandon the idea of "salvaging" the garments....In your own words "it will probably look like crap".....

It's a lot of money for us and this is not a customer we would want to mantain at all costs. It would take us years of making orders for them to pay back this mistake

[ericheartsu]

we've used packing tape, as well as spot guns. Doesn't always look perfect, but it works.

[jvieira]

How do you use the packing tape? I don't get it.

This might sound stupid but I, like the man I am, thought of using wax strips. You know, the ones women use for waxing. I thought that if that stuck to the wax, it might have some kind of "glue" in it.
I bought a pack from Veet to make a small test on a hoodie we had around but the strip was full of gel. Guess now I understand how waxing really works.

[ericheartsu]

it works the same way you are thinking those hot wax strips will work. Where it'll pull the ink off of the garment. Typically we do this, if an error is seen right after a tag is done.

[jvieira]

Thought so but would need a pretty strong tape for that to work.

I ended up trying using tweezers to pick the small letters off the hoodie I tried it on. They were thicker than the ones we're getting. Being fleece, it wasn't so hard but it did damage the hoodies. However, it'll be printed on top again so.. who knows?
All I know is it'll take all day (if not more) to pick off 250 hoodies and then print tiny "80%" on top perfectly.

I might just ask the customer to print something on top and get it over with.

[Shanarchy]

Spot cleaning gun for plastisol should work.

We've used this for easyweed heat transfer vinyl.
http://store.techsupportsps.com/products/ts-vlr

I find the blue screen tape works good for removing uncured plastisol. May help clean it up a little after the spot cleaning gun.

Frog's idea of the eraser shield is a great idea. I'm going to try that sometime.

Good luck!

[GaryG]

Packing tape or Frogs template "masks" what you don't want spot gun to hit.