Is it possible to remove screenprint inks from polo shirts?

[Neil Churchman]

The simple answer is no.

The ink has should have bonded on to the fabric fibers and although
you may get some of the ink of there will be a residual stain left.

If you want to ask the experts contact Sericol Inks in Broadstairs, Kent
where the have a technical advice office.

[Shawscreen]

Depends really on the colour of the ink & what colour shirt your trying to remove it from 😕 If your trying to take anything off of a White shirt I wouldnt bother trying !!! For removal of light Ink from Dark shirts we use MEK ( Methyl Ethyl Ketone ) the same stuff used in Dry Cleaning shops, in a Kreb pressure gun for small areas of ink removal with fairly good success…..this is on plastisol ink though

[Steve Underhill]

I think he was talking about cured ink though?
Uncured ink yes krebs gun, cured ink = bin

[alan flynn]

hello all
most screen inks are dissolved by there own solvent, meaning the thinner you mix them with will open them back up and you can clean them off, however on fabric forget it and do you have the time
regards
alan flynn

[Shawscreen]

I was talking about cured ink on the shirts !!

Even if we get a spot of Ink on a shirt we always cure it first before blasting it off as it bleeds less doing it that way…

but another downside to cleaning off whole logo’s is the cost of the cleaning solution as it’s not cheap 🙁

[Steve Underhill]

With T shirts costing so little
why would you even bother?

[Shawscreen]

Some of the garments we work with are too expensive to replace, so needs must and all that !!! 🙂

[Steve Underhill]

In that case depending on complexity and colour of the design I would consider vinyl printing them with superflex from Xpres, comes right off with a remover spray no matter how long its been on there, obviously if its a multi colour design then its not so likely.