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pixls aka Jake is a 21.53 year old boy, has been a member since January 29, 2009, has scored 1,489 submissions, giving an average score of 1.67, helping 33 designs get printed.
So, I have a really terrible shirt that i like one side of, but the back of it, is really... bad, I won't get into it, but i was wondering,

Does anyone know if there is a way to remove a graphic from a tee, without removing all the graphics, and without ruining the shirt?

please please help!
thanks!

Torakamikaze
   Torakamikaze on Jun 23 '09 at 10:46am
cover it with duct tape



or the blood of the innocent



whatever's more readily available
stalliongsta
stalliongsta on Jun 23 '09 at 10:49am
if i had a tee that i didn't want anyone to see the back of, i would simply wear a button-down shirt/hoodie/jacket etc on top.
xiv
   xiv on Jun 23 '09 at 10:52am
spray paint
pixls
pixls on Jun 23 '09 at 11:07am
all good suggestions, but the problem with duct tape, is it's always hard to find in my house, and so is blood of the innocent,



hoodies/zip ups etc i always get hot and end up taking off said overwear



and color matching with spray paint is always difficult....



i was thinking in terms of like... i dunno would turpentine do anything? or would that eat the shirt?
Torakamikaze
   Torakamikaze on Jun 23 '09 at 11:09am
what about teeth scraping?
xiv
   xiv on Jun 23 '09 at 11:10am
teeth scraping will definitely work.
TheInfamousBaka
TheInfamousBaka on Jun 23 '09 at 11:14am
Have you tried acid yet?
nasmo
nasmo on Jun 23 '09 at 11:16am
How about a nice cleansing fire?
Francesa
Francesa on Jun 23 '09 at 11:40am
Applique. Iron-on patches. Fusible webbing. Just use some method to glue a piece of cloth over the offending graphics. The cloth can have it's own (approved) graphic or just blend with the shirt color.
pixls
pixls on Jun 23 '09 at 1:14pm
i've not tried teeth scraping, though knife scraping did little good :(



acid would do a good job removing the graphic, though it'd also probably remove some of the shirt



fire has the same problem as acid, still very effective though



and i'd do that last one, but i have none cloth
cARtOoNer
cARtOoNer on Jun 23 '09 at 1:16pm
i think ace hardware sells blood of the innocent
pixls
pixls on Jun 23 '09 at 4:09pm
hmm, i dunno if there's one of those around me, would home depot? or lowes?
Bio-bot 9000
Bio-bot 9000 on Jun 23 '09 at 4:11pm
Bleach.



Or cut it out and sew it crudely onto the back of a denim jacket.



Or make a toaster cozy
professorE
professorE on Jun 23 '09 at 4:13pm
Do you have Photoshop? Have you tried the eraser tool?
AdderXYU
AdderXYU on Jun 23 '09 at 4:17pm
not that I would have expected a serious answer in here, but I actually just got a couple shirts with unexpected and rather large branded idiocy on the back. I was kinda hoping there was an awesome and real pointer somewhere here.



I do have blood of the innocent, but I only use that to baste steaks.
Simpletinrobot
Simpletinrobot on Jun 23 '09 at 4:24pm
What color is the shirt? Can you get a paint pen that matches the color to scribble over it to change a horrible picture to a questionable blob of color that just doesn't seem to look quite right?
Simpletinrobot
Simpletinrobot on Jun 23 '09 at 4:25pm
but seriously, the only way I know is to repurpose the graphic you like, cut it out and frame it, make a pillow, a huge back patch etc.
pixls
pixls on Jun 23 '09 at 5:15pm
well i got one promising suggestion from twitter, but it's altogether far too simple

basically soak the shirt, (wring it out i assume,) turn inside out and put wax paper on the inside, where the design is, and iron it

i might try that, because hard as i try, i really can't find any blood of the innocent...

shame, it sounds like it would've worked really well
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