Is there anyway to take an iron-on transfer off a shirt once you have ironed it on?

Question

I was trying to put some iron-on letters on the back of a t-shirt and I don't like the way it turned out. Is there anyway to get them off without messing up my t-shirt?

Answer 1

maybe heat it with a blow dryer and try to peel it off

Answer 2

The problem is ,you are not using the "coated" paper specially meant for
heat transfer.
There are two kinds of transfer papers ,the cheaper one is using plastisol and have the prints made on the paper by manual or automatic machines and curing the coated heat transfer paper.
Coating determines the quality but coating is done on the paper in large scalae and supplied.This is commercial business
For ameatures like you ,you can have the prints on the paper from the computer printer and get it ironed on the t shirt

The heat transfer process offers unlimited print color combinations, photographic quality reproductions, and the versatility to print small quantities with multicolor designs. It also allows an opportunity to have small quantities of shirts made with colorful designs at affordable prices. Moreover, heat transfer printed shirts are fully washable and can be ironed after a wash while screen-printed shirts cannot be ironed. However, this process doesn’t work properly on dark shirts.
Specialist coated heat transfer paper for use on light coloured T - Shirts. The transfer paper also has a built in heat sensor on the back of the sheet, this changes in colour to let you know when you have applied enough heat to the transfer material. After printing the image cut it from the A4 sheet and transfer it onto the T - Shirt of your choice.
This is done by using a normal domestic iron.
Nowadays coating technology improved a lot:
a heat transfer material containing a first (interior) meltable layer, a second (surface) meltable layer, and a release coating layer separating the first and second meltable layers. During a transfer process, the first (interior) meltable layer, release coating layer, and second (surface) meltable layer penetrate into the yarn interstices, or other undulations, of a given substrate to be coated. Only the second (surface) meltable layer transfers to the substrate, resulting in a thinner transfer coating compared to conventional coatings.

Answer 3

Short answer is NO - you should just throw away the t-shirt or use it for messy jobs around the house.

It will come out after a lot of washing particularly in bleach and detergents (don't dry it in a dryer between washings). That is more trouble than a cheap t-shirt is worth.

Answer 4

Sometimes if you reheat it with your iron it will soften up so you can peal it off. At this point you have nothing to lose,but to try something.