Try using you hair dryer on the letters. Donāt let it get too hot. Just enough to soften the glue and hopefully theyāll peel off. You still may need to trim a little fur. Hope it works.
Anything you do will be obvious afterwards.
If you don't care, hair clippers, just shave the letters off.
You could also use a strip of another fabric sewn over the letters to hide them.
To the shaving, you could literally try using a disposable shaver or if you have a Stanley Knife Blade type/ mens old school shaver tip. Could use a thin comb to bring it to a surface from the fluff and shave where the comb stops with the plastic writing on top.
Yeah matron of honour is kind of an outdated term; no one really knows what it means and no one will care that a married woman is called a maid of honour anyway.
I think the sister already got a replacement "matron of honor" slipper. OP said this is now an extra pair. So I think sister wants to utilize it instead of throwing it out/giving it away.
I would just use a small pair of scissors...like cuticle scissors. Lift the letters and trim as close as possible and you might not even know they were ever there! šš»
A mixture of what others have said but HAS BEEN TESTED is a hair dryer and a lice comb. I promise you'll be frustrated by the time you're done though...
Sure, but we fought a movement 50 years ago to push for people to stop with the terms that involve womenās martial status at all. āMaid of honorā has been the term for deacdes for anyone who wishes to use it, and plenty of people more recently are just using āattendantsā or similar so as to avoid gender at all and just be surrounded by their special folks.
Itās honestly really disappointing having lived through the struggle for married and unmarried women to have their own civil rights and their own personhood independent of a husband, and then to come across young folks who want to revive antiquated language to make sure everyone knows they have a husband.
I suggest shoving a metal lice comb under the lettering. Sandwich the lettering between the lice comb and aluminum foil. Iron over top of the aluminum foil. This should melt the lettering enough so that when you lift the whole sandwich (metal comb, lettering, aluminum foil) the lettering should lift up but stay on the lice comb. Picture lifting spaghetti out of a boiling pot of water using a slotted spoon.
This stuff is the bomb. I always keep some on hand. It'll get that lettering right off.
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Use a men's electric hair trimmer with set blade lengths. Run it on about a 3 and run it under the letters and it'll only take the very top of the fur off but the letters will "shave" off.
Not that it matters, but you said extra slippersādid the bride order her a second pair that say matron of honor and now your sister wants these āmaidā slippers to be plain? Do both the right and left slippers have maid of honor on them?
If so, shave them off and slap some cute ribbon or embellishment on both slippers and call it a day.
I would use wax paper ( the ones used for baking ) and an iron on low/medium setting and place it over the letters enough to get the glue warm and left the letters off the slipper.
You're welcome, Neighbor. Safety first! I have definitely made some poor judgements with wax paper and just hope to prevent someone else from making a similar choice. Hindsight and all that. Lol
use a cloth dipped in acetone(diluted) or isopropyl alcohol, place it on top for a few minutes and it should dissolve the glue. just check in a corner first in case the fur is otherwise affected by acetone in any way.
Get some fine tweezers, and one of those pointy, precision X-acto craft knife blade things. Carefully tug on the corners of a letter with the tweezers to expose where it's attached and with the knife in the other hand, hack away at the fibres right at that point, separating them from the letters.
Have you ever ripped a seam with a seam ripper? Kind of the same thing. You won't even see it afterwards because you'll have cut the fur so close to the letters. You'll get into a groove and they'll come off easily!
Do not use a hair dryer, you'll leave adhesive stuck to the fur.
Iāve had great success with boiling water to remove sticky adhesive on fabrics and carpet. Take a rag, dip a corner in the boiling water, and gently rub off.
A comb can be helpful to brush out the fibers.
Try some goof off (not the spray, it's a liquid in a can) it removes vinyl and it's adhesive easily. Then wash and reapply the new vinyl if that's the plan
If Iām not too late? How about soaking the lettered part in alcohol? Iād suspect that might at least partially dissolve the glue, but you wouldnāt risk heat damaging the fluff from blow drying or steaming it off (next best bet I think is the lice comb idea, but I suspect it would still leave residue glue)
Take a safety sided razor blade and carefully slice down the middle of each row of stitching on the underside. Then get a stitch picker or a pin and pick at the top till it all unravels.
90% Alcohol applied with a saturated Qtip or cheap kids paintbrush on underneath the lettering. Next thing would be to use a stitch cutter (sharp, prong thing) on the edges of that strap, remove and reposition so lettering faces against the foot thus not being seen.
There might be some sort of solvent you can use for fabric that will loosen/dissolve the adhesive on the letters. Iāve never looked into it myself but would be a good place to start looking.
Use hair clippers and buzz the fur in a straight line that takes off the letters and leaves bare fabric. It will just have a line of fabric between the fur and look like a design, probably.
use a lice comb to get up under the letters and rip them off like that
This and a hairdryer first to heat them up so they're moved flexible and forgiving on being removed cleanly š¤š¼
You clever thing
Try using you hair dryer on the letters. Donāt let it get too hot. Just enough to soften the glue and hopefully theyāll peel off. You still may need to trim a little fur. Hope it works.
This, with the addition of using a comb you donāt want to keep to lift the lettering off.
Alternatively I would try 70% rubbing alcohol- itās great at softening adhesives and can be used on most materials.
Or maybe try that āGoo Goneā adhesive removal stuff, and then wash the slippers.
Anything you do will be obvious afterwards. If you don't care, hair clippers, just shave the letters off. You could also use a strip of another fabric sewn over the letters to hide them.
To the shaving, you could literally try using a disposable shaver or if you have a Stanley Knife Blade type/ mens old school shaver tip. Could use a thin comb to bring it to a surface from the fluff and shave where the comb stops with the plastic writing on top.
I've unpacked embroidery so you can't tell it was there.
well yeah, but that's sewn in, not heat fused.
Is it really that big of a deal that it says maid instead of matron? Seems like a waayyy bigger deal to ruin the slippers.
Yeah matron of honour is kind of an outdated term; no one really knows what it means and no one will care that a married woman is called a maid of honour anyway.
I was literally about to look up what a matron of honor was, Iām 27 and never heard of that š
Just means that they are married. They are no longer a āmaidā. Super outdated.
Si the lady behind our local sport bar is actually a barmatron?!
That makes it sound way more badass
I went to one wedding where most of the bridesā party were married but still in their 20s, so they were called lady of honor /bridesladies
This is absolutely ridiculous...
I'm nearly old from the UK. I've never heard it described as matron. I'm sure people will refer to them as the maid of honor anyway.
I think the sister already got a replacement "matron of honor" slipper. OP said this is now an extra pair. So I think sister wants to utilize it instead of throwing it out/giving it away.
This seems like such a huge fuss over a $5 pair of faux fur slippers - just wear them around the house.
Exactlyā¦
The fur underneath will be ruined no matter what you do. The best thing is to glue another piece of embroidered fur over it.Ā
Using your hair dryer and being careful will be your best option
I would just use a small pair of scissors...like cuticle scissors. Lift the letters and trim as close as possible and you might not even know they were ever there! šš»
If needed you can give them an all over shaggy trim to even things out after.
A mixture of what others have said but HAS BEEN TESTED is a hair dryer and a lice comb. I promise you'll be frustrated by the time you're done though...
Is there a difference between maid of honor and matron of honor?
As she is unmarried, a maid of honour is just that - a āmaidā, i.e. a virgin. I know, itās hilarious
Matron of honor means they are already married
I thought we stopped announcing womenās marital statuses in the ā70s.
We are back peddling as quickly as possible tho!
I mean it's just personal preference š¤·āāļø Nobody forced her to announce it
Sure, but we fought a movement 50 years ago to push for people to stop with the terms that involve womenās martial status at all. āMaid of honorā has been the term for deacdes for anyone who wishes to use it, and plenty of people more recently are just using āattendantsā or similar so as to avoid gender at all and just be surrounded by their special folks. Itās honestly really disappointing having lived through the struggle for married and unmarried women to have their own civil rights and their own personhood independent of a husband, and then to come across young folks who want to revive antiquated language to make sure everyone knows they have a husband.
I mean idk about you, but I fight for women to have the right to choose how they want to be represented. However they want to be represented.
Wow Iāve never even heard there was a difference Iāve been maid of honor after being married
What have you done!? Those folks marriages are like void now because of you! š¤£
I deserve death
I meeean, if not death, lashes from your husband minimum. I donāt make the rules
Just color the letters black with a sharpie... they'll be less noticeable, at least
Iām annoyed about how far down I had to scroll to see this answer.
I suggest shoving a metal lice comb under the lettering. Sandwich the lettering between the lice comb and aluminum foil. Iron over top of the aluminum foil. This should melt the lettering enough so that when you lift the whole sandwich (metal comb, lettering, aluminum foil) the lettering should lift up but stay on the lice comb. Picture lifting spaghetti out of a boiling pot of water using a slotted spoon.
It's not worth the effort.
Seems odd to ruin a pair of slippers over something so trivial
This is what I was thinking, just wear them!
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OP - Check the ingredients before applying to modacrylic fabric. Acrylic melts with acetone and similar solvents. I teach a textiles class.
Good point! Thank you!š
They can just both wear maid and laugh it off :3
Use a men's electric hair trimmer with set blade lengths. Run it on about a 3 and run it under the letters and it'll only take the very top of the fur off but the letters will "shave" off.
Not that it matters, but you said extra slippersādid the bride order her a second pair that say matron of honor and now your sister wants these āmaidā slippers to be plain? Do both the right and left slippers have maid of honor on them? If so, shave them off and slap some cute ribbon or embellishment on both slippers and call it a day.
Ask her to cope with imperfection. This is not worth the effort.
I would use wax paper ( the ones used for baking ) and an iron on low/medium setting and place it over the letters enough to get the glue warm and left the letters off the slipper.
I think you mean parchment paper. Don't use wax paper for baking or for this. The wax melts, and in the oven can catch on fire!
Thank you. I wasnāt sure what it was called lol.
You're welcome, Neighbor. Safety first! I have definitely made some poor judgements with wax paper and just hope to prevent someone else from making a similar choice. Hindsight and all that. Lol
This.
Just get hair clippers and shave it off lol
use a cloth dipped in acetone(diluted) or isopropyl alcohol, place it on top for a few minutes and it should dissolve the glue. just check in a corner first in case the fur is otherwise affected by acetone in any way.
They're cheap slippers, just wear them as is.
Get some fine tweezers, and one of those pointy, precision X-acto craft knife blade things. Carefully tug on the corners of a letter with the tweezers to expose where it's attached and with the knife in the other hand, hack away at the fibres right at that point, separating them from the letters. Have you ever ripped a seam with a seam ripper? Kind of the same thing. You won't even see it afterwards because you'll have cut the fur so close to the letters. You'll get into a groove and they'll come off easily! Do not use a hair dryer, you'll leave adhesive stuck to the fur.
Iāve had great success with boiling water to remove sticky adhesive on fabrics and carpet. Take a rag, dip a corner in the boiling water, and gently rub off. A comb can be helpful to brush out the fibers.
Color it in with a black Sharpie.
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Try an adhesive solvent. There are products you can buy meant for sticker removal but test in an inconspicuous spot first.
Have you tried isopropyl alcohol? It might break up the adhesive without damaging the slipper
Black permanent marker. Or hair dye.
It looks like heat-cured glue? Spritz with water, warm the letters with a hair dryer and peel off with tweezers
They sell these at Claire's for 28, and online for 8
Use oil or an oil based product to release the adhesive... Petroleum jelly or something
find a hairdresser and trim that bad boy off š¤£ /s
I bought the same slippers off temu for 2$. Just buy new ones
Oofā¦ I was all armed and ready with advice to remove embroidery. This is not that.. good luck to you.
Hair dryer and a comb. If all else fails they are pretty cheap on Amazon.
Get realllyyy bored
Try some goof off (not the spray, it's a liquid in a can) it removes vinyl and it's adhesive easily. Then wash and reapply the new vinyl if that's the plan
I would cover with sharpie
Acetone?
Just use alcohol to dissolve the adhesive
A razor?
If Iām not too late? How about soaking the lettered part in alcohol? Iād suspect that might at least partially dissolve the glue, but you wouldnāt risk heat damaging the fluff from blow drying or steaming it off (next best bet I think is the lice comb idea, but I suspect it would still leave residue glue)
Hair dryer will fry that synthetic fur and make it disgusting keep in mind. Just use a seam ripper and take your time.
Iād use a hair dryer but on like medium heat not high. Then try to pick it off with tweezers maybe
Acetone might work to remove it if it is vinyl!
Take a safety sided razor blade and carefully slice down the middle of each row of stitching on the underside. Then get a stitch picker or a pin and pick at the top till it all unravels.
Sorry thought it looked like embroidery on my phone. Forget my earlier advice
If removing doesn't work to your satisfaction, try covering the damaged area with a couple of strips of brocade.
90% Alcohol applied with a saturated Qtip or cheap kids paintbrush on underneath the lettering. Next thing would be to use a stitch cutter (sharp, prong thing) on the edges of that strap, remove and reposition so lettering faces against the foot thus not being seen.
you could probably turn that strip over, and after cutting 5he letters off it would not be itchy on the top of your foot, perhaps.
Remove the āhairsā from the letters.
Synthetics will melt. Careful with heat.
Clippers?
There might be some sort of solvent you can use for fabric that will loosen/dissolve the adhesive on the letters. Iāve never looked into it myself but would be a good place to start looking.
Use hair clippers and buzz the fur in a straight line that takes off the letters and leaves bare fabric. It will just have a line of fabric between the fur and look like a design, probably.
Get a divorce.
Not sure how to remove it, but if nothing else, you could marker over it.
Try wd40 on a rag
Acetone?
Color over the writing with a black sharpie