How retail clothing store security ink tags work is by (as an anti-theft measure) clothing stores tag various clothing items with security tags so that if you walk out the door with them you’ll set off an alarm when you leave with the tag still on the garment or ruin it by spilling ink from the tag if you try to remove it yourself. There are some ways to prevent the ink from spilling all over the garment if the retail cashier fails to remove the tag (as they often do). The short answer to the question “Do Security Ink Tags go off?” is no. It triggers the alarm through the use of a sensor at the entrance or exit. To answer the simple question, “What do security ink tags do?”. When the security ink tags are forcibly removed from the clothing item, two glass vials containing permanent ink will break, causing it to spill over the clothing, which in theory will completely deface the clothing item with a large ink permanent ink stain.
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Super Quick and Easy Method -Technique on How to Remove Mall Clothing Retail Clothing Store Security Tags. Loss prevention is a tough thing to conquer. I’m sure you are never going to keep the thieves from ripping off stores completely but these plastic tags definitely make a thief think twice. Unfortunately the store clerks who are either inexperienced, side tracked, busy, or just happen to overlook them make it difficult for us paying customers who don’t realize that the security loss prevention clothings tags have been left on. Fortunately there are ways to remove them without damaging your expensive clothing article without having to drive all the way back to the store where you purchased the item, wait in line again, remove the tag, then turn around and drive home again. This could actually be a good sales tactic as it brings some customers who don’t know how to take these mall clothing security tags off the item, back into the store! Just maybe some of them are left attached on purpose. Regardless, as they always say, knowledge is power. If you know how to take these tags off you can save yourself some serious time, gas money, and effort.
Out of all the methods I’ve ever seen for taking this off, a power tool such as a pedestal grinder, rotary tool (Dremel), or electric hand held grinder seem to work the best. The pedestal grinder is nice because you can really focus on just keep the clothing away from the spinning wheel. This is an inherent danger when using any of these methods though so you must observe all safety precautions when attempting to utilize methods such as these.
In this DIY Retail Clothing Store Security Ink Tag Removal Tutorial video I aim to show you how to save you a trip all the way back to the store where you purchased your item where the security tag was inadvertently left on your garment. The key here is to get the thing off without messing up your new piece of clothing. There are a number of ways to do this and I demonstrate a few different ways in my videos as I’ve been fortunate enough to have a few of them left on my clothes I’ve bought. These removal methods come in handy if you live far away from the clothing store or just want to save yourself a trip back there and having to deal with the hassle of driving, parking, waiting in line, getting it removed, having to show your receipt (which you may or may not have at this point), walking out, then driving back home. What a pain. If you have a little bit of know how you can remove these security ink tags without it exploding onto your shorts, shirt, pants, or other. In this video I sort of chose the brute force method and busted out my electric hand held angle grinder. I already had a diamond cutter wheel on there from another project but a standard cutting wheel or grinding wheel will work just fine as well. Be sure to take all of the safety precautions when using this method because you can really hurt yourself as it’s a high speed rotating power tool and you can also spray ink everywhere. The trick is just to take your time and gingerly carve at the thing. Wear your safety glasses and don’t hit your clothing item with the wheel. I ground the backside clamp off the security tag first and then just pulled the tag off. Worked like a charm. If you don’t have a grinder like this and you are a DIY’er than you need to get one.
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This video shows you what happens when a security ink tag ink capsule gets ruptured when removed and into contact with a 100% cotton retail store garment. This is about the 4th or so retail tag that the retail clothing store clerk had forgotten to remove. The mall is very far away from where I live so driving all the way back to where I bought the shirt from is not an option. After I removed the tag using alternative methods, I used an old shirt to see what would happen if I opened one of these up and the effect that they would have on a piece of clothing.
It is definitely no joke when it comes to the permanent mark that the ink leaves on clothes when in contact. If you ARE going to remove one of these tags be sure that you do it in a manner that won’t disrupt the ink capsules but also make sure you are keeping your own personal safety at the forefront of what you are doing. If you can’t safely remove the tag, than it IS worth it to make the trip back to the place where you purchased the item, show your receipt (showing that you didn’t steal the item), and properly get it removed. Actually the smart thing to do IS to take it back to where you purchased it from and have them remove it but many times this doesn’t work for everyone.
DIY Easy Security Ink Tag Removal Process-Quick Detachment Method. Extra care must be taken with regards to safety when using this method as the clothing item could easy get wrapped around the grinder. This method is not recommended for the Ink capsule style tags as the ink will spray everywhere if it gets ground into by the pedestal grinder.
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