Tips on Apparel Care

• Use only mild detergents without any bleach or harsh chemicals, those cause harm to both thread and imprint inks.

• WASH only using cold water cycles below 90 deg.

• ALWAYS put embroidered apparel in garment bags for laundering, this will help keep them looking their best.

• NEVER use the dryer for any printed or embroidered apparer!  These should be hung to dry after washing.

• Wash screen-printed shirts turned inside out to protect imprint from other items in the cycle.

• If required only iron on low setting with the screen-printed shirts turned inside out.  NO STEAM!

• Don’t dry clean embroidered or screen-printed items. This will damage the logo.

• AVOID using any fabric softener, these can damage the ink and fade thread colors.

Other common issues:

Apparel Shrinking: This is common even with 'pre-shrunk' apparel.  NEVER expect any shirt to not shrink.  Heat from hot water wash cycles and the drying machine are the major causes of shrinking, particularly  true if the garment is 100% cotton.   Remember more cotton = more shrinking.

Fuzzies/Pilling: This is a natural occurrence in  fabric regardless of brand or stated quality, caused by everyday wear and laundering, it's not a defect!

Do you have 'Hard Water'?   Hard water and screen-printing do not get along.   The minerals build-up in the fibers of the fabric, bringing on stiffness.  Hard water also negatively affects the inks used in screen-printing (fading).