Top Tips For Looking After Your Printed T Shirts

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So, you have deciding to use T Shirt printing to enhance your business branding. It is a great way to gain exposure by becoming a walking billboard for your business. It is an easy and relatively inexpensive solution to staff uniforms as well, but how do you keep your printed T Shirt looking it’s best for the longest time possible. Below we will discuss the hot tips for looking after your printed T Shirts.
Read the washing instructions
This is the first stop when figuring out how to wash your T Shirts. Each T Shirt will have specific instructions depending on the material is made from. Cotton and poly blend T shirts will be treated differently but below we will give the cheat sheet for any T Shirt when washing them.
Wash in Cold Water
Washing your printed T Shirts in cold water will ensure that the printing on your shirts stay in the best condition. This is number one for a reason, it’s the easiest to follow and the most important point.
Wash inside out
By taking this step you are providing protection for the printing on the T Shirt ...
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Hang out to Dry
Doing the washing is the easy part, it’s hanging it out that s a punish but the dryer should be a definite no no for your T Shirt printing. The dryer is one the best time savers in the home but it’s the suns rays that are best for your T Shirt. T Shirt printing is known to crack or peel under the heat from the dryer.
No Bleach
Your standard washing liquid is all that is required to keep your T Shirts fresh and clean, using harsh chemicals like bleach will not do your T Shirt printing any favours. Much like the dryer, bleach will destroy the print on your shirt and make a new shirt look old very quickly.
No Iron
This will be a nice thing to hear for most people who dread ironing. I know that some people view ironing as a form of relaxation, but most people dread it. The good news that you should be ironing the printing on your T Shirt, applying heat directly to any print is not a good idea. Now the rest od the shirt can be ironed, but we will leave that decision up to you.
Wash your T Shirts together
When at all possible, you should be washing like fabric together, so when you have a load of T Shirts to wash, wash them all together. Mixing your T Shirts with fabric like denim is not ideal for the life of your T Shirts.
By following these simple steps, you can increase the life of your T Shirt printing. If you have any questions about how to get quality T Shirt printing for your business the team at PSI Printing have many years’ experience in the industry.