The manufacturer recommends the following to keep your new t-shirt design from fading:
Follow these guidelines as you handle and store printed T-shirts:
- Avoid storing T-shirts in direct sunlight, or in locations that are subject to excessive dust, heat, or humidity. If T-shirts are stored in a hot place after printing, the printed surface may soften and become sticky.
- Do not dry clean printed T-shirts.
- Turn printed T-shirts inside out before washing and let them dry inside out.
- To maintain the best quality, printed T-shirts should be air dried. Tumble dryers may reduce image quality over time. •
- Do not use bleach. It may cause discoloration.
- Do not iron directly onto the printed surface.
- Do not use organic solvents, such as alcohol.
- Do not rub the printed surface against vinyl or chloride-based artificial leather. The colors may transfer to the leather.
- Do not rub surfaces printed with color ink against surfaces printed with White ink; the color may transfer. If this happens, use a soft cloth or brush with a small amount of household detergent to wipe away the transferred color
- If you have applied pre-treatment solution and fixed the ink, we recommend soaking the T-shirt in water and washing it before wearing it to remove any remaining traces of pre-treatment solution.
- If pre-treatment solution is applied to a white or light-colored T-shirt, the treated side may turn yellow. Print soon after applying the pre-treatment solution and wash in water. Avoid direct sunlight if you store the T-shirt without printing.
- For light-colored T-shirts, let the pre-treatment solution air dry before heat-pressing; otherwise, staining may occur.