My cousin told me to skip pre-shrinking the shirt blanks before printing

I thought he was crazy since I always pre-shrink cotton tees. Just finished a rush order of 50 shirts for a local 5k race and after the first wash they all shrunk a full size. Anyone else stick to pre-shrinking no matter what?

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mary8369d agoTop Commenter

Exactly. "Let's just skip the pre-shrink" is how you end up with 50 shirts nobody can wear. I learned that the same hard way and never skip it either.

robert2758d ago

You used to be able to get away with skipping it on some blends but not on 100% cotton. That rush order story is exactly what changed my mind too. Lost a whole batch of hoodies that way about two years back when a customer wanted them fast. Nothing worse than handing over perfectly printed shirts only to have them come back looking like they belonged to someone else. These days I pre-shrink everything and just build the time into my quotes.