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How to Maintain and Care For Custom Polo Shirts

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How to Maintain and Care For Custom Polo Shirts

Practical advice on how to care for and maintain custom polo shirts.

Custom Screen Printing: The Best Shirts

Learn about how to strategically screen print custom t-shirts using the perfect shirt!

4 Tips for Great Non-profit Shirts

Make a shirt that represents your non profit brand! Group shirts are a great way to unify a group.

Ordering Shirts in Bulk

Find out how ordering in bulk will help you!

Preparing Art for Screen Printing: Vector Art 101

Learn how to prepare your screen printing art and the basics of vectorization.

Supplying Your Own Shirts For Screen Printing: Pros and Cons

Breaking down the ins and outs of sourcing your own shirts.

Hoodie Templates: American Apparel Hoodies

We’re releasing high-resolution hoodie templates for our favorite American Apparel hoodies.

Can You Discharge on Tri-Blends?

Are you wondering if you can print discharge ink onto tri-bend t-shirts? Keep reading to find out.

The Water Test: Everything You Need to Know

See the difference between plastisol and water based inks. You’ll think about shirts differently.

12 Custom Tag Templates for Your Next T-Shirt Project

To get you started on your custom t-shirt tags, we've provided 12 of our favorite tag templates.

7 Steps to Printing a Tag

What is discharge printing?

What is discharge printing? It's great for creating soft, breathable, and long-lasting shirts.

12 Tag Icons—And Their Surprising Meanings

You've seen these care icons a million times—now here's what they actually MEAN.

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