{"id":466,"date":"2019-01-11T09:45:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T09:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddshelton.com\/blog\/?p=466"},"modified":"2022-09-29T12:33:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T12:33:45","slug":"what-is-garment-dye-and-what-it-means-to-your-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddshelton.com\/blog\/t-shirts\/what-is-garment-dye-and-what-it-means-to-your-t-shirt","title":{"rendered":"What is Garment Dye? What It Means to Your T-Shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"h2\">There are a few different dyeing methods used for t-shirts. We choose to garment dye <a href=\"https:\/\/toddshelton.com\/t-shirts\">our t-shirt\u00a0collection<\/a>. This means the t-shirt (or garment) is made, then dyed. Although garment dyeing is the most extensive of the dyeing methods, it enables us to achieve a softer, broken-in feel and it takes out 99% of shrinkage to ensure consistent sizing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_468\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 525px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/toddshelton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tshirts_garment_dye_machine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-468 size-full\" title=\"tshirts_garment_dye_machine\" src=\"https:\/\/toddshelton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tshirts_garment_dye_machine.jpg\" alt=\"Garment Dye process at Todd Shelton \" width=\"515\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garment dye machine.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>What Does Garment Dye Mean to You<\/h2>\n<p>The benefit of the garment dye process is no shrinkage. If the t-shirt fits right the first time you put it on, it will fit right for as long as you own it. This is because the fabric has been commercially washed and dried twice. Also, garment dye typically results in a softer feel and richer color.<\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s How Our Garment Dye Process Works<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>-We purchase cotton yarn from a yarn spinner in Georgia. It arrives in a bleached cotton color (on cones). The spinner sends it to our knitter in North Carolina.<\/li>\n<li>-The knitter knits the yarn into our t-shirt fabric and puts it onto rolls.<\/li>\n<li>-The knitter sends the rolls to a wash house, also in North Carolina, where the fabric is rinsed and tumbled dry to stabilize for shrinkage. As a result, 95% of shrinkage is removed during this process.<\/li>\n<li>-The wash house\u00a0sends the fabric to our New Jersey factory.<\/li>\n<li>-Next, the factory\u00a0cuts one t-shirt from the fabric and sends it to be dyed, rinsed and tumbled to determine additional shrinkage.<\/li>\n<li>-The t-shirt patterns are adjusted to account for the additional shrinkage and the t-shirts are cut &amp; sewn.<\/li>\n<li>-Then, the (nearly finished) t-shirts are sent to the dye-house in New York to become the desired color (blue, red, grey, whatever).<\/li>\n<li>-Finally, the dye-house returns them to our factory where they are inspected, labeled and pressed. Now they\u2019re complete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other Types of Dyeing for T-Shirts<\/h2>\n<p>Piece-Dye:\u00a0 the most common t-shirt dyeing method. Piece-dyeing is the process of dyeing \u201cpiece goods.\u201d First, the t-shirt fabric is knitted in a natural cotton color and put onto rolls. Next, the fabric is unrolled in a dye bath to achieve\u00a0the desired color. The fabric is then framed (stretched to the intended width specification) and re-rolled. Ultimately, the rolls are sent to a cut and sew shop where they\u2019re cut into t-shirts and packaged.<\/p>\n<p>Yarn-Dye: \u00a0yarn is dyed the desired color before the t-shirt fabric is knitted. This process is used mainly for Heather colored t-shirts.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you found this article helpful. To read more about our American made t-shirts, please <a title=\"Todd Shelton Made in the USA T-Shirts\" href=\"https:\/\/toddshelton.com\/t-shirts\">see Todd Shelton T-Shirts<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few different dyeing methods used for t-shirts.  We choose to garment dye, which means the t-shirt (or garment) is made then dyed.  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