We outline a few tips and tricks about how a cotton t-shirt should be appropriately cleaned and cared for. By following our suggestion, you may be able to slow down the natural ageing of your t-shirts and eventually prolong the lifespan of your favourite t-shirts too!

Wash with normal temperature

Cotton t-shirts do not go well with heat. If you wash your clothing with high temperature, it may cause the fiber of the t-shirt to deteriorate and eventually it will shrink or expand depending on the nature of the cotton. We suggest washing your t-shirts with normal temperature water of 30 degrees works best – it could also reduce the risk of yellowish marks under the armpits or de-colourisation of your favourite t-shirts.

Wash with similar colours

Black with black – white with white! If you ever wonder why sometimes brighter colour t-shirts may have different colour spots on all over them after washing? To avoid that, you need to sort and separate your laundry by fabric types and colours. 

For example, sorting out workwear and sportswear and separating brighter colours with darker colours and washing them separately. 

 Wash & dry inside out

We highly recommend all our customers to wash and dry our t-shirts inside out. This little tip is able to avoid the risk of pilling of natural cotton, fading of colour while maintaining the outer surfaces of t-shirts.

Iron on reverse

There is a fun fact that maybe you haven’t known: cotton T-shirts by its nature are prone to wrinkles and creasing. This has nothing to do with the quality or specification of the fabric itself. If a t-shirt is wrinkle free, most probably it is not a 100% cotton t-shirt; it’s probably a polyester cotton blend garment.

If you too like your t-shirt to look neat and wrinkle-less, the best way is to iron the t-shirt on reverse. Remember, cotton does not like heat. So iron our t-shirts with low to medium heat.

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