A triblend t-shirt versus a regular t-shirt is one of the choices that will come up when creating a t-shirt business or when you’re shopping. When I first started working at Threadless and didn’t know the lingo yet, I kept wondering: WTF is a triblend?
Triblend Defined
As you might have guessed from the name triblend, the blend of the shirt is made of three different fabrics. While a regular t-shirt is 100% cotton, triblend tees are 50% polyester, 25% cotton, and 25% Rayon, which makes them softer. Kinda like a fancy t-shirt that runs a little bit smaller and have more stretch to them.
They look a little bit different too, having a bit of a dappled look to them, whereas the fabric of regular t-shirts are solid color.
What About Printing on Them?
Does this different triblend material mess up graphic designs printed on it? Not really. There’s a little bit of color variation between triblends and cotton shirts, but the differences are small. If anything, triblends make designs look a little bit better, but that’s my opinion. For more guidance on color on different materials and printing processes, check out this post.
So there you have it: the softest tee material ever, the triblend.
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