Discuss the various finishing services that can help showcase your brand. Topics include custom neck tag labels, hang tags, garment washes, folding, bagging and even shipment/packaging options.
I've been reading the forums for many many months, great information here so thanks for all the help so far!!
I do have one question that I hope someone can help with - sorry if this isn't the correct forum to post into, but I couldn't find a more specific one for my Q.
I just bought a load of Gildan Ultra Cotton T-Shirts and was supprised to see that the label inside says 'Do not iron'. Is this true of all Gildan shirts? How about other makes of t-shirts? I could understand 'Do no iron design' - but these seems to be saying that the t-shirt itself shouldn't be ironed? Is that normal? I have cotton t-shirts of my own that say ironing is OK, just wondered why these would be any different? Or am I not interpreting it correctly?
Just hope someone could clear this up for me - maybe someone who's actively selling these Gildan t-shirts - do you offer your customers any different advice? Sorry if this is a silly question
I has used plenty of the Gildan shirts and have not had problems. I guess I need to read labels more. I generally only use the 6.1 oz shirts and they seem to work fine. Welcome to the forum and good luck.
That's... strange. Every Gildan label I've seen says specifically "Do not iron decoration." (which can still be annoying). If it just straight out says "Do not iron" it sounds like the label is defective.
__________________ "Ah, Henny Penny," said Chicken Little, "the sky is falling, and I must go and tell the king."
i use wear and iron(occasionally) gildan tees and thus far no problems...after all when applying transfers there nailed under the heat press with no troubles
Yeah Solmu it simply says 'Do not iron' - strange isn't it?!!
I know they can be ironed as (as has been pointed out already) - I'm heat pressing them and have ironed quite a few Gildans so I'm happy that they can actually be ironed - but it was just rather what to say when I sell them? Should I just stick to the label and if people ask say 'Nope, don't iron them' or tell them 'Well, it says not too but I have in the past and it's OK?'
Bit confused as to how to proceed - I may try to contact the sellers of these T's but just wondered what you guys would suggest?
Thanks once again, your guidance is much appreciated!!
If the label definitely says "Do not iron" and the shirt definitely can be ironed, then the shirts cannot legally be sold at retail with that label, as it clearly does not meet the FTC's labelling requirements.
__________________ "Ah, Henny Penny," said Chicken Little, "the sky is falling, and I must go and tell the king."
Thanks Solmu - I'm looking into the UK standards on labelling (hadn't really thought about it until you mentioned it!)
However if something is sold that says 'Do not iron' but someone decides to and it's OK - how would that be illegal to sell?
The other way around, I would understand - I mean, if it said 'OK to iron' but then shriveled up or caught fire/burnt when it was ironed, then I can see that being a big problem!
Just curious as there's nothing stopping people not taking notice of labels.
In any case - I've been Googling this and it seems there are tons of website selling these Gildans, quoting the exact same wording on the care label, so I guess it's normal!!!!
However if something is sold that says 'Do not iron' but someone decides to and it's OK - how would that be illegal to sell?
Because most countries require that all garments have labels, and that those labels are accurate. Washing instructions that are more prescriptive than necessary restrict the consumer, and the entire point of labelling laws is to protect the consumer from lazy or dishonest businesses.
If labels could be "overly cautious" (again, to be clear: "overly cautious" is synonymous with "illegal") then there would be no incentive for manufacturers to do the requisite research (which costs money) to find out exactly what the care instructions should be. They would just put "Hand wash only, do not bleach, do not iron, do not tumble dry, do not dry clean" on everything.
If Gildan are selling shirts that say "Do not iron." and if those specific shirts are perfectly safe to iron (I do not know if either of these things is true, I'm only going by statements in this thread) then this would be a serious problem for our industry, since Gildan are the largest manufacturer in the world.
I find it hard to believe that this is the case since it would mean they've changed their labels, and changed them to something clearly stupid and illegal. It seems unlikely. But if that's what's happening... it's not good.
__________________ "Ah, Henny Penny," said Chicken Little, "the sky is falling, and I must go and tell the king."
Gildan Care Label "Do no iron"?? 
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