Anvil 949 - Unisex Lightweight Long-Sleeve T-Shirt - Heather Gray

The Anvil 949 is a 4.3 oz unisex long-sleeve blank built on 100% combed ring-spun cotton at 30 singles in solid colours, with a semi-fitted tubular cut, shoulder-to-shoulder tape, ribbed sleeve cuffs, and a tear-away label. At 4.3 oz it sits lighter than a standard 5-6 oz long-sleeve blank, which gives it a softer drape and makes it a practical choice for retail-branded programs, school spirit long-sleeve runs, and event shirts where the finished weight matters. OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certification means the dye inputs are third-party verified, a requirement for some print buyers sourcing for school and youth programs.

The printability picture on the Anvil 949 splits cleanly by colour group, and the heather colours are where print shops need to pay attention. The solid colours (White, Red, Navy, Black, Charcoal, Storm Gray) are 100% combed ring-spun cotton, so they take DTF transfer bonding, plastisol screen printing, and DTG with standard settings. The combed 30-singles yarn gives a finer, more uniform face than a carded open-end blank, which reduces ink pickup on screen prints and sharpens edge definition on DTF transfers. For DTG on solid colours, standard pre-treatment and a white underbase on dark grounds produce clean results. The heather colours (Heather Blue, Heather Green, Heather Purple) are a 60/40 poly/cotton blend, meaning they are polyester-majority even though the garment is marketed as a cotton long-sleeve. That matters directly on press: those heathers need a poly-blocking underbase on any coloured screen print to suppress dye migration, and they will give a faded, muted result on discharge or water-based inks because the polyester fibre does not discharge. Heather Gray is a different blend again at 90/10 cotton/poly, so it behaves close to the cotton solids but still carries minor migration risk on darker plastisol prints. Route DTF first for any mixed-colour job spanning both solid and heather SKUs, since DTF adhesives bond across both cotton and poly-cotton substrates without an underbase swap. For embroidery, the tubular construction and semi-fitted lightweight body want a cut-away stabiliser on front chest placements; the 4.3 oz face is too light to carry dense stitch counts without backing support.

• Brand: Anvil (now part of Gildan Brands)
• Style: 949
• Fabric: 100% combed ring-spun cotton, 30 singles (solid colours); Heather Blue, Heather Green, Heather Purple: 60/40 polyester/combed ring-spun cotton; Heather Gray: 90/10 combed ring-spun cotton/polyester
• Weight: 4.3 oz/yd2
• Construction: Tubular, semi-fitted. Shoulder-to-shoulder tape. Ribbed sleeve cuffs. Double-needle bottom hem. Tear-away label.
• Fit: Unisex, semi-fitted
• Sizes: S-3XL (availability varies by colour)
• Certifications: OEKO-TEX Standard 100
• Colors available: 10 colours (White, Black, Navy, Red, Charcoal, Storm Gray, Heather Gray, Heather Blue, Heather Green, Heather Purple)
• Case quantity: sold by the piece or per case; confirm units per case for your colour and size before a large run
• Care: Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.

Sizing on the Anvil 949 is consistent run to run within the same colour group. For reorder programs, note that the solid and heather colours are different fabric compositions, so an order originally printed on Heather Blue (60/40 poly/cotton) cannot be reprinted with identical settings on White (100% cotton) without adjusting underbase and ink settings. TheClothingSpace stocks the Anvil 949 at wholesale pricing with bulk discounts that increase with case and unit quantity. Order by the piece or per case, among the lowest prices online for this style, with fast US shipping on stocked colours.

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