Anvil 990B - Youth Lightweight T-Shirt - Caribbean Blue

The Anvil 990B is the Youth Lightweight Tee, a 4.3 oz 30-singles combed ring-spun cotton tee cut to a classic youth fit, the blank a shop reaches for when a kids' programme wants a soft ring-spun fashion hand and a tear-away label rather than a heavy 5.x oz youth basic with a sewn-in size tag. It is the tee for youth retail and merch lines, school spirit and team runs, private-label and relabel kids' programmes that strip the tag, and any decorator who wants the soft ring-spun feel on a young body at a lightweight price. The body is built on a 30-singles combed ring-spun cotton with a tubular body, a seamed collar, shoulder-to-shoulder tape, double-needle sleeve and bottom hems, a tear-away label and Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification. The size range runs XS through XL in a classic youth fit, across 30 colours: the solids run a true 100% combed ring-spun cotton, Heather Grey is a 90/10, and the colour heathers run a 60/40 polyester/cotton.

The 990B prints like a soft ring-spun youth tee, with the one thing to plan the decoration around being the blend that changes by colour. For screen printing, the fine 30-singles face holds line detail and bold spot colour; print straight to the 100% cotton solids and the 90/10 Heather Grey, but on the 60/40 colour heathers lay a poly-blocking grey or white underbase and run a lower cure so dye in the polyester does not bleed up into the ink. For water-based and discharge, the 100% cotton solids strip the dye for a soft no-hand print, while the 60/40 colour heathers do not fully discharge and read as a soft tonal print rather than a full strip, so route a hard-edged design on a heather to plastisol or DTF. For DTF, the transfer bonds to the cotton and blend faces alike at standard heat-press settings, the most consistent method across the mixed colour card. For DTG, the cotton solids pre-treat and print bright and sharp, while the heathers need an underbase to lift opacity. Across every method, scale and centre the art to the smaller youth chest and load the youth platen so the design sits square on the shorter panel. For embroidery, keep the stitch count moderate on a cut-away backing so a dense patch does not pucker the lightweight body. For vinyl and HTV, solid heat-transfer vinyl presses clean across the card, scaled to the youth panel. Sublimation does not apply, since the body is cotton-majority rather than a full polyester substrate.

• Brand: Anvil
• Style: 990B (Youth Lightweight T-Shirt)
• Fabric: 100% combed ring-spun cotton on solids; Heather Grey 90/10 cotton/polyester; colour heathers 60/40 polyester/cotton
• Weight: 4.3 oz/yd2
• Construction: 30-singles lightweight jersey. Tubular body. Seamed collar. Shoulder-to-shoulder tape. Double-needle sleeve and bottom hems. Tear-away label. Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified.
• Fit: Classic youth fit
• Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL
• Colors available: 30 colours across solids plus Heather Grey and colour heathers (check current availability on the product page)
• Ordering: available by the piece or by the case; confirm current packing per case for your colour and size before a large order
• Care: Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.

The reorder note specific to this style: the colour card mixes three blends, so a multi-colour run is a blend-management job, with the 100% cotton solids and 90/10 Heather Grey printing and discharging like a true cotton tee and the 60/40 colour heathers needing a poly-blocking underbase and lower cure, so plan the underbase and screen count for the heaviest blend before a repeat run. The body is tubular with no side seams, which keeps the make economical but can let the body twist slightly after repeated washing, so set print registration to the front panel rather than to a side seam. The tear-away label makes the 990B a private-label and relabel youth blank, so confirm tag removal in your sample before a branded programme. Cross-shop the Gildan G645B Youth Softstyle when a programme wants the soft ring-spun hand on a slightly heavier 4.5 oz body, and the Bella + Canvas 3001Y when the job wants a premium Airlume combed ring-spun youth tee. TheClothingSpace stocks the 990B at wholesale pricing with bulk discounts that increase as case and unit quantities rise, among the lowest prices online for this style, with fast US shipping on stocked colours.

Sourcing a youth blank for your print run? Browse all wholesale t-shirts.