Bayside BA5300 - Unisex Polyester Performance T-Shirt - Cationic Royal

The Bayside BA5300 is a 4.5 oz 100% polyester performance tee made in the USA, built for decorated athletic programs, event uniforms, and workwear runs where moisture management and decoration reliability on a domestic blank both matter. The 100% polyester construction drives moisture away from the skin across the full 13-colour range, making it a practical substrate for school athletic departments, 5K run events, corporate wellness programs, and team uniform programs that need a consistent domestic-supply blank with a reproducible dye lot. Taped shoulder-to-shoulder construction reinforces the seam line under repeated athlete use, double-needle stitching on the sleeve and bottom hems holds wash cycle after wash cycle, and the tear-away label prepares the blank for custom re-labeling from the production line. Three colourways in the BA5300 range (Cationic Red, Cationic Royal, Cationic Charcoal) use a cationic dyeing process rather than standard disperse dyeing, which changes how those grounds behave under sublimation and plastisol screen printing and requires a different ink and press protocol than the solid standard-dye colourways.

The 100% polyester content makes the BA5300 the most decoration-flexible performance blank in its category for sublimation, while also creating the most dye migration risk on plastisol runs. Full sublimation is viable across all standard-dye solid colourways (White, Black, Navy, Royal Blue, Red, Charcoal, Lime Green, Bright Orange, Military Green, Coyote Brown) where the polyester fibres accept disperse dyes and the white ground or base allows full-colour saturation. On the three cationic-dyed colourways (Cationic Red, Cationic Royal, Cationic Charcoal), the cationic dye process leaves the polyester surface in a different ionic charge state than standard disperse-dyed poly, which can produce colour shift or incomplete bonding during sublimation. Test the specific cationic colourway before committing a production run with sublimation. For DTF transfer, the poly face bonds reliably across all 13 colourways and is the lowest-risk route for mixed-colour athletic programs where a single art file runs across multiple ground colours. Screen printing with plastisol carries a significant dye migration risk on any dark, saturated, or cationic ground given the 100% polyester body. Use a low-bleed, low-migration plastisol ink, cure at the lowest effective temperature, and apply a poly-blocking underbase on any colour other than White before laying down light ink layers. DTG printing is not a practical route on the BA5300 since the 100% polyester body provides no cotton fibre for pre-treat adhesion, making ink adhesion unreliable and vibrancy low across all colourways. Vinyl and HTV press at a controlled low-to-moderate temperature.

• Brand: Bayside
• Style: BA5300 (Unisex Polyester Performance T-Shirt)
• Fabric: 100% polyester
• Weight: 4.5 oz/yd2
• Origin: Made in the USA
• Technology: Moisture-wicking
• Construction: Crew neck, set-in sleeves, taped shoulder-to-shoulder, double-needle sleeve and bottom hems, tear-away label for custom re-labeling
• Fit: Unisex
• Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL
• Colors available: 13 colours including White, Black, Navy, Royal Blue, Red, Charcoal, Lime Green, Bright Orange, Military Green, Coyote Brown, Cationic Red, Cationic Royal, Cationic Charcoal
• Note: Cationic Red, Cationic Royal, and Cationic Charcoal use a cationic dyeing process; test sublimation and screen-print protocols on these colourways separately from standard-dye grounds
• Ordering: available by the piece or per case; confirm current case pack configuration with the store before a large athletic program run
• Care: Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low. Do not iron. Do not bleach.

Ordering note for the BA5300: for mixed-colour athletic programs, DTF is the most consistent route across all 13 colourways and eliminates the need to set separate ink protocols for the three cationic grounds. Reserve sublimation for the standard-dye solid colourways and test the cationic grounds separately before production. For plastisol runs on any colourway other than White, specify low-bleed inks and confirm cure temperature before the full job run, since dye migration on 100% polyester dark grounds can be difficult to correct after the press. TheClothingSpace stocks the Bayside BA5300 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. Decorating other performance blank styles? Browse all wholesale blank t-shirts.