Bella + Canvas 8838 - Women's Slouchy Tank - White Slub

The Bella + Canvas 8838 is the Women's Slouchy Tank, the soft, drapy sleeveless body in a loose slouchy cut with thin straps, the blank a decorator reaches for when a women's program wants a relaxed draped tank with real fabric variety rather than a fitted racerback or a flat cotton tank. It is the tank for any decorated women's order pitched at a soft, fashion-forward look: boutique and resale lines, women's fitness, yoga and studio programs, festival and event merch, and the bachelorette, bridal-party and group runs that buy a soft slouchy tank by the dozen. The slouchy fit drapes loose and easy, the thin straps and scooped neck keep an ultra-soft sleek line, and the side-seamed construction holds shape. The size range runs S through 2XL. The 8838 carries four fabric families across its colour range: the solid colours are 3.7 oz of 65% polyester / 35% viscose at 32 singles, the heathers are 52% polyester / 48% viscose, the triblend colours are 3.8 oz of 50% polyester / 25% Airlume cotton / 25% rayon at 40 singles, and the slub colours are 4.0 oz of 50% polyester / 37.5% Airlume cotton / 12.5% rayon at 32 singles.

The 8838 decorates by fabric family, so the colour you pick sets the method: the solid and heather colours are poly-majority with no cotton, while the slub and triblend colours carry enough cotton to open DTG and a muted discharge. For DTF, the transfer bonds across all four fabric families at a low-to-standard heat press, the universal and most forgiving route on the slouchy tank, so default to DTF when an order mixes colours from different families; centre the artwork high and use a soft low-bulk film so the print moves with the drape. For screen printing, every family is poly-majority enough to migrate under a hot cure, so run a low-bleed ink and a poly-blocking underbase, keep the deposit light and the cure moderate, and back the light panel so it does not distort. For DTG, only the cotton-content slub colours (37.5% cotton) and triblend colours (25% cotton) take the ink, to a soft faded print, the slub fullest; the poly/viscose solids and heathers carry no cotton and read poorly, so route those to DTF. For water-based and discharge inks, the same cotton-content slub and triblend colours discharge to a muted heathered tone, the slub fullest, while the poly/viscose solids and heathers will not discharge. For vinyl, a light flexible HTV presses at a lower temperature on the heat-sensitive body, so keep the design small and centred high so it moves with the slouchy drape. Embroidery does not apply, since the light 3.7 to 4.0 oz drapy tank with thin straps is too loose to embroider without puckering. Sublimation is not a reliable route, since the viscose, rayon and cotton content does not hold disperse dye and most colours are not a white polyester substrate.

• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• Style: 8838 (Women's Slouchy Tank)
• Fabric: solid 65/35 poly/viscose 3.7 oz; heathers 52/48 poly/viscose; triblend 50/25/25 3.8 oz; slub 50/37.5/12.5 4.0 oz
• Weight: 3.7 to 4.0 oz/yd2 by fabric family
• Construction: Soft poly/viscose, triblend and slub bodies, slouchy drapy fit, thin straps, scooped neck, side-seamed.
• Fit: Women's slouchy drapy fit, thin straps, scooped neck
• Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL
• Colors available: 25 colours across solids, heathers, triblends and slubs (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, gentle. Hang dry or tumble dry low.

The reorder note specific to this style: the 8838 mixes four fabric families, so default to DTF for clean colour across any mixed-colour order, and reserve DTG and discharge for the cotton-content slub and triblend colours only. Hold a light deposit and a low cure on any screen run because every family is poly-majority. Cross-shop the Bella + Canvas 8800 Women's Flowy Racerback Tank to run a fitted racerback in the same soft poly/viscose hand, and step across to the Bella + Canvas 8430 Women's Triblend Racerback Tank when a program wants an all-triblend tank that takes DTG across the whole range. TheClothingSpace stocks the 8838 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.

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