Bella + Canvas B8800 - Women's Flowy Racerback Tank - Brick

The Bella + Canvas B8800 is the Women's Flowy Racerback Tank, the drapy sheer poly/viscose body a decorator reaches for when a women's fashion-tank program wants a soft retail drape and a specialty-fabric colour range rather than the flat hand of a cotton tank. It is the tank for any decorated women's order pitched at a fashion-forward retail look: boutique and resale lines, fitness and studio programs, festival and event merch, and the bachelorette, bridal-party and group runs that buy a soft draped tank by the dozen. The body is a lightweight 3.7 oz of 65% polyester / 35% viscose spun to a fine 32 singles, the sheer drapy jersey that gives the flowy line its loose retail fall. The relaxed fit drapes away from the body, the racerback carries a shearing detail at the seam, the side-seamed construction holds shape, and the merrowed bottom hem finishes the loose drape cleanly. The size range runs XS through 2XL. The colour range is the draw, since beyond the 65/35 solids and neons it carries specialty fabrics at different blends: Marble at 91% poly / 9% cotton, Slub at 50% poly / 37.5% cotton / 12.5% rayon, Athletic Heather at 52/48, and the stripe and Heather Navy colours at 70% rayon / 30% poly.

The B8800 decorates as a poly-majority sheer body, not a cotton tee, which sets the method list and rules out the cotton routes. For DTF, the transfer bonds to the poly/viscose face at a low-to-standard heat press, the standout and most forgiving route across the whole flowy colour mix including the marble and slub specialty fabrics; use a soft low-bulk film so the print moves with the drape rather than stiffening the loose body. For screen printing, the poly-majority fabric migrates 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 sheer panel so it does not distort on the press. For vinyl, a light flexible HTV presses at a lower temperature on the heat-sensitive sheer body, so keep the design small so it moves with the fall of the tank. DTG does not apply, since the 65/35 poly/viscose solids carry no cotton for the ink to bond to and the lightweight sheer face reads poorly even on the cotton-content slubs. Water-based and discharge inks do not apply, since the poly and rayon body will not discharge. Embroidery does not apply, since the sheer drapy 3.7 oz body is too light and loose to embroider without puckering and distortion. Sublimation is not a reliable route, since the viscose and rayon content does not hold disperse dye and most colours are not a white polyester substrate.

• Brand: Bella + Canvas
• Style: B8800 / 8800 (Women's Flowy Racerback Tank)
• Fabric: 65% polyester / 35% viscose, 32 singles (Athletic Heather 52/48; Marble 91% poly / 9% cotton; Slub 50% poly / 37.5% cotton / 12.5% rayon; stripe and Heather Navy 70% rayon / 30% poly)
• Weight: 3.7 oz/yd2 (4.0 oz on the marble and slub specialty fabrics)
• Construction: Sheer drapy flowy jersey, relaxed fit, side-seamed, racerback with shearing at the seam, merrowed bottom hem.
• Fit: Women's relaxed drapy fit, racerback
• Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL
• Colors available: 42 colours across solids, neons, marble, slub, heather and stripe fabrics (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: treat it as a poly-majority fashion body, so default to DTF for clean colour across the whole range and lean on the specialty marble and slub fabrics for a premium retail look a plain cotton tank cannot match. Hold a light deposit and a low cure on any screen run because of the poly migration. Cross-shop the Bella + Canvas B8803 Women's Flowy Scoop Muscle Tank to run the same drapy fabric in a muscle cut with a rolled armhole, and step across to the Bella + Canvas 6488 Women's Relaxed Jersey Tank when a program wants a 100% Airlume cotton body that takes DTG and discharge instead of the sheer poly flowy. TheClothingSpace stocks the B8800 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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