Gildan G180B - Youth Heavy Blend™ 50/50 Fleece Crew - Garnet

The Gildan G180B is the Youth Heavy Blend 50/50 Fleece Crewneck Sweatshirt, the youth crew in the Heavy Blend fleece line, an 8 oz 50/50 cotton/polyester crew built on a finer face yarn that prints smoother and pills less than a basic fleece. That smoother face is the reason a decorator picks it, since a school spirit, youth team or kids' merch order needs a crew that takes a clean print and survives repeated washing. The body runs a classic youth fit in XS-XL with a 1x1 rib collar, cuffs and waistband set with spandex for recovery, and double-needle stitching throughout for durability. The solid colours run a 50/50 blend; Sport Gray and the heather shades run 60/40 cotton/polyester.

The 50% polyester and the fleece weight set the decoration plan, and the methods that suit a heavy crew are not the same as a tee. Screen printing is a strong fit: the Heavy Blend face yarn gives a smoother surface than standard fleece, so lay a white underbase on the coloured grounds, run a low cure to stop the 50% polyester from migrating dye into the print (reds and navys are the usual offenders on a hot fleece), and favour bold and mid-detail art. Embroidery is the natural method on an 8 oz crew: the dense fleece holds a left-chest or full-front logo cleanly with a cut-away backing, and the finer face reduces pilling around the stitches. DTF presses cleanly on the smooth face and stays consistent across the whole colour card, a reliable single method for one artwork. Vinyl and HTV bond with a firm press for names, numbers and letters on a team crew. DTG is not a practical fit here, since the 50% polyester mutes the ink and the thick fleece body fights the platen; route those jobs to screen or DTF. Discharge does not work, because the 50% polyester will not strip. Sublimation does not apply, since the cotton-majority ground will not hold the dye for a clean result; route to a 100% polyester fleece for dye-sub.

• Brand: Gildan
• Style: G180B (Youth Heavy Blend 50/50 Fleece Crewneck Sweatshirt)
• Weight: 8 oz
• Fabric: solids 50/50 cotton/polyester fleece, 20 singles, finer face yarn; Sport Gray and heather colours 60/40 cotton/poly
• Construction: double-needle stitched collar, shoulders, armholes, cuffs and waistband, 1x1 rib with spandex, reduced-pilling face, tear-away label
• Fit: youth classic fit
• Sizes: XS-XL
• Colors available: 13 shades including White, Black, Royal Blue, Navy, Red, Garnet, Maroon, Forest Green, Royal, Safety Pink, Sport Gray, Dark Heather and Graphite Heather (check current availability on the product page)
• Ordering: available by the piece or by the case; confirm current packing per case for your colour before a large order
• Care: Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low. Do not iron decoration.

The reorder note specific to this style: the G180B runs a 50/50 Heavy Blend on the solids and a 60/40 blend on Sport Gray and the heathers, so a print or stitch recipe carries cleanly across the card, but always underbase the coloured grounds and keep the cure low to hold colour. The G180B shares its 8 oz Heavy Blend fleece with the adult Gildan G180 crew and the youth G185B hoodie, so a crew, hoodie and tee program can layer as one matched set across youth and adult sizes, with the youth G500B tee as the lightweight layer. The smoother face holds its print across reorders. TheClothingSpace stocks the G180B 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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