Gildan G500B - Youth Heavy Cotton™ T-Shirt - Heather Red

The Gildan G500B is the Youth Heavy Cotton tee, a 5.3 oz 100% US cotton blank that runs the same Heavy Cotton body as the adult G500 cut down to youth sizing. It is the blank a shop reaches for when a kids' job needs the lowest unit cost on a durable cotton tee, which makes it the default for school spirit wear and youth team kits, camp and church-group tees, youth fundraiser and event runs, and any high-volume program that prints the same design across adult and youth sizes and wants one consistent fabric across the whole order.

The youth-specific note on the G500B before you print is compliance: it carries a CPSIA tracking label, so it meets the children's product safety tracking requirement school and youth programs ask for, and the Safety Green colour meets the ANSI/ISEA 107 high-visibility standard for crossing-guard and event-safety use. After that, plan for the same Heavy Cotton blend trap that runs across the Gildan value line: solid colours are 100% cotton, Ash Grey is 99/1, Sport Grey is 90/10, and the Dark Heather, Graphite Heather, Heather, Neon, and Safety colours all jump to 50/50 cotton/polyester, so one artwork can land on two very different substrates by colour. For screen printing, the 20-singles open-end yarn carries bold spot colour and heavy ink well and the preshrunk knit sits flat, but on the 50/50 colours lay a grey poly-blocking underbase and cure at the lowest effective temperature to stop dye migration, and scale the art down for the smaller youth print field on a youth platen. For DTF, the transfer bonds to the cotton at standard heat-press settings; size the transfer to the youth chest and use a low-bleed film on the 50/50 colours. For DTG, the 100% cotton solids pre-treat and print with good cotton-ink vibrancy, so favour the solids over the 50/50 colours. For water-based and discharge, the 100% cotton solids discharge cleanly while the polyester in the 50/50 colours will not. For embroidery, the 5.3 oz body is a stable base for a left-chest design with a cut-away backing, kept light on a small youth panel so it does not pucker.

• Brand: Gildan
• Style: G500B (Gildan Youth Heavy Cotton T-Shirt, manufacturer style 5000B)
• Fabric: 100% US cotton preshrunk jersey, 20 singles; Ash Grey 99/1; Sport Grey 90/10; Dark Heather, Graphite Heather, Heather, Neon and Safety colours 50/50 cotton/polyester
• Weight: 5.3 oz/yd2
• Construction: Heavyweight open-end cotton, tubular classic-fit body. Preshrunk. Non-topstitched 3/4 inch rib collar. Taped neck and shoulders. Double-needle sleeve and bottom hems. Tear-away label. CPSIA tracking-label compliant.
• Fit: Youth classic fit
• Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL
• Colors available: 50+ colours across solids, Sport Grey, heathers, Neon, and Safety (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: confirm whether your colour is a 100% cotton solid, a 99/1 Ash Grey, a 90/10 Sport Grey, or a 50/50 Heather/Neon/Safety before a repeat run, because the substrate changes your underbase and cure. Pair the G500B with the adult Gildan G500 Heavy Cotton when a program prints one design across youth and adult sizes on a single fabric, and step up to a ring-spun youth tee like the LAT 6101 when a kids' job wants a softer hand and finer print detail. TheClothingSpace stocks the G500B 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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