Gildan G530 - Unisex Heavy Cotton™ Pocket T-Shirt - Orange

The Gildan G530 is the Unisex Heavy Cotton Pocket T-Shirt, the pocket version of the Heavy Cotton tee, a 5.3 oz 100% cotton short-sleeve blank with a double-needle left-chest pocket. The Heavy Cotton fabric is a carded open-end cotton, the same durable midweight jersey behind the G500, and the pocket is the reason a decorator picks it: a work, crew, uniform or merch order that wants a pocket tee at a value price reaches for this over a plain crew. The body is quarter-turned to eliminate the centre crease, runs a classic unisex fit in S-3XL, and the Safety Green colour is ANSI/ISEA 107 compliant for high-visibility work programs. Most colours are 100% cotton solids; Sport Gray runs 90/10 and Graphite Heather and Safety Green run 50/50.

The pocket changes the print plan before the blend does, since the left-chest pocket takes the spot a left-chest logo normally lands. Put a small logo on the pocket itself, or move the design to a centred full-front or a full-back, both of which the pocket leaves clear. Screen printing prints clean on the 100% cotton solids: run straight on white and light bodies and over a white underbase on darks; the carded open-end yarn holds bold and mid-detail art well. On the 50/50 Graphite Heather and Safety Green, lay a white underbase and run a low cure, since the 50% polyester migrates dye strongly, and the Safety Green fluorescent dye is especially prone to bleed. DTG prints well on the cotton solids with a pretreat and near-solid on the 90/10 Sport Gray, while the 50/50 shades read muted; the pocket blocks a left-chest DTG placement, so centre the art. Discharge strips the 100% cotton solids to a soft vintage hand, ideal on the cotton bodies; the 90/10 Sport Gray wants a wash-test, and the 50/50 Graphite Heather and Safety Green will not discharge to a clean white. DTF presses consistently across the whole card and is the reliable single method for one artwork. Embroidery runs on the pocket or above it with a cut-away backing. Vinyl and HTV bond cleanly for names and numbers. Sublimation does not apply, since the cotton body will not hold the dye; route to a 100% polyester tee for dye-sub.

• Brand: Gildan
• Style: G530 (Unisex Heavy Cotton Pocket T-Shirt)
• Weight: 5.3 oz
• Fabric: 5.3 oz 100% preshrunk cotton on solids; Sport Gray 90/10; Graphite Heather and Safety Green 50/50 cotton/poly
• Construction: classic fit, seamless double-needle 7/8 inch collar, taped neck and shoulders, double-needle pocket, sleeve and bottom hem, quarter-turned, left-chest pocket, tear-away label
• Fit: unisex classic fit
• Sizes: S-3XL
• Colors available: 15 shades including White, Red, Black, Navy, Purple, Royal, Heliconia, Sapphire, Maroon, Irish Green, Orange, Charcoal, Sport Gray, Graphite Heather and ANSI-compliant Safety Green (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: confirm whether your colourway is a 100% cotton solid, the 90/10 Sport Gray or a 50/50 shade (Graphite Heather, Safety Green) before a repeat run, because the blend changes how discharge and DTG read, and remember the pocket takes the left-chest print spot. The G530 shares the 5.3 oz Heavy Cotton fabric with the non-pocket G500 tee and the G540 long sleeve, so a pocket-and-crew run can print as one matched programme. The firm midweight body holds its shape and print across reorders at a value price. TheClothingSpace stocks the G530 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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