Next Level 6200 - Unisex Poly/Cotton Crew - Antique Denim

The Next Level 6200 is the Unisex Poly/Cotton Crew, an extra-light 3.5 oz 65/35 polyester/combed ring-spun cotton jersey spun at a fine 40 singles and fabric-laundered for a soft, broken-in hand on a vintage washed colour card. It is the festival tee a shop reaches for when a program wants the washed retro look of a triblend in a poly-majority poly/cotton at a working unit cost, the default for festival and band merch, soft lifestyle lines, summer event programs, and any run where a lightweight washed drape and a vintage colour like Antique Denim, Stonewash Green or Smoked Paprika decides the order over a flat heavy cotton tee. The 65% polyester carries the slubby vintage drape and holds the washed colour, while the 35% combed ring-spun cotton keeps enough cotton in the face to take a print, and the fabric-laundered finish softens it out of the case.

The 6200 is a 65% poly, 35% cotton blend, and that poly-majority face decides every decoration method. For screen printing, lay a white underbase on every colour for opacity over the washed ground and use low-bleed inks at the lowest effective cure, since the 65% polyester migrates heavily and a hot cure bleeds the garment dye into the print on the darker washes. For DTF, a low-bleed transfer bonds to the poly/cotton face at a controlled press temperature, the most consistent single method across the whole vintage washed colour card. For DTG, the 35% cotton in the face takes pre-treat and ink, but the print reads softer and more muted over the washed poly-cotton than on a 100% cotton tee, the vintage look many fashion buyers want, so reserve the brightest DTG work for the lightest washes. For embroidery, the light 3.5 oz body takes a left-chest design with a cut-away backing and a light fill, since a dense stitch puckers a thin drapey jersey. For vinyl and HTV, a poly-friendly heat-transfer vinyl presses clean on the poly/cotton face at a controlled temperature. Discharge does not apply, since discharge needs to strip dye from cotton and only 35% of this body is cotton, so it fades to almost nothing; route soft prints to a plastisol over a poly-block or to DTF. Sublimation does not apply either, since the 35% cotton in the face will not hold sublimation dye and the washed colour card is not a clean white polyester substrate.

• Brand: Next Level
• Style: 6200 (Next Level Unisex Poly/Cotton Crew)
• Fabric: 65/35 polyester/combed ring-spun cotton, 40 singles, fabric-laundered, vintage washed colour card
• Weight: 3.5 oz/yd2 (extra lightweight)
• Construction: Poly/cotton jersey at 40 singles. Fabric-laundered relaxed unisex body with side seams. Front coverstitched self-fabric set-in collar. Satin tear-away label.
• Fit: Unisex relaxed
• Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL
• Colors available: 20 vintage washed shades from light Silver and Ash to deep Espresso, Indigo and Royal Pine (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: the whole 6200 colour card is a washed poly/cotton, so every colour prints over a washed ground with a white underbase carrying the design, and the vintage washes can vary a touch in shade between dye lots, so confirm a current sample before a large reorder where colour match matters. Pair the 6200 with the Bella + Canvas 3001CVC when a program wants more cotton in the face for a crisper print, and reach for the Next Level 6010 triblend when a softer vintage hand justifies the higher unit cost. TheClothingSpace stocks the 6200 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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