Port Authority K500 - Unisex Silk Touch Polo - Gold

The Port Authority K500 is the Silk Touch Polo, a 5 oz 65/35 poly/cotton pique knit that runs as the default corporate and uniform polo for an embroidered logo program. The 65/35 pique is the point: the polyester majority gives the polo its wrinkle and shrink resistance and a silky soft hand that holds a pressed look through repeat industrial wash, while the cotton keeps the pique face soft against the skin, so a uniform polo reads clean shift after shift rather than creasing like a 100% cotton pique. That makes it the polo a shop reaches for when a program wants a low-maintenance embroidered corporate body, the default for staff and uniform programs, hospitality and front-desk wear, golf and event polos, and any run where wrinkle resistance and a clean embroidered chest decide the order over a 100% cotton pique that needs pressing.

The K500 is built for embroidery first, and the 65/35 pique is the one fact that decides the method. For embroidery, the 5 oz pique knit takes a left-chest corporate logo cleanly with a cut-away backing, the dense pique giving a stable base for a sharp stitch, the primary and most consistent method on this polo. For screen printing, the pique face takes a plastisol print on the flat back panel for a name or team mark; because 65% of the body is polyester, lay a grey poly-block underbase and cure at the lowest effective temperature so the dye does not migrate, and keep the print off the collar, placket and seamed chest. For DTF and heat transfer, a transfer bonds to the pique face at a controlled press temperature, the right method for player names and numbers on a team polo, use a low-bleed film on the darks to hold migration out of the print. For vinyl and HTV, heat-transfer vinyl names and numbers press clean on the flat back at a controlled temperature for uniform numbering. DTG does not suit this body, since the textured pique knit and 65% polyester give a muted, broken print, route flat artwork to embroidery or DTF instead. Discharge does not apply, since the 65% polyester will not strip dye, and sublimation does not apply, since the cotton-blend pique is not a polyester sublimation substrate.

• Brand: Port Authority
• Style: K500 (Port Authority Silk Touch Polo)
• Fabric: 65% polyester / 35% cotton pique knit
• Weight: 5.0 oz/yd2
• Construction: Pique knit. Flat knit collar and cuffs. 3-button placket with metal buttons and dyed-to-match plastic rims. Side vents. Double-needle armhole seams and hem. Tag-free label. Wrinkle and shrink resistant.
• Fit: Unisex classic fit
• Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL, 5XL, 6XL
• Colors available: 35+ colours across solids (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 with like colours. Do not bleach. Tumble dry low.

The reorder note specific to this style: the 65/35 pique holds colour and shape consistently across lots, which makes it a safe repeat-order body for a uniform program, but confirm your colour across runs since a poly-rich pique can read slightly different between dye batches, and match your embroidery thread or transfer base to the panel, a light or metallic thread and a white DTF base on the dark colours. Pair the K500 with the Port Authority K540 Silk Touch Performance Polo when a program wants a moisture-wicking 100% polyester body on the same colour card, and cross-shop the Gildan G648 Softstyle Pique Polo when a job wants a lower unit cost. TheClothingSpace stocks the K500 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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