WASHING GUIDELINES

Cotton is a natural fiber that "breathes" which makes it cooler to wear than a cotton/poly mix, but makes it more susceptible to wrinkling. Cotton gets creases on washing and wrinkles when worn. Many colored cottons fabrics are non-colorfast so wash them separately when new. Cotton is weakened and may be destroyed by contact with acids - even mild ones like fruit juice - if left for long periods.

Wash Care:

• Cotton can be easily laundered, it can withstand warm temperatures
• Any good detergent can be used to wash cotton.
• Chlorine bleach can be used safely on cotton whites, use color safe bleach on dyed cottons.
• Since cotton wrinkle easily so they will require ironing.
• A higher heat setting is needed in the dryer to dry cotton. Cotton will take much longer to dry than less absorbent fibers, but do not set the temperature too high or dry the shirts for too long, or it will create excessive shrinkage.
• Cotton can be ironed with a hot iron.

Our Linens League shirts can be safely washed using a normal wash cycle, but will definitely need ironing. Linen shirts will need to be washed a couple of times to "soften" up the fabric. Our Linen shirts will shrink depending on how much you wash and dry them, to avoid excess shrinkage try dry cleaning. Dry cleaning them always will not get that initial softening effect you need, so they should be washed a couple of times at first if you plan to dry clean them always.

 Wash Care:

• Linen shirts and Cotton Linen shirts can be washed easily and become softer with use.
• You can use gentle bleach in small amounts on your White Linen shirts.
• If you wash and dry your Linen shirts at home there is a tendency for colored shirts to fade.
• Generally speaking, dry cleaning is recommended if you do not want to see a lot of shrinkage or fading with your Linen shirts.
• Linen fabrics will need frequent ironing to reduce wrinkling.