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Comfort Colors · Style 1717 · Garment-Dyed Heavyweight
The garment-dyed heavyweight with the faded, lived-in color that reads as premium the second someone picks it up. If you are selling merch instead of giving shirts away, this is the blank with the highest perceived value we print.
Real numbers back the same business day — not a range.
Tap a color to see the actual blank up top — your picks ride along invisibly when you send the quote form.
Garment photos are supplier stock images of the actual blank. Because every 1717 is dyed as a finished shirt, Comfort Colors states that slight color variation between pieces and dye lots is normal - it is part of the vintage look. We confirm the shade on your mockup, and on larger runs we print a strike-off from your actual dye lot.
Tell us what you are printing and roughly how many. We come back the same business day with real numbers, not a range.
| Style number | Comfort Colors 1717 (SanMar 1717) |
|---|---|
| Fabric | 100% ring-spun US cotton, garment-dyed, soft-washed |
| Weight | 6.1 oz/yd² heavyweight |
| Fit | Relaxed, boxy retail fit |
| Construction | Seamless tubular body |
| Colors | 68 |
| Sizes | Runs S and up; the size range varies by color |
Not every color comes in every size, and popular colors sell through at the mills seasonally - tell us your color and sizes and we will confirm live stock the same day. Need a fit sample first? Ask and we will send one.
This is the part most printers will not tell you before they take your money.
100% cotton means none of the polyester bleed problems performance blanks have. Ink goes down predictably, run after run.
Comfort Colors says it plainly: garment-dyeing means slight color variation between pieces and between lots. A reorder six months later can sit a shade off the original. We print lot-specific strike-offs on larger runs and never promise exact PMS matching on garment-dyed goods.
The washed, slightly fuzzy face absorbs more ink than a flat carded tee, so we adjust the deposit to keep prints bright without going heavy-handed.
Deciding between this and another blank? Our guide to the best shirts for screen printing ranks the top ten by what we actually print. For the soft retail-fit alternative, see the Next Level 6210.
24 pieces, with no setup fees. You can mix colors and sizes inside that 24 as long as the printed design is the same.
Because each 1717 is dyed as a finished garment rather than cut from pre-dyed fabric. Comfort Colors states that slight variation between pieces and dye lots is normal. That variation is exactly what gives the shirt its vintage, lived-in look - a perfectly uniform 1717 would not be a 1717.
Very close, but garment-dyed goods can sit a shade off between dye lots. On larger runs we print a strike-off from your actual lot before running, and we keep your art and specs on file so everything else matches exactly.
Most of the shrinkage happens at the mill - the shirt is dyed and washed before it ever reaches you. Wash cold and tumble dry low and it holds its relaxed fit well.
It is a 6.1 oz heavyweight, so it wears warmer than a 4.3 oz fashion tee. Customers buy it anyway - the structure and the faded color are the point. If your crew works outside in July, ask us about the Next Level 6210 or a performance blank instead.
On garment-dyed blanks we match to the closest stock color rather than promising an exact PMS match - the dye process makes exact matching impossible, and any shop that promises it on a 1717 is setting you up for a dispute. Your print colors, on the other hand, we match precisely.
Both. We are in Deerfield Beach and plenty of customers pick up, but we ship orders anywhere in the US.
24-piece minimum. No setup fees. Same-day pricing from a shop that runs this blank every week.
Want the soft retail-fit alternative? See the Next Level 6210, our screen printing services, or contact us.