{"id":404,"date":"2013-06-11T14:19:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T19:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/?p=404"},"modified":"2023-01-14T22:48:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T03:48:13","slug":"ring-spun-cotton-t-shirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/ring-spun-cotton-t-shirts\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Ring-Spun Cotton T-Shirts?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many customers often ask us what is the difference between regular cotton and ring-spun cotton.\u00a0 The short short answer to this question is ring-spun is nicer and feels softer.\u00a0 Regular cotton is made from soft vegetable fiber, and is a completely different process than the ring-spun cotton process. These strands of cotton fiber are twisted together to make yarn that is then woven together to make a section of material. Regular cotton is used to make the industry standard t-shirts.\u00a0 Gildan, Hanes, Fruit of the Loom and all the other major mills offer what I call regular cotton t-shirts for all of their best sellers.\u00a0 Regular cotton tees are less expensive and for that reason the mills sell more of these.<\/p>\n

Creating ring-spun cotton is a totally different thing.\u00a0 You start with the same process as the standard cotton tees.<\/p>\n

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Ring-Spun cotton t-shirts are softer and more durable, but cost more than standard cotton t-shirts.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

But in the Ring-spun process the yarn is made by continuously twisting and thinning the strands making a very fine rope of cotton fibers. The twisting makes the little hairs of cotton separate from the rest, resulting in a stronger yarn that feels much softer to the touch.\u00a0 I know this sounds confusing but to the casual buyer of t-shirts it shouldn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n

If you purchase ring-spun cotton t-shirts<\/a> you are getting something different than if you purchase regular t-shirts.\u00a0 It is more durable and lasts longer.\u00a0 Also it can feel heavier than regular cotton even if it isn\u2019t. A 5 oz. ring-spun tee will feel heavier to the touch than a 6 oz. regular cotton.\u00a0 And it will feel softer.\u00a0 But at the end of the day this will cost you more money.\u00a0 Either way, t-shirts are more comfortable and here at The Adair Group we love wearing them to work.\u00a0 It sure beats wearing a suit and tie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many customers often ask us what is the difference between regular cotton and ring-spun cotton.\u00a0 The short short answer to this question is ring-spun is nicer and feels softer.\u00a0 Regular cotton is made from soft vegetable fiber, and is a completely different process than the ring-spun cotton process. These strands of cotton fiber are twisted […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3991,"href":"https:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404\/revisions\/3991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theadairgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}