Custom Work Shirts for Georgia Crews

Work shirts are the most under-specced garment in custom apparel. People order a generic Gildan tee for a construction crew, the shirts blow out after three weeks of real use, and the customer blames the shop. A real work shirt program means matching the blank to the actual work, picking the right decoration method for the wash cycle, and not cheaping out on thread or ink. We do this every day for Georgia crews.

For most Georgia trades, our default work shirt is a Carhartt CT104293 short-sleeve or CT104290 long-sleeve in a heavy weight, embroidered chest, with optional back-panel name or company line. Carhartt holds up. The seams do not blow out. The collar does not crumble after the first wash. It costs more than a Gildan but it lasts five times as long, so the per-day cost is actually lower.

For hi-vis and ANSI-rated safety apparel, we work with Kishigo, ML Kishigo, and the Carhartt hi-vis line. ANSI Class 2 and Class 3 vests, hi-vis tees, and reflective long-sleeves — all decorated with embroidery on the chest (so OSHA-required reflectivity is not blocked) and screen print or DTF on the back panel for the company name and individual identification.

For crew tees — the daily-wear work shirt for trades that do not need hi-vis — we use Gildan 5000 (the toughest standard-weight tee on the market), Comfort Colors 1717 for premium feel, and Bayside 5060 for crews that go through tees aggressively. Decoration is usually screen print for runs over 50 or DTF for runs under 50 and for full-color logos.

For outerwear, we stock embroidered Carhartt jackets (J130, J133, the Sandstone Active, the Quilt-Lined Loose Fit), Berne work jackets (BHJ24, the Highland Original), and Carhartt softshells for crews that need a moisture-resistant shell. Embroidery is the right call for jackets — screen print on jacket fabric is brittle and chips off in cold weather.