Thucydides

Designer's Notes: Funny how wisdom from ancient times seems to only ring truer the more modern we get. From Thucydides (460–400 BC) - "The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools." The Need-to-Know Basics: Made when ordered, by our own hands, in the USA (Philadelphia, PA). Ships in 2-4 business days: Free Shipping in the USA. Made with ultra-soft, durable, and lightweight poly-spandex fabric. Assembled using durable flatlock stitching and reinforced seams. Printed using dye sublimation that will not peel or fade. 30 Day Love-it-or-Money-Back Guarantee Care Instructions You can prolong the life of your rashguard (and any polyester garment) by washing on mid or low heat and tumble or hang drying. However, you can wash our rashguards at normal heat settings for both wash and dry with good results.  We recommend using a baking soda based or sports specific detergent to get the rashguard completely clean with each wash. Polyester fabrics are not very hospitable to the sorts of biological stuff that results in stink - so with proper washing, there is no reason your rashguard should be able to retain bad smell. If you are not getting good results, wash less cloth at once or switch to a more powerful detergent. The Fine Details: This product is born of the desire to make a truly great grappling rashguard, as good as any of the others available, and made sustainably here in the USA. Our rashguards are made from scratch, as they are ordered, in our Philadelphia facility. We do not carry a pre-made inventory because this always results in wasted material and labor from unsold products. We do not import products from sweatshops overseas, because we believe in providing fair wages and a safe and happy work environment, as well as jobs for people here at home. We recycle and upcycle wherever possible, run our factory on renewable nuclear energy, and package our rashguards in upcycled fabric. Our rashguards are made from a top quality 82% polyester - 18% spandex tricot fabric with a 320 Gram per yard weight. We selected this fabric because it is super soft and  breathable, but still tightly woven enough to be non-see-through, even when wet. We use quality sublimation dyes to achieve vibrant and durable images. We use high quality extruded polyester German thread in all of our seams for a durable and comfortable stitch. All pieces of fabric are joined using a flatlock seam which is extremely durable and low-profile so that seams are not uncomfortable against the skin. We use what is called a bartack stitch to secure each edge seam (collar, waist, and both sleeves). This stitch locks the whole seam in place to make the rashguard's seams as durable as they can possibly be. If you'd like more detail on how we make our rashguards or how we got into this, check out our story here.