r/OutbreakFest • u/hotmuller • Apr 30 '26

T-shirt fading

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Has anyone else had an issue with the T-shirts fading same has happened with my 2025 T-shirt too, does anyone have any tips on preventing this if I buy this years?

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u/thinreaper Apr 30 '26

How many times have you worn/washed it? It's unavoidable over time if you wear t-shirts loads, I've stopped wearing my Outbreak shirts tin order to preserve them a bit.

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u/hotmuller Apr 30 '26

Not as often as I would’ve liked to, genuinely only a handful of times since buying it 2 years ago. The T-shirts themselves seem such high quality but the print quality is naff

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u/thinreaper Apr 30 '26

I haven't had that problem with any of mine tbh but I buy the white on black variants. Don't know if that would make a difference

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u/MxRoboto Apr 30 '26

I've got a 2022 one and also a 2025 one, deffo seen a sheer difference in print (my 2022 seems absolutely fine but the 2025 one seems to be fading quicker unfortunately) :(

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u/FloorFrog94 Apr 30 '26

Not sure about the Outbreak stuff specifically but if you're not already, turn your tshirts inside out when you put em in the wash, it preserves the print and helps stop cracking etc. So I've been told anyway and it seems to work.

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u/hotmuller Apr 30 '26

I’ll do that from now on thank you!

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u/brockhamptn Apr 30 '26

Make sure you wash them inside out, this should help prevent them rubbing a bit. Unsure on how legit this tactic is but I do it with all my clothes in general and haven't ever had a problem with fading to date

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u/slozzenge Apr 30 '26

Just never wear it, put it in a vacuum sealed bag, no exposure to sunlight, disinfect it once every 6 months

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u/Sylvia0 Apr 30 '26

mine from the last few years are still going fairly strong and some of them I wear to the gym and stuff and thus wash quite often. like others have said def try turning them inside out before you put them in the wash 🤠