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CVC & Blends

Soft meets durable

Last updated September 14, 2026

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CVC stands for chief value cotton, a cotton/poly blend where cotton is the majority fiber, as opposed to a 50/50. The polyester adds shrink and wrinkle resistance and makes heathers possible, while the cotton keeps a natural .

Quick take

Best for
Heathered merch palettes and hard-washed garments (uniforms, restaurant merch, spiritwear) at a price between open-end and tri-blend.
Watch out
Poly content brings risk past roughly 260°F; use low-cure inks and low-bleed white. DTG underperforms.
Anchor styles
Bella+Canvas 3001CVC, which carries the heather palette the all-cotton 3001 can't.
84 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3001CVC

CVC Jersey Tee

$7.10

Retail $9.45

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What it actually is

Blends pair cotton's softness and breathability with polyester's dimensional stability: less shrinking, less wrinkling, faster drying, and better shape retention through repeated washing. The poly fiber is also what usually carries a CVC heather, since it takes dye differently than the cotton around it.

The anchor is the Bella+Canvas 3001CVC: 52% ring-spun cotton / 48% polyester on its core colors, though the exact split varies by color, at 32 and . It carries the heather palette the all-cotton 3001 can't, at a lower price than tri-blend because there's no rayon in it.

How it prints

The polyester content introduces risk: the dyes on the poly fibers can gas off and bleed into your ink, tinting white prints pink on a red shirt days after curing. Plastisol has to cure hot enough to set, which is into that range, so the job is managing the heat, not avoiding it: run low-cure inks (270–280°F), pair them with a low-bleed white, and don't park blends under a hot .

only reacts with the cotton fibers, so on a blend it produces a faded, vintage result rather than a clean color change. DTG underperforms on poly content; DTF and vinyl don't care and handle blends cleanly.

When to choose it

Choose CVC when the customer wants heathers (that's most modern merch palettes) or when garments will be washed hard and often: staff uniforms, restaurant merch, spiritwear. The blend keeps its fit and color long after 100% cotton fades and shrinks.

Price sits between open-end cotton and tri-blend, which makes CVC the easy upsell: a retail look and more durability than 100% cotton.

Browse CVC & Blends by category

CVC and 50/50 blends land heaviest in fleece and tees, where the heathered colorways live. Each row previews a category's best; the count and Shop all link open the full set.

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T-Shirt 90

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84 colors

Bella + Canvas style number 3001CVC

CVC Jersey Tee

$7.10

Retail $9.45

Save up to 25%

Pants 13

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Shaka Wear style number SHFJP

Unisex Joggers

$16.71

Retail $22.29

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Tank Top 9

Polo Shirt 4

Accessories 3

Shorts 3

Hat 3

Dress Shirt 1

Other 1