trim color on polo shirt

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Dholloway1962

Then again the buttons on the ones from ASA are supposed to be powder blue but will turn pink.

Only if you dry them in a dryer. Let them air dry, and they won't turn pink. I've got some shirts that are around 5 years old, and their buttons are still a perfectly matching blue.

[Dholloway1962]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Only if you dry them in a dryer. Let them air dry, and they won't turn pink. I've got some shirts that are around 5 years old, and their buttons are still a perfectly matching blue.

A button shouldn't fade because of drying (which I know is the cause), it's a known defect they won't fix. Cheap materials!

[shipwreck]

My wife absolutely refuses to put my umpire shirts in the dryer. I have probably 4 or 5 shirts that have NEVER seen the inside of a dryer and still had pink buttons after awhile. She replaced them and they are fine now. Dave

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

Only if you dry them in a dryer. Let them air dry, and they won't turn pink. I've got some shirts that are around 5 years old, and their buttons are still a perfectly matching blue.

Not true. I always air dry mine, and about half of the ASA shirts have pink buttons. It seems to take them about two years to change, so I am expecting the more recent ones I have purchased to change at any time.

For NFHS and NCAA/NJCAA/NAIA, I use the good quality Dalco shirts. I have some that are pushing a decade that still look crisp and new.

[shipwreck]

Scott, the only Dalco umpire shirt I can find is the mini or micro mesh. Is that the one you are talking about? I have one of these but wasn't sure if that was the one you had since you said the good quality Dalco shirt. I didn't know if Dalco had different quality shirts. Dave

[NCASAUmp]

I've always used Tide with the bleach alternative. My buttons have started falling off, but they've never turned pink since I started air drying them.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

I've always used Tide with the bleach alternative. My buttons have started falling off, but they've never turned pink since I started air drying them.

Well...mine are washed in cold, with a good detergent, and always air dried yet, like I stated above, the buttons still have turned.

[NCASAUmp]

Originally Posted by Skahtboi

Well...mine are washed in cold, with a good detergent, and always air dried yet, like I stated above, the buttons still have turned.

Don't know what to tell ya, my man. Maybe something in your water? I don't know.

I just checked my account on OfficialGear, and I must make a correction... The shirts are 3.5 years old, not 5. Either way, they're old, but their buttons are still blue.

[NDblue]

My powder blue shirts still have blue buttons. They're 4 or 5 years old. They were purchased through officialgear.com. You guys with pink buttons, do you have hard or soft water?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by NCASAUmp

I've always used Tide with the bleach alternative. My buttons have started falling off, but they've never turned pink since I started air drying them.

That is what I used once I saw the problem. Lent a couple shirts to a fellow umpire for a national. They came back nice and clean and with pink buttons.

Not saying that the heat is completely out of the picture, but quite possible bleach-type substances probably helped.

[Skahtboi]

Originally Posted by shipwreck

Scott, the only Dalco umpire shirt I can find is the mini or micro mesh. Is that the one you are talking about? I have one of these but wasn't sure if that was the one you had since you said the good quality Dalco shirt. I didn't know if Dalco had different quality shirts. Dave

Yeah. They have a cheaper quality one as well, that usually sells for around 18-20 bucks. (Or at least they used to.)