The perfect care label solution. Your logo. Your instructions. Your label.

✓ Fully customizable. Add your logo, QR code, washing symbols and fiber content.
✓ Soft satin, OEKO-TEX certified. Gentle enough for babywear and sensitive skin.
✓ Thermal transfer print. Stays sharp through repeated hot washes. No bleeding, no fading.
✓ Welded edges. Sealed rather than cut, so they do not fray in the drum.
✓ Two sizes, three finishes. Sew-in, sew-on or centre fold.
✓ From 100 labels for $45. Free 1:1 PDF proof before you order.

Custom care labels printed on soft satin

Custom care labels do two jobs at once. They tell your customer how to wash the garment, and it tells them who made it. Get it wrong and you get returns, faded prints and a garment that looks cheap the first time someone checks the collar.

Our custom care labels are printed on 100% polyester satin using thermal transfer. The ink is fused into the satin surface rather than sitting on top of it, so the text and symbols stay legible through repeated hot washes. Edges are welded closed, not cut, so they do not fray in the drum.

Super Label Store produces custom care labels from 100 pieces for $45. Add your own logo or a QR code, choose sew-in, sew-on or centre fold, and download a free 1:1 PDF proof before anything goes into production.

What has to go on a clothing care label

Most apparel sold at retail in the United States needs more than a wash symbol. Between the FTC Care Labeling Rule and the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, a compliant garment label typically carries four pieces of information.

Requirements differ outside the United States and they change over time. Treat the table above as a starting point rather than legal advice, and confirm the current rules for every market you sell into before you finalize your artwork.

One requirement is worth calling out because it is the one most often missed: the label has to stay attached and legible for the useful life of the garment. A printed care label that fades after ten washes is not compliant, however correct the wording was on day one. That is the whole reason we print these the way we do.

Specifications

Satin, acetate or woven: what care labels are made of

Super Label Store prints care labels on 100% polyester satin. Satin describes the weave rather than the fibre: a smooth, dense face that takes fine print without the weave breaking up the characters. That matters more than it sounds, because a row of care symbols, a fibre content line and a country of origin have to fit legibly inside 60 x 20 mm.

Acetate care labels are the traditional alternative and you will still see them offered. Acetate is a cellulose-based fibre with a softer, more fluid hand than polyester. The trade off is heat and wash resistance: acetate is less tolerant of high temperatures and repeated hot washing. Since a care label has to stay legible for the working life of the garment, and goes through every wash the garment does, we print on polyester satin instead. If you have been quoted an acetate satin care label elsewhere, that is the difference.

Woven care labels are a different product, not a better one. A woven label builds its design from colored yarn on a jacquard loom rather than printing onto a surface. That is ideal for a brand mark and poor for care information: small type, long fibre percentages and a sequence of symbols all sit below what thread can resolve cleanly. The practical answer is to use both, which is why most garments carry a woven label at the neck and a printed care label in the side seam. For the neck label, see our custom woven labels.

Care label printing at Super Label Store is thermal transfer rather than inkjet or screen printing. The section below explains why that choice determines whether the label is still readable at wash fifty.

Why thermal transfer survives the wash

Thermal transfer uses a heated printhead to move pigment from a ribbon onto the satin, where it bonds to the surface. There is no wet ink sitting on top of the weave waiting to crack, and nothing to bleed into neighbouring fabric the first time the garment gets washed with something dark.

In practice that means three things for your customer:

• No fading. Symbols and fiber content stay readable after repeated washing at high temperature.
• No bleeding. The print does not migrate into the garment, which matters most on light-colored fabrics.
• No fraying. Welded edges seal the satin instead of leaving a raw cut that unravels in the drum.

This is the difference between washing labels that still do the job at wash fifty and one that is an illegible grey smear by wash ten.

Choosing between the two sizes

2.4 x 0.8 in (60 x 20 mm). The compact option. Comfortable on lightweight garments, kidswear and accessories where a larger label would be felt against the skin. Fits a row of care symbols plus a short fiber content line.

2.8 x 1.2 in (70 x 30 mm). The working size for most brands. Room for care symbols, fiber content, country of origin and a small logo, or the same information in two languages.

If you choose centre fold, plan your layout around the finished size rather than the flat size. Folding halves the visible height and gives you two printable faces, so a 2.8 x 1.2 in label finishes at roughly 2.8 x 0.6 in per side. Many brands use this deliberately: brand and logo on the front face, care and compliance information on the back.

Adding a QR code is possible and increasingly common, usually pointing to a care guide or a product registration page. Keep it as large as the layout allows and check it on the printed proof at actual size before you commit to a full run. A QR code that scans perfectly on screen can be too small to read once it is printed at 0.4 inches square.

Sew-in, sew-on or centre fold

• Sew-in. Stitched into a side seam or neck seam so only the printed face is visible. The standard choice for garments with a finished seam.
• Sew-on. Stitched flat onto the garment on all four sides. Used where there is no seam to hide the label in, and on home textiles.
• Centre fold. Folded down the middle and stitched into a seam, giving two printed faces and a clean folded edge.

Washing labels are made for stitching rather than heat application. If you need a no-sew option for branding, our custom woven labels are available with heat-seal backing.

Who orders custom care labels

• Clothing brands that need compliant garment care labels for retail without ordering tens of thousands at a time
• Handmade sellers and Etsy shops adding fabric content labels to give a homemade product a finished, professional look
• Kidswear and baby clothing makers who need a soft satin label that will not irritate sensitive skin
• Activewear and performance lines where technical fabrics carry specific washing restrictions that have to survive frequent laundering
• Home textile brands labelling bedding, towels and soft goods
• Uniform and workwear suppliers who need laundry labels that hold up to industrial washing cycles

Quantities and pricing

Custom care labels at Super Label Store start at 100 pieces for $45. The unit price drops automatically as the quantity rises, so a larger run costs meaningfully less per label.

From 1,000 labels you can enter your own quantity rather than picking a preset, in increments of 100. So 1,100, 1,500 and 2,000 are all valid, which is useful when you are ordering against a production run rather than a round number.

Not sure which washing symbols you need?

The symbols are standardised, but which ones belong on your specific garment depends on the fabric, the dye and the construction. Our guide to care label symbols explains what each symbol means and how the washing, bleaching, drying, ironing and professional cleaning families fit together, so you can build the right sequence before you start designing.