Avoid Heat (Cold Wash Only)
Heat will shrink and fade your products. Always wash Bad Workwear in cold water to preserve fabric strength, garment sizing, and color vibrancy.
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Bad Workwear is engineered to withstand tough jobsite conditions. Following proper care instructions keeps your gear performing at its best, extends its lifespan, and ensures high-visibility safety apparel stays compliant with Australian safety standards.
Heat will shrink and fade your products. Always wash Bad Workwear in cold water to preserve fabric strength, garment sizing, and color vibrancy.
Turn pants, fleece, tops, and jackets inside out before washing. This protects printed logos, high-density stitching, and reflective tape from friction in the machine.
Air-dry your garments in the shade. Direct sunlight fades hi-vis colors over time, and tumble dryers generate extreme heat that damages stretch materials and trims.
Fabric softeners coat fibers, ruining moisture-wicking properties, breaking down elastane stretch, and degrading waterproof coatings. Bleach permanently weakens cotton fibers.
Apply a small amount of liquid dishwashing soap directly onto the dry stain, rub gently, let sit for 15 minutes, then cold wash as normal.
Allow mud to dry completely, then brush off excess dirt before placing the item into a cold wash.
Rinse water-based paint immediately with cold water before it dries. Oil-based paint requires a small amount of specialty paint solvent prior to washing.
Yes. Heat will shrink and fade these products. High water temperatures, hot irons, and tumble dryers will shorten garment life, fade colors, and ruin stretch fibers.
Our premium fleece fabrics must be washed with cold water and line dried in the shade. Never use hot water or tumble dry fleece items.
Wash Rain-Defend products on a gentle cold cycle with mild liquid detergent and line dry in the shade. Avoid heat entirely, as heat will damage the zippers and destroy the waterproof function found in our Rain-Defend products.
Fabric softener leaves a waxy chemical coating on clothing fibers. This clogs breathable pores, ruins moisture-wicking capabilities, breaks down stretch elastane, and strips waterproof treatments.
No. Never apply a hot iron directly to reflective tape, as heat will melt the retroreflective film and ruin its safety compliance. Always iron garments inside out on low heat away from reflective panels.