Custom Shirts for Auto Repair Shops
Custom shirts and polos for auto repair shops: dark colors that live with grease, no minimum, so buy one, wash it hard, then order for the whole crew.
Nothing in a shop washes out. Gear oil, brake dust, the black thumbprint on the hem where somebody wiped a hand before grabbing a clipboard — it stays. So don't guess at what survives your bays. Buy one shirt, work in it, and let it tell you.
Buy One Shirt First
There is no minimum here — one piece is a real order, and every size from S to 3XL costs the same per piece. Order a single shirt in the design you're considering, hand it to whoever is hardest on clothes, and give it a full week and a hot wash. You'll know by Friday whether the color holds and whether the print sits where a seatbelt and a fender cover rub it. Then order for the crew. That matters more here than in most trades, because custom prints can't come back for a size ordered in error or a change of mind — the one-shirt trial is the return policy you actually get. A wrong or defective print is different: send a photo within 14 days and it gets reprinted or refunded.
What the Wash Test Will Tell You About Color
It'll tell you to go dark. Black, Navy, and Forest absorb a working week, and grime on them reads as a shift's work rather than damage. Light colors keep a record of every job, and no degreaser walks that back. Light ink on a dark shirt still carries from across the lot — the color guide covers which combinations hold their contrast.
The Counter Shirt Wears Out Slower
A tech's shirt is a consumable. The adult tee ($24.99) gets worn through, and the long sleeve ($28.99) covers cold mornings before the bay warms up; plan on replacing both. A service advisor's shirt lives a different life — it gets read from four feet away by someone deciding whether to trust an estimate they weren't expecting — so it's usually a polo ($32.99) in the same Black or Navy, on its own slower replacement cycle. Same front design across all of it, so the shop reads as one shop from the waiting room window. Fit and sizing are on the custom polos page.
Names, and the Rest of the Order
Shop culture runs on the tech customers ask for by name, and a name can go straight into the artwork. Describe what you want in plain English or upload your logo, then chat until it looks right — designing is free, you pay at checkout. New hire starting Monday? That's a one-shirt order. Mixed garments and sizes ship together, printed to order by US partners: about 2-5 business days plus shipping, with tracking. Front print only during beta, so keep the shop name legible at chest size. More on outfitting a whole staff: uniforms for small businesses.