Start with what is missing
An absence is the honest opening to any care guide for this label. No washing or care instructions are posted anywhere by That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup: not on the product pages, not in any care section, not in a policy page. No global reference document exists to fall back on, since its two size-chart pages render without any chart or care content at all. An FAQ is there, that an awful lot of cough syrup but payments, shipping and refunds are all it covers, and it stops there. Because the brand has given none, nothing below can be passed off as the brand’s instruction. General garment-care practice for the fabric weights and constructions the brand does publish is what comes next, kept clearly separate from the handful of things it actually states.
Fabric by fabric, then: what the brand does publish
The silence on care is the more noticeable for specifications that go into this much detail about weight and composition. At the brand’s own store as of September 2026 the classic tees are published as 6.5 oz, 100 percent organic cotton in a relaxed fit, about $150. At about $200 on the same date, the Classic Cough Syrup Hoodie is 16 oz organic cotton, hand-dyed and printed in Los Angeles, and prices do change. Published at 80 percent cotton and 20 percent recycled polyester, the classic sweatpants come as a 14 oz fleece. The Double Cup Cargo Shorts are cut from 14 oz denim, garment-dyed by what the brand calls a double dye process to mimic sun-fading. The Dickies pieces are a 65/35 cotton-polyester blend, and garments carry the signature yellow woven label.
Organic cotton jersey
Most cough syrup clothing you are likely to own sits on this fabric, which is also the best documented of them. Composition at 100 percent organic cotton, weight at 6.5 oz, a relaxed cut and jumbo screen prints front and back are the things the brand does state. The fabric has already been through water before it reached you in some lighter styles, which are described as cotton jersey that has been rinsed for a vintage feel. Wash temperature, cycle, drying and ironing: nothing is said by the brand about any of it. A mid-weight cotton jersey with a large print is, as general practice, washed cool and inside out, dried gently, and kept away from direct heat at the print. What is described there is standard handling for that fabric and construction, and not something the label has told anyone to do.
The heavyweight cotton and fleece
The heavy end of the range holds two pieces. Unusually heavy for a hood, the awful lot of cough syrup hoodie in the classic cut is published as 16 oz organic cotton, hand-dyed and printed in Los Angeles. A 14 oz fleece at 80 percent cotton and 20 percent recycled polyester is what the sweatpants are, with the logo screen printed across the front and up the back legs. No published wash instruction, no shrinkage note and no drying recommendation comes with either of them. Since dense fabrics take their shape from how they dry, general practice for heavy cotton fleece is a cool wash, a gentle cycle to protect the loft, and drying flat or on low heat. Cold water and separate washing while colour settles would ordinarily be warranted by a hand-dyed piece, but the brand specifies none of it.
Raw and dyed denim
The denim is the most interesting case here and the least documented. The published detail on the Double Cup Cargo Shorts runs to the weight, 14 oz, the finish, garment-dyed by a double dye process meant to mimic sun-fading, and a custom leather patch. Whether that denim is raw or pre-washed, whether it will shrink, and whether the dye will transfer to lighter fabrics or upholstery: it publishes none of that. That last question is live with any garment-dyed indigo or overdyed piece, and no answer exists on the site. Rare washing, inside out, in cold water with like colours, and air-drying rather than machine-drying is general practice with heavy dyed denim. That is, again, the normal way heavy dyed denim is handled, not an instruction from the brand.
Cotton-poly workwear pieces
Polyester content is why the Dickies line behaves differently from everything else here. 65 percent cotton and 35 percent polyester is the published blend across the work shirt and the lined jacket, the classic workwear ratio and the most forgiving fabric here. Workwear has used them for decades since such blends are more stable than pure cotton, less prone to shrinking and quicker to dry. The blend and the construction are published, down to the pencil pocket on the jacket sleeve, yet no care guidance whatsoever. A warm or cool machine wash and a low drying heat is general practice for a 65/35 shirt, since high heat is harder on polyester than on cotton. A different proposition is the fully lined jacket, and lined outerwear is often handled professionally rather than at home.
About the screen-printed graphics
Because they are the reason most people bought the garment, the prints deserve separate treatment. What the brand’s own copy sets out is jumbo screen prints at front and back, artwork screen-printed in Los Angeles, and water-based screen printing on some of the lighter tees. The brand does not label which pieces use which, although water-based inks sit into the fabric rather than on top of it and feel softer, while thicker prints sit on the surface. Whether a print should be washed inside out, ironed over or tumble dried: nothing is published about any of it. Turning the garment inside out, holding the water cool, skipping the dryer where possible, and never pressing a hot iron onto the print is general practice for a large screen print. The usual outcome of heat is cracked or faded artwork, heat being the one variable you control entirely.
Storage, plus the things nobody writes down
Storage is the point where the absence of published guidance matters least, because the physics are the same for everyone. Heavy knits behave badly on hangers: a 16 oz hoodie or a 14 oz fleece can stretch its own shoulders over months, so folding is the usual recommendation. A crowded rail creases prints along fold lines that can become permanent, even though lighter tees hang fine. Folded, or hung by the waistband away from direct sunlight, is where denim is happiest, since light will fade a dyed finish unevenly. The real enemy across all of it is damp, which nothing about alocs clothing changes. What is written here is not brand guidance but ordinary practice for those weights, and it is worth saying plainly because the brand says nothing.
The full picture in one table
Two categories matter here, and the table separates them. What the brand actually publishes fills one column, and it is a useful set of facts about weight and composition. General practice for that fabric goes in another column, drawn from how such fabrics are normally handled and not from the label. Knowing what has not been answered is as useful as knowing what has, which is why the last column names the gap. The same emptiness described here is what searchers who type thats a awful lot of cough syrup looking for a wash symbol will find. Any care chart attributed to this brand elsewhere should be read as somebody’s reconstruction, not a published document.
| Fabric | What the brand does publish | General handling for that fabric | What the brand does not publish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organic cotton jersey fabric | 6.5 oz organic cotton, relaxed fit and jumbo prints | Cool wash, inside out, and gentle drying | Temperature, cycle, shrinkage, and ironing |
| Heavy cotton, and fleece | 16 oz cotton hoodie, hand-dyed; 14 oz 80/20 fleece | A cool gentle wash, dried flat or on low heat | Anything on hand-dye colour settling |
| Dyed denim | 14 oz denim, garment-dyed, leather patch | Wash rarely, cold, inside out, and air-dry | Raw or pre-washed, shrinkage and dye transfer |
| Cotton-poly workwear pieces | 65 percent cotton with 35 percent polyester | A warm or cool wash, low drying heat | Care for the lined jacket |
| Screen-printed artwork | Screen-printed in Los Angeles, and some water-based ink | Inside out, cool water, and no direct iron | Ink type per garment, and heat tolerance |
That gap, and living with it
Against the clothes this is no argument at all. Serious garments is what a 16 oz hoodie and 14 oz denim are, with published specifications better than many labels bother with. Specification and care are two different documents, and only one of them exists here; that is the gap. Where a definitive answer matters, ask at the brand’s own store or its locations in Los Angeles and Houston, because that answer beats anything inferred from a fabric weight. Until then the sensible position on any awful lot of cough syrup piece is caution: cool water, low heat, inside out, and patience with a garment hand-dyed and screen-printed rather than mass-finished. What has just spoken is general practice, and it should be read in that light and no other.