How Do Hotel People Avoid The Three Major Misunderstandings in Linen Procurement?

Hotel linen has unique advantages in creating atmosphere, optimizing environment, providing humanized and personalized services, so its procurement occupies an important strategic position in hotel management. Blindly pursuing cheap or stubbornly choosing high-end products is not a good purchasing strategy. Only by selecting linen suitable for the hotel can it bring good benefits to the hotel. However, most customers have many misunderstandings about fabrics. Today, Yalan will lead everyone to explore the "secret" of hotel linen, so that customers can better choose hotel linen and avoid being overwhelmed.

 

 

 

 

Either thick fabric is good linen, 40×40 fabric is obviously thicker than 60×40 fabric, 60×40 fabric is obviously thicker than 60×60 fabric, but these thick fabrics are not comfortable.

 

The thickness of the fabric has a great relationship with the thickness of the yarn. Specifically, it is distinguished by the fiber count of the fabric. Fabric count refers to the number of yarns in a square inch of fabric, called British branch, referred to as S.

 

The count is related to the length and weight of the yarn. For example, one tael of cotton is made into 30 yarns with a length of 1 meter, that is 30 counts; one tael of cotton is made into 40 yarns with a length of 1 meter, that is 40 counts; For 1 meter of yarn, that is 60 counts. Therefore, the higher the count, the softer and stronger the fabric, and the relatively thinner the fabric, the better the quality of the fabric.

Obviously, the higher the count, the finer the yarn, the higher the requirements for equipment, the higher the quality of raw materials (cotton), the more expensive the price per ton of yarn, and the higher the cost of cloth.

 

 

Count is the most important index to measure the thickness of yarn. The warp and weft density refers to the number of warp and weft yarns arranged per square inch. For example, the commonly seen "40×40/128×68" means 40 warp and weft yarns respectively, and the warp and weft density is 128×68. An important technical indicator for the purchase of grass supplies.

 

 

The larger the count value (commonly known as "high count"), the finer the yarn, and the more yarns per square inch must be arranged, so the higher the density of the bedding with the same count, the better, high count can be high density, This is what we often hear about "high count and high density" fabrics.

 

 

Hotel quilt covers, bed sheets, pillowcases, pillow covers and other linen will be starched after washing by regular washing companies. The purpose of sizing is to increase the stain resistance of the fabric, prevent the dirt from penetrating into the fiber, and create a "separation layer" between the dirt and the fabric. At the same time, the contaminated quilt cover sheet is easy to remove the dirt when washing.

 

 

Another purpose of sizing is to increase the stiffness of the fabric, prevent the fibers from fluffing, and have a good appearance. If the yarn count density of the fabric does not meet the standard, the so-called thickness of the fabric will be increased by sizing, but this thickness and stiffness are temporary and will disappear after being put into the water.

 

 

Here is an explanation of what mercerizing is in the most common language. The so-called mercerizing refers to the process of washing away the caustic soda after the cotton fabric is treated with concentrated caustic soda to melt the hairs on the surface of the fabric and shrink the fibers in the yarn. After treatment, the shape of cotton fiber changes, the reflection of light becomes more regular, and the surface of cotton fiber becomes very shiny. Mercerizing is a process in the finishing process and has nothing to do with the material of the fabric.

 

 

Factories that do not have mercerizing equipment use the calendering process. Calendering (also called calendering) is a process of flattening the surface of the fabric (fabric) and grinding off the fiber hairs (the hairs on the surface of the cloth) under hot and humid conditions to increase the luster of the fabric. The calender consists of several hard rolls and soft rolls with smooth surfaces. After the fabric is rolled by a combination of hard and soft rolls, the yarn is flattened, the surface is smooth, the luster is enhanced, and the hand feels stiff. However, the durability of the gloss effect of the fabric is poor, and it will gradually lose its luster after several times of water.

Calendering is a mechanical and physical treatment, while mercerizing is a chemical treatment, which are two different things. Therefore, some customers think that the fabric is bright, thin, and made of chemical fiber, which is actually wrong. For the same fabric, mercerized is more expensive than non-mercerized (calendered).

 

The quality of the hotel fabric depends on the yarn count density. High-count and high-density fabrics must be good. The second is to look at the finishing process. Good fabrics have undergone a series of finishing processes such as singeing and mercerizing, and the price is also more expensive. The most important point: When choosing linen, you must choose a manufacturer with guaranteed quality and after-sales service, so that your money is worthwhile.