How To Maintain Hotel Linens While Saving Money And Improving Service Levels?

The hotel linens used in hotels have a certain lifespan, so in addition to normal washing of cotton fabrics, hotel laundry rooms must also maintain cotton fabrics to extend their service life as much as possible and reduce their damage rate. If used beyond the expiration date, the hotel linens will be seriously damaged, and putting them back into use will affect the hotel's service quality.

 

 

• The number of washes for cotton fabrics, is approximately

Cotton sheets and pillowcases 130 to 150 times;

Blended (35% cotton): 180 to 220 times;

Towels: 100 to 110 times;

Tablecloths and mouthcloths: 120 to 130 times.

 

• Damage caused by washing

1. Wrong feeding time during washing

Do not feed materials when there is insufficient water in the industrial washing machine. Pay special attention to bleaching chemicals. This will easily cause the detergent to concentrate on the hotel linen and cause damage to the hotel linen.

2. Improper use of bleach

The laundry room should use bleaching detergents with caution, especially bleaching powder (chlorine bleach). If the temperature is improper, the concentration is too high, and there is too much residue after washing, it will cause the hotel linens to change color or even produce holes.

3. Misuse of detergent

The detergents in the laundry room are all chemical products, which require certain knowledge, responsibility, and correct use. Otherwise, the detergents may be mixed incorrectly or even the wrong ingredients may be added, which will also lead to this result.

 

 

• Machine and Human Reasons

1. The drum of the industrial washing machine has burrs or some parts are not smooth. During the washing process, the hotel linen is likely to be scratched or worn, which manifests as yarn pulling, broken yarn, and then small holes appear and gradually expand;

2. The sorting work before washing is not careful, so that some sharp or hard debris is mixed in, causing damage during washing;

3. When loading or unloading the machine before and after washing, excessive force or sharp objects puncture or scratch it;

4. When washing and dehydrating, the uniformity is not good, or the high-strength dehydration time is too long, and mechanical force causes tearing;

5. The washing time is too short, the number of times is too small, the washing agent remains, or the washing procedure is defective, and residual alkali, residual chlorine, etc. are not neutralized or removed;

6. Hotel linens are contaminated with corrosive chemicals. Some of the various cleaning supplies used in hotels are corrosive, especially some strong acidic detergents, which have a great impact on cotton fabrics. If the waiter accidentally touches the cotton fabrics with these detergents when collecting or cleaning the room, If it is not cleaned immediately, it will also cause local damage to the hotel linen and reduce its firmness;

7. Quality and storage environment of hotel linens. Cotton fabrics must be stored away from moisture, the warehouse should be well ventilated, and the edges of warehouse shelves should be smooth. Hotel linen rooms should be protected from insect and rodent damage.

 

 

• Detailed damage situation to hotel linens

(1) Pure cotton:

1. Break a small hole;

2. Cracked edges and corners;

3. The folded edge falls off.

4. Thin and easy to break;

5. The color becomes turbid;

6. The softness of the towel is reduced.

(2) Blended fabric (polyester and cotton):

1. The color becomes turbid;

2. The cotton part falls off.

3. Loss of elasticity;

4. Cracked edges and corners;

5. The folded edge falls off.

 

When one of the above situations occurs, the hotel linens should be replaced in a timely manner, considering the cause. Control the loss of hotel linens and extend their service life.

 

 

• How to extend the service life of hotel linens

1. Use detergents correctly, master reasonable feeding time and temperature, understand the basic characteristics and usage methods of detergents, use chlorinating agents to remove excess residual chlorine in a timely manner, and use neutralizing agents to neutralize residual alkali;

2. Avoid direct contact with cotton fabrics with strong acidic or corrosive chemicals;

3. Carry out the sorting work before washing, including the sorting of hotel linen types and the separation of debris;

4. Be careful during the collection and transportation of hotel linens to prevent secondary contamination and accidental tearing.

5. Avoid "fatigue use" by washing multiple times on the same day. If this continues every day, it will accelerate the shortening of the life of hotel linens. You should be given sufficient rest time-at least more than 24 hours-that is, after washing, rest for one day and use it again the next day.

6. Check the machine frequently to prevent secondary pollution and human damage. The loading amount during washing should be appropriate (80%–85%). Too much or too little will affect the cleanliness and wear of hotel linens;

7. Before washing, the machine should be empty and checked to see if there is any sharp or iron debris remaining in the drum of the machine;

8. Do a good job in classifying new and old hotel linens. Natural damage and abnormal damage to old hotel linens should be treated differently. The length of dehydration time of new and old hotel linens should also be different depending on the strength.

 

 

• Clever use of a residual value of hotel linens

1. Change uniforms;

2. Modify tablecloths, bedsheets, etc., so that large hotel linens can be modified into smaller hotel linens for continued use;

3. Sewing and mending some items that are more expensive and can be reused with minor modifications;

4. Transform the damaged hotel linens into other work clothes, such as work clothes for chefs, rags for cleaning, etc.;

5. Use damaged hotel linens with good appearance as cover cloth when planning sanitation;

6. Use the damaged sheets as a protective cover after cleaning the carpet.