Hotel linen has unique advantages in creating an atmosphere, optimizing the environment, and providing humanized and personalized services. Therefore, it has become an important link for hotels to enhance their competitiveness. The hotel's material procurement occupies an important strategic position in the hotel operation. Blindly pursuing cheap or stubbornly choosing high-end is not the ultimate good strategy for hotel linen procurement. Only by selecting the linen suitable for the hotel can it bring good benefits to the hotel. Today, I will lead everyone to explore the "secret" of hotel linen, so that customers can better choose hotel linen and avoid thundering.

Minefield One

The thicker the fabric, the better, and the thicker and more expensive it is not a thick fabric. The 40×40 fabric is obviously thicker than the 60×40 fabric. In many cases, 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 its fiber count. Fabric count refers to the number of yarns in one square inch of fabric, called British count, or S for short. The count is related to the length and weight of the yarn. For example, if one or two cotton is made into 30 yarns with a length of 1 meter, that is 30 yarns; one or two cotton is made into 40 yarns with a length of 1 meter, that is 40 yarns. Therefore, the higher the count, the softer and stronger the fabric, and the thinner the fabric, the better the quality of the fabric. Obviously, the higher the count and the finer the yarn, the higher the requirements for equipment, the higher the quality of raw cotton, the more expensive the price per ton of yarn, and the higher the cost of cloth. Count is the most important indicator of yarn thickness. The larger the count, the finer the yarn, and the more yarns are arranged per square inch. Therefore, the higher the density of the bedding with the same count, the better. The higher the count, the higher the density. This is what we often hear " The term "high-count and high-density" fabrics. So the thicker the linen fabric, the better, the thicker the more expensive it is.

Minefield 2

Stiff fabrics, good hotel quilts, bed sheets, pillowcases and other linens will be sized after being washed by a regular washing company. The purpose of sizing is to increase the stain resistance of the fabric, prevent the dirt from penetrating into the fiber, and create an "isolation layer" between the dirt and the fabric. At the same time, the contaminated quilt cover sheet is easy to remove the dirt during washing. Another purpose of sizing is to increase the stiffness of the fabric, prevent fiber fluffing, and have a good look and feel. 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 launching. The fabric grey fabrics of many manufacturers are also sizing in the last process in the bleaching and finishing plant, because the yarn count density of the fabric cannot meet the standard. However, the yarn count density of our fabric is up to the standard. It is not used for sizing treatment, but a softener is added. The cost of the softener is much higher than the price of the slurry. Therefore, fabrics with a crisp feel are not necessarily the best.

Minefield Three

The fabric is very bright. What is mercerization of chemical fiber? The so-called mercerizing refers to the process in which cotton fabrics are treated with concentrated caustic soda to melt the hair on the surface of the fabric, shrink the fibers in the yarn, and then wash away the caustic soda. Through the treatment, the shape of the cotton fiber changes, the reflection of light becomes more regular, and the surface of the cotton fiber becomes very shiny. Mercerizing is a process in the finishing process and has nothing to do with the material of the fabric. The factory without mercerizing equipment uses the calendering process. The calender consists of a number of hard and soft rolls with smooth surfaces. After the fabric is rolled by a combination of hard and soft rolls, the yarn is flattened and the surface is smooth. The gloss is enhanced and the hand feels firm. However, the gloss effect of the fabric is poor in durability, and it will gradually lose its luster after being put into the water several times. Calendering is a mechanical and physical treatment, while mercerizing is a chemical treatment. They are two different things. So some customers think that the fabric is bright, thin, and made of chemical fiber. This is actually wrong. For the same fabric, the mercerized one is more expensive than the calendered one.

In the hotel’s linen procurement, to distinguish the quality of a fabric, one depends on the yarn count density. High-count and high-density fabrics are definitely 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 more expensive. The most important point: When choosing linen, you must choose a manufacturer with guaranteed quality and guaranteed after-sales service to make your money worthwhile.