Lifespan of linen in a hotel:

The hotel laundry linen after used for a long time or many times of washing,
change its color to look shabby, even damaged, make the new added in
linen and linen old in color, appearance, texture, etc. have obvious
differences. Also some linen due to poor management, improper operation
and flecks of stains, such as yellow rust, black oil, for this kind of hotel linen
should be timely replacement. To make it out of the service process, and
should not use makeshift, otherwise it will affect the quality of service,
losses to the interests of the Hotel.

Therefore, the hotel laundry in addition to the normal washing of cotton

fabrics, but also to do a good job of maintenance and maintenance of
cotton fabrics, as far as possible to extend their service life, reduce its loss
rate. Generally speaking, the hotel cotton reserves standards in the 3 to 5
range, depending on the hotel's rental rate, laundry operation, the
department budget and other factors. The average minimum standard is 3
sets, a set of use in various departments, one in the laundry room, another
set of reserves in the cotton fabric warehouse. But for the laundry to speak,
and not complete or batch replacement of linen, but have only added
damage. So how to calculate the normal service life of the fabric, and when
to change the old one's with a new fabric?

Hotel linen has a certain life span, if exceed the time limit may be the result
of metamorphic (to change it's form). Linen specific damage have the
following:

 Broken small holes

 Edge and corner rupture
 Hem off
 Color becomes cloudy
 Towel soft reduction
 Loss of elasticity
Lifespan of some fabric are as follows:
 Wool: 2-10 years.
 Nylon: 10 years.
 Silk: 4 years.
 Cotton: 2 years.
 Polyester: 20 years.
 Synthetic: 20-200 years.