Why do some launderers enjoy such success and so few complaints when their competitors lurch from crisis to crisis? Could it be that they know more about what they are doing than the rest?
This month’s article looks at some of the ways in which the thinking launderer can exploit their knowledge.
WRONG DETERGENT: The picture illustrates the poor condition of circulating stock after greying and washing in the wrong detergent WRONG DETERGENT: The picture illustrates the poor condition of circulating stock after greying and washing in the wrong detergent Towel pic 17 OBA DAMAGE: Placing a UV filter over the OBA-damaged stock reveals the true colour and the extent of the discolouration caused Towel pic 14 LOOSE DYE: The sample shown on the left has been through a typical workwear process; loose blue dye has changed the orange stripe to muddy green. The sample on the right was washed at low temperature, with low levels of metasilicate and a high level of anpic 798 SACRIFICAL RECEPTOR: The picture shows loose dye pick-up on the ecru nylon 6 sacrificial receptor fabric against a sample of the unwashed receptor Pic 802 TRIM CHANGE: Trim colours changed from the original bright orange (right hand side sample) to off-yellow, which was acceptable to the customer Pic 801
