Shrinkage should be evaluated against an agreed wash method and measured in both length and width. A tolerance is meaningful only when the starting size, conditioning and number of cycles are defined.
Commercial principle: define the starting condition, test method, acceptance range and responsible person before using a claim to approve a bulk order.
Separate evidence from marketing language
Ask what the claim means, how it is measured, what document or test supports it, and whether that evidence applies to the exact supplied product.
Practical action sequence
- Step 1. Mark and measure an unwashed sample.
- Step 2. Use the intended commercial wash process.
- Step 3. Dry by the intended method.
- Step 4. Measure after conditioning and record both directions.
- Final step. Review the result against the project's guest, user, laundry, budget and delivery requirements.
What to record
- Product code or clear item description
- Unwashed and washed dimensions
- GSM and/or conditioned dry piece weight
- Fibre, construction, colour and branding
- Test or operating conditions
- Photographs and decision notes
- Accepted tolerance, quantity and delivery terms
Common mistakes
- Changing more than one variable in a comparison
- Using a new, unwashed sample as the only evidence
- Assuming a marketing term has one universal technical definition
- Approving by phone without a written record
- Applying one department's result to a different use without testing
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