Why hotel towels choose 100% cotton

What is the material of hotel towel commonly It’s 100% cotton, no doubt, and it’s pretty much the same in almost every good hotel. Hotel towel why to choose pure cotton, cotton occupation bathroom cloth grass reason is what Read the rest and you’ll see.


First of all, we start from the characteristics of cotton towel products, cotton towel series products selected good cotton weaving, feel comfortable contact with the skin. Soft to the touch, fluffy hair ring, good water absorption. Dyeing are non-toxic, pollution-free high-grade fuel dyeing, good color fastness, washing resistance, cotton towels use pro-skin, comfortable, soft, feel in the hands of fluffy flexibility, which is the main reason for selection.

Let’s look at the characteristics of pure cotton towels, let’s choose pure cotton material hotel towels.


1,  towel has hygroscopicity: cotton fiber has a good hygroscopicity, under normal circumstances, fiber can absorb moisture in the atmosphere, so it will feel soft and comfortable contact with the skin.

2, cotton towels have heat resistance, durability: cotton fabrics have good heat resistance, at 110 °c below, will only cause moisture evaporation on the fabric, will not damage the fiber, so cotton fabrics at room temperature, washing, printing and dyeing have no impact on the fabric, etc. Therefore, the washing resistance and durability of pure cotton fabric are improved.

3, the pure cotton towel has the Alkali Resistance: The cotton fiber to the Alkali resistance is big, the cotton fiber in the Alkali solution, the fiber does not have the destruction phenomenon, this performance is advantageous after the use to the pollution washing, the disinfection elimination impurity, at the same time, cotton textiles can be dyed, printed and various processes to produce more new varieties of cotton weaving.


The characteristics and characteristics of the pure cotton towel determine that it can form bar bath cloth grass. The hotel towel is made of pure cotton material and caters to the needs of the vast majority of guests So we hotels, hotels, clubs and so on when choosing towels, the first consideration is the cotton material towels.

Do you know 6 commonly used bath towel materials

How to distinguish big bath towel is cotton material? Gansu Rongjiang Textile Company, which has 10 years experience in towel production, will analyze 6 kinds of materials of bath towel

1.32 strands of pure cotton towel, it looks like each towel loop is twisted by 2 and thin thread, this kind of yarn strength is high, and the thread is thin, the general market common strands of yarn has 3221 strands, the latter is slightly thicker, 32 ply yarns are usually cotton on the front or back of the towel. 21 ply yarns are thicker and are also used on the warp and weft of the towel.

2.Weak twist pure cotton towel, yarn twist angle twist twist a circle for a twist. The number of turns per unit length of yarn is called twist.

3.No twist towel, the towel is not twisted, it is straight. Usually these towels, like, uh, pliable,.

4.Bamboo fiber towel, is not significantly different from the first 3. From all angles to observe the surface of the towel, the hair ring smooth and fine, crystal clear and bright color, hair ring arranged evenly and orderly, feel particularly good

5.Microfiber towels, microfiber towels suggest the purchase of Sanding, sanding after a small electrostatic feel smooth, suitable for bathing the body, kitchen, car

Yes, he is very absorbent , not to rub the hair will not be smooth.

6.Coral Velvet Towel, coral velvet is cost-effective clean towels, not worse than Mink Down 

Common hotel linen fabric shrinkage knowledge

The shrinkage is the smallest is synthetic fiber and blended textiles, followed by wool, linen, cotton fabrics in the middle, silk fabric shrinkage is larger, and the largest viscose fiber, Rayon, man-made wool fabrics.

Objectively speaking, more or less all cotton fabrics have the problem of shrinkage fading, the key is the finishing behind. So the fabric of General Home Textile is preshrunk after processing.

Effect of fiber and shrinkage

After the fiber itself absorbs water, it will produce a certain degree of swelling. Usually the swelling of the fiber is anisotropic (except for Nylon) , that is, the length is shortened and the diameter is increased. Usually the fabric before and after the length of the difference and its original length as a percentage of shrinkage. The stronger the water absorption, the more intense the swelling, the higher the shrinkage, the worse the dimensional stability of the fabric.

The length of the fabric itself is different from the length of the yarn (silk) used and the shrinkage is usually used to indicate the difference.

Shrinkage (%)[ yarn (silk) thread length-fabric length ] / fabric length

Fabric in the water, due to the swelling of the fiber itself, so that the fabric length is further shortened, resulting in shrinkage. The shrinkage of a fabric varies with the shrinkage of the fabric. The shrinkage is different with the fabric structure and the weaving tension. The weaving tension is small, the fabric is compact and thick, the shrinkage is big, the shrinkage is small; the weaving tension is big, the fabric is loose and light, the shrinkage is small, the shrinkage is big. In dyeing and finishing, in order to reduce the shrinkage of the fabric, pre-shrinkage finishing is often used to increase the weft density and increase the shrinkage in advance, thus reducing the shrinkage of the fabric.

2. Causes of shrinkage

(1) when the yarn is spinning, or when the yarn is weaving, dyeing and finishing, the yarn fibers in the fabric are stretched or deformed by external forces, while the yarn fibers and the fabric structure produce internal stress in the static state of dry relaxation or in the static state of wet relaxation Or in the dynamic state of wet relaxation, full relaxation, different degrees of stress release, so that the yarn fibers and fabrics to restore to the initial state.

(2) the degree of shrinkage of different fibers and their fabrics is different, which mainly depends on the characteristics of the fibers-hydrophilic fibers, such as cotton, hemp, viscose, etc. Synthetic fibers, for example.

(3) when the fiber is wetted, it will expand under the action of the soaking liquid, which will increase the diameter of the fiber. For example, on the fabric, the radius of curvature of the fiber at the interlacing point of the fabric will increase, which will shorten the length of the fabric. For example, cotton fiber expanded in the role of water, cross-sectional area increased 40 ~ 50% , length increased 1 ~ 2% , and synthetic fiber is on the heat shrinkage, such as boiling water shrinkage, generally about 5% .

(4) under the condition of heating, the shape and size of textile fiber change and shrink, and it can not return to the original state after cooling down, which is called the thermal shrinkage of textile fiber. The percentage of the length before and after the thermal shrinkage is called the thermal shrinkage rate, which is usually measured in boiling water and expressed as the percentage of the length of the fibre in boiling water at 100 °C The percentage shrinkage is measured in hot air above 100 °C or in steam above 100 °C. For example, the boiling water shrinkage of pet staple fiber is 1% , the boiling water shrinkage of vinylon is 5% , and the hot air shrinkage of PVC fiber is 50% . The dimensional stability of fibers in textile processing is closely related to the dimensional stability of fabrics, which provides some basis for the design of post-processing.

Shrinkage of general fabric

Cotton 4% — 10%

CHEMICAL FIBER 4% — 8%

Cotton-polyester 3.5%-55%

3% for plain white cloth

Blue Cloth 3-4%

POPLIN is 3-4.5%

CALICO is 3-3.5%

TWILL AT 4%

Labor cloth is 10%

Man-made cotton is 10%

4. Reasons for shrinkage

1 Raw materials

The shrinkage of fabrics is different with the raw materials. In general, hygroscopicity of the fiber, soaked after the fiber expansion, diameter increases, length shortened, shrinkage is large. If some viscose fiber water absorption rate as high as 13% , and synthetic fiber fabric hygroscopicity is poor, its shrinkage is small.

2. Density

The shrinkage of the fabric varies with its density. If the Longitudinal and latitudinal densities are similar, the Longitudinal and latitudinal shrinkage rates are also close. Warp density of the fabric, warp shrinkage will be large, conversely, weft density is greater than warp density of the fabric, weft shrinkage is also large.

3. Yarn Count

The shrinkage of the fabric is different with the yarn thickness. The shrinkage of the fabric with thick yarns is large, and that of the fabric with thin yarns is small.

4. Manufacturing process

The shrinkage of fabric is different with different production process. Generally speaking, the fabric in the weaving and dyeing and finishing process, fiber to stretch many times, processing time is long, the application of tension larger fabric shrinkage, otherwise small.

5. Fiber composition

Natural plant fiber (such as cotton, hemp) and plant regeneration fiber (such as viscose) are easier to absorb moisture than synthetic fiber (such as polyester, acrylic) , so the shrinkage rate is larger, while wool is easier to felting because of the scale structure on the surface of the fiber Affect its dimensional stability.

6. Fabric structure

In general, the dimensional stability of woven fabric is better than that of knitted fabric, and the dimensional stability of high density fabric is better than that of low density fabric. In woven fabrics, the shrinkage of plain weave fabric is less than that of flannel fabric, while in knitted fabrics, the shrinkage of plain weave is less than that of rib fabric.

7. Manufacturing processes

As the fabric in dyeing, printing, finishing process, will inevitably be stretched by the machine, there is tension in the fabric. However, the tension of the fabric can be easily relieved when it meets water, so we will find that the fabric will shrink after washing. In the actual process, we generally use pre-shrinkage to solve this problem.

8. The wash and care process

Washing care includes washing, drying and ironing, each of which affects the shrinkage of the fabric. For example, the dimensional stability of hand-washed samples is better than that of machine-washed samples, and the washing temperature also affects the dimensional stability. In general, the higher the temperature, the worse the stability. The drying method of the sample also has a great influence on the shrinkage of the fabric.

Commonly used drying methods are, drip drying, Metal Mesh paving method, hanging drying and rotary drying method. Among them, the drip drying method has the least influence on the fabric size, while the drum drying method has the most influence on the fabric size, and the other two methods are in the middle.

In addition, selecting a suitable ironing temperature according to the composition of the fabric can also improve the shrinkage of the fabric. For example, cotton and linen fabrics can be ironed at high temperatures to improve their dimensional shrinkage. However, the higher the temperature, the better, for synthetic fiber, high-temperature ironing can not improve its shrinkage, but will damage its performance, such as fabric hair hard brittle and so on

How to choose a bath towel

When choosing bath towel, make sure bath towel quality is good is to see coil thick and tightly knit to obtain the maximum water absorption. The thicker the coil of the towel, the more yarn it is made of, and naturally, the faster it absorbs water from the body.

The material to the towel quality and the handle influence is most important. Pure cotton towel because of excellent feel, water absorption and other factors has been the preferred material for towels. Although are all pure cotton, but “ordinary pure cotton” and “combed cotton” has a huge difference.

Some people prefer velvet bath towels, which are made in the process of trimming the yarn to make it shorter. Shorter coil bibulous sex is a little poorer, but as long as be bibulous moisture, be not swabbed back and forth, won’t affect bath towel integral function too much.

Square meter weight is an important index to measure the quality of towel. It is calculated as follows: Weight of Towel (G) / size of towel (square meter) . Take Bath Towel for example, the ability of 500 or more square meter gram is thick, durable, square meter gram is 550 or more is more superior bath towel.

The size of the towel is basically based on function. The towel used for cleaning is generally square towel, facial towel, bath towel. Now more and more modern families in the bathroom outside the bathtub, or shower room outside the towel texture of the towel, dry thick towel will let you out of the bath to enjoy the dry feet.

The average household towel measures 70 cm by 140 cm, while the wide 80 cm by 170 cm towel is usually used in high-star hotels to cover the whole body. You can choose the towel size according to your preference, but generally speaking, the smaller one is more suitable for traveling and the larger one is more comfortable to use.

A good towel does not have a bad smell. If you can smell it like a candle or ammonia, it is a sign of excessive softener in the towel. If it has a sour smell, the Ph may exceed the standard. If it has a pungent smell, it is a sign of the use of formaldehyde-containing fixatives There’s free formaldehyde. These things are relatively high toxicity, will be detrimental to human health, can not buy.

High-quality towels are usually dyed with reactive dyes. When dyed dark towel, there are a lot of hydrolysis dye adsorbed on the fiber is difficult to wash, so the first wash will have decolorization. But need to pay attention, if the light-colored towel first wash off color too much or dark color towel washing still off color, that is dye unqualified