Tabling care label

1. Understanding your Tabling care label Care labels on any product can be confusing. Getting the care instructions wrong can do serious damage to your precious tabling. Need to ensure that your quality tabling lasts you a long time? Read on! http://www.linendrawer.co.za/blog Please use a picture of from our bayede! Range on both pages (blog & click through) – use different pictures. Should you have facilities or dinner parties that require table linen, the following blog is for you. In table cloths and serviettes. This is a case of preference as one will only really feel the fabric when using the serviettes and few people will check what fabric they are made from. general most individuals make use of Cotton, Polyester or Poly-cotton

2. To increase the life span of your table linen, it is important to launder correctly. It is also vital to put systems in place that will assist laundry staff or individuals to take better care of the tabling, for example. Place plastic bins in the kitchen (where space is sufficient) where sorting ofhighly stained, medium or lightly stained items can occur. Even better would be a“bin” wherein the items can be placed to soak. These ideas will ensure thatby the time the table linen reaches the laundry, less time is spent on sorting and trying to remove stains along with washing and drying time.

3. The care labels on table linen can be broken down as follows: THECOMPOSITION OF THE FABRIC: Most table cloths are manufactured from either: • 100% cotton or • Blends of polyester with cotton or • Polyester WASHING All fibre types should be washed at low temperatures to increase the life span of the table cloths. We do of course realise that in order to remove stains you will need to wash at higher temperatures – check thelabel before doing so, as shrinkage may occur if the products weren’t manufactured to allow for this. The general recommendation is to wash at 40°C to 60°C. BLEACHING It is not recommended that cotton fabrics be bleached as the bleach candegrade and break down the cotton fibre. Polyester cotton fabrics are less sensitive to bleach. In both cases, it is of utmost importance to ensurewhen using bleach it is correctly diluted, treatment in cold water and all residue of the bleach removed before washing . Should fabrics not be rinsed thoroughly, and washed at higher temperatures, it will probably result in holes. Do not bleach any coloured fabrics, as this will lead to fading and white spots on your table linen IRONING Generally hand irons should be sufficient for the ironing of table clothsand serviettes. Certain press irons, should your establishment have one,will also work very well. The table cloths and serviettes should be ironed with a warm iron. In the case of cotton table linen, ensure that the products aren’t over dried as this makes ironing much tougher and When ironing polyester table cloths or serviettes they must be carefully ironed with a cool iron to ensure that the polyester doesn’t scorch. time consuming.

4. TUMBLE DRYING These products can normally be tumble dried. Of course over dryingshould be avoided as far as possible. CONTACT US: Address 24 Fabriek Street Paarl 7646 South Africa Email: info@linendrawer.co.za Telephone: 021 8720108 Faxmail: 021 8722389