Whether it is a beach outing, swimming fitness, or usually take a shower at home, the towel (face towel/bath towel) is our good partner after taking a bath to dry the body in time.As an essential item in everyday household, today I would like to share with you some knowledge about hair towel and how to choose a qualified towel, check it out (#^.^#)

   We start from the main selling point of towels on the market at present, and also the main consideration of everyone when choosing towels.

Raw material
   Good cotton yarn makes good towel.

Towel yarn count in 16, 21, 32 mostly, the lower the number of towel thicker, the higher the number of towel more skin friendly. More than 30 towels are high count yarn. In addition to the count, also look at the yarn.

Yarn split twist yarn and non twist yarn, weak twist yarn, non twist yarn towel is light. In terms of strength and durability, twist yarn > Weak twist yarn > Untwisted yarn; In perpendicularity and air permeability, twist yarn. Weak twist yarn < No twist yarn. Yarn quality, general cotton will use the United States long staple cotton, Egypt long staple cotton, Xinjiang long staple cotton yarn.

At present, there are many excellent towel manufacturers using Xinjiang long staple cotton as the textile raw material for towels. In 2020, Xinjiang accounted for 87 percent of China’s total cotton output. From the quality point of view, Xinjiang long-staple cotton can also be compared with the North American West Indies island cotton, the United States Pima cotton and Egypt long-staple cotton and other cotton, is one of the top cotton varieties in the world.

It also lays a solid foundation for a good towel experience.

The main properties of the towel
   After cotton yarn is spun into towels, the towels from the factory need to face a number of tests before they start to enter the consumer side. We take GB/T 22864-2009 “Towel” national standard as a reference to analyze the main performance indicators of a qualified towel.

1. Water absorption

The absorbency of the towel can be said to be one of the decisive criteria for testing whether the towel is good or not.

– So what’s the absorbability of a towel related to?

– Cotton fiber length, twist coefficient and softener affect water absorption speed of towel; The height and density of the coil affect how much water the towel absorbs.

The length of cotton fiber is the length of cotton yarn mentioned earlier. The length of ordinary cotton is 28-31mm, and the length of long staple cotton is 35-42mm. In the process, 2-3 loose twist spirals are added to each hair circle to increase the skin contact area, which can be dried at a touch. Softener also has an effect on the absorbency of the towel. If you use a hydrophilic softener, it will dissolve when you touch water. This is also one of the reasons why the towel is harder and harder.

2, size gram weight

This point is closely related to each consumer’s usage habits and usage scenarios. Take the use of bath towels in five-star hotels as an example, each size of towel corresponds to a different use scenario.

Five-star hotel special square towel: not less than 320mm×320mm, weight not less than 55g. It is mainly used when wiping hands or removing makeup.

Five-star hotel special face towel: not less than 700mm×400mm, weight not less than 150g. It’s mainly used to wipe the face or wrap the hair.

Five-star hotel bath towel: not less than 1500mmx800mm, weight not less than 800g. The main thing is to wipe the body after the bath.

Five-star hotel special towel: not less than 750mm×450mm, weight not less than 350g. It is mainly used outside the shower or bathtub to stand on after removing the shoes to prevent dripping or slipping.

We can choose the appropriate size of towel according to home or business trip.

3. Softness: In addition to ensuring water absorption, towels also need to ensure soft comfort. Hotel towel not only to ensure its high hair ratio (hair ratio refers to the towel 18 hair ring total length), but also to meet the flexibility of the wool ring, to ensure normal use needs.

4. Color fastness: Color fastness usually includes color fastness to washing and wear resistance. Color fastness to washing refers to the degree to which dyed fabrics fade after washing under specified washing conditions, including the discoloration of the original and the staining of the white cloth. Wear-resistant color fastness refers to the discoloration caused by external friction, which can be divided into dry friction and wet friction. The former uses dry cloth to rub the fabric to see the color of the white cloth; The latter uses water white cloth to rub dyed fabric, to see the color of the white cloth, the general wet friction fastness is slightly lower than the dry friction fastness.

5, whether pilling: the quality of raw materials determines whether the towel pilling. Usually, cotton towel will have slight pilling phenomenon at the beginning of use, but with the increase of use times, the wool ball will fall off by itself. More hairballs and feathers indicate a poor grade of cotton in the towel, and vice versa.