Third Quarter (All) Flashcards
Is a kind of cloth that is made from a plant called flax. It is used for mating clothes and things such as table clothes and sheets.
Linen
Types of linen used in housekeeping
-Hemp
-Cotton
-Linens
Linens can be made of hemp, a plant fiber obtained from the stem of the hemp plant
Hemp
Is the most popular fabric used and for linens in industrial clothes garments, home famihings and kitchen and table linens.
Cotton
Created from the vegetable fibers of the flax plant used to make decorative and functional pisces.
Linens
Steps in the laundry cycle.
Collect
Transport
Sort
Load
Wash
Extract
Dry
Finish
Easier and quicker to sort. It should be sorted through it’s fiber type degree of soiling. It helps exposite production by soiling in the same items together
Dry soiled linen
Sorted separately from the white linens
Colored linens
Linen used in hotel is often referred as ________ as most of it is considered in a flatwork ironer
Flatwork
When sorting through sheets and pillow cases
It is not uncommon to find soiled tissues, or guest clothing (nightwear) removed unintetionally by the room attendant when stripping the bed
Sheeting
These must be separated from the sheets as they are washed separately
Pillow case
These need to be sorted from the sheets as they are also processed differently
Duvet cover
These will need to be sorted from sheets as they are washed on different wash cycle because of their type and degree of sailing
Towels
Should be separated from the white towels
Colored towels
These will need to have the belts removed before washing
Bathrobe
Must be sorted to remove food scraps, cigarette butts, cutlers
Table linen
Those from the kitchen should be washed separately from the guestrooms or bars.
Tea towels
Two different kinds of fiber
-Synthetic fiber
-Natural fiber
Two different types of Natural fiber
-Plant base fiber
-Animal base fiber
Made from hemp plant
Hemp
Made from flax plant
Linen
Made from cotton plant
Cotton
Why does the cotton are fluffy and soft
It has -cellulose-
Made from silkworm
Silk
Why does the silk are shine and soft
It has protein called “fibroin”
Made from hairs of various animal(sheep, goats)
Wool
Why does the wool produced warm
It has natural insulative effects (oil)
Is a synthetic fabric that’s usually derived from petroleum.
Polyester
Synthetic that has a plant base fiber called
semi synthetic
A synthetic that derived from plant base fiber
-wood pulp
-sodium hydroxide
-carbon disulfide
Rayon
Types of washing machine and dryers used in housekeeping
-Washing machine
-Continuous batch washers
-Tumble dryer
The job is to wash the iron and extend most of the residual water center through the last cycle
Washing machine
Used in a large volume of washing like a five star hotel
Continuous batch washer
Used to dry towels that can washed up to 5-8/ kgs
Tumble dryer
Types of laundry chemical and other cleaning agents
-Water
-Detergents
-Fabric softeners
-Starch
-Sours and acids
Is a good cleaner but the chemicals that are added to it penetrate to the soiled item
Water
Used to wash linen, allowing water to penetrate the soil and hold it in suspension before rinsing
Detergents
Used to soften towels and reduce lint
Fabric softeners
Used to present a crisp and fresh appearance
Starch
Are added in the final rinse to neutralize residual alkalis because if alkalis are not removed white linen can turn yellow or grey
Sours and acids
The linen cycle
-Guest uses linen
-Soiled linen is dripped off bed or -Tables and collected
-Transported to laundry
-Linen is sorted for washing
-Washed
-Dried
-Ironed
-Folded
-Stocked and counted
-Repaired if necessary
-Transport back for reuse
Standard procedures for laundry
-Sort
-Sort again
-Pick a detergent
-Pick a water temperature and cycle
-Final check
-Load the washer
-Unload the washer
Used in dry cleaning chemicals
-Perch loroethylene
-White spirit
-Hydocarbon
Is nonflammable chlorinated solvent
Perch loroethylene
Is an original dry fluid and has been widely used for many years
White spirit
Is a petroleum based solvent which is flammable
Hydrocarbon
Classification of stain removing agents
-Bleaches
-Oxidizing bleaches
-Antichlors
Used to whiten linen or to remove stains
Bleaches
Are also used to remove stain. The most common are hydrogen peroxide and sodium perborate
Oxidizing bleaches
Used to inactivate any residual traces of chlorine bleaches and prevent linen fron yellowing
Antichlors
Stages of washing process
Step#
1-Separate clothes
2-Selecrt water temperature
3-Select load size
4-Start the washer
5-Add clothes to washer
6-Select drying temperature
7-Clean lint trap
8-Add clothes to dyer
Assists in feeding sheets and table linen on the flatworm ironer. It is comprised of clips which will automatically feed to the ironer
Flatwork Feeder
Used to iron and dry sheets and table linens in one passing
Flatwork Ironer
It is a folder attached to the flatwork ironer and is programmed to fold sheets and table linens
Flatwork folder
Used for ironing small item like napkin and pillowcase
Roller Irons
Towels are feed manually and will automatically be folded
Towel Folding Machine
Hot head presses smooth out clothes and can used for small item like napkins and pillowcase
Presses
An electric iron that emits from peace hole in its flat surface
Steam Iron
