Detailed description
If the last shipment had edges fraying, a width that measured wide on arrival, or a peel that read low in incoming inspection, the cause is almost always in one of the four items described on this page rather than in the price.
What the buyer is choosing
The mistake in comparing quotes is looking at the width and the colour and ignoring the yarn. A 25 mm roll at 380 g/m2 and a 25 mm roll at 300 g/m2 look identical in a photograph and behave completely differently after five hundred cycles.
The material question
The fibre is nylon (polyamide). It takes dye deeply, which is why the colour range is wide and why the colour holds through washing at 40 degrees. Its weakness is moisture regain: a nylon roll absorbs water in transit, measures wide on arrival and settles back over about a week, so allow for it in incoming inspection rather than rejecting the lot.
How it is quoted
Quotations are built from construction, width and colour, in that order. Change any one of the three and the price moves, which is why we ask for all three before quoting instead of sending a range and adjusting afterwards.
What ships with the goods
Colour is checked against the retained standard under D65 on every lot, and weft skew, oil marks and hook damage are inspected across the full roll rather than on a cut sample.
Checking it on arrival
On arrival, measure the width at the core and at the outside of the roll before you cut anything. A roll that measures wide at one end and nominal at the other was slit under uneven tension, and the whole lot will behave the same way on your line.
If you are comparing suppliers, send the other quotes with the specifications attached and we will tell you which line item is the one that will move on the invoice.
