ZIESHINE · DONGGUAN ZIESHINE APPAREL CO.,LTD.
The reorder is booked. The reviews say it pills and stains.
First season: pilling at the inner thigh and under the bag strap, and a navy legging that marked light car seats and trainers. The brand wants the reorder fixed, not reworded.
What this page is
A reconstruction of the programme — not a named client's results.
A brand with a good-selling brushed legging and a dark navy set. The reorder volume is larger than the launch. So is the risk.
- Market
- Reorder after launch Reviews are public. The reorder has to answer them.
- Product
- Brushed legging + dark set Brushed hand on low-abrasion styles; tighter faces where friction lives.
- Mode
- Library or custom fabric A changed hand may move into mill MCQ (typically 500–1300 m per colour).
- Bulk
- 25–30 days after PPS Test reports on the bulk lot come before cutting.
- Colour
- Pantone / lab dip Matched on proto. Each colour carries its own 150 pcs gate.
- Logo & labels
- Print, transfer, embroidery, woven label Care label and hangtag are locked on the proto, not at packing.
- Packaging
- Polybag, hanger, carton mark Artwork sits on the PPS pack-out sheet.
- Grading
- XXS–3XL in-house Extra lengths add markers. They do not replace the colour MOQ.
We do not publish another brand's name, sell-through, margin or inspection score. Every number on this page is a ZIESHINE term, also on the Company Fact Sheet. Standard MOQ is 150. 100 is not sitewide.
Pilling and colour transfer are fabric decisions that surface as garment complaints. Re-sewing the same cloth reorders the same reviews.
What the buyer brought
Review screenshots, two returned pieces, and a reorder PO for the same fabric. The pilling sat exactly where a thigh rubs a thigh and where a gym-bag strap crosses the hip. The navy staining appeared on light surfaces after a sweaty session — sweat and wet rubbing, not washing.
First question: one lot or every lot?
Returns are traced to production lots before anything changes. Complaints from one lot point to a dyeing or finishing fault in that lot. Complaints across every lot point to the fabric choice itself. The fix is different, and so is who pays for it.
Root cause
- Brushed and spun surfaces lift fibre ends. The soft hand customers love is also what forms pills in high-friction zones. Smooth continuous-filament faces resist it better.
- Abrasion was never mapped. One fabric was used for the whole garment and every style, regardless of where friction sits.
- Sweat is a different test from washing. Navy and black can pass washing fastness and still transfer when damp with sweat. Perspiration and wet rubbing fastness were never checked.
- Dye that moves after dyeing. On polyester blends, disperse dye can migrate to the fibre surface during heat-setting or finishing after dyeing. Insufficient clearing or fixing after dyeing leaves loose dye on the surface.
- No reports on the bulk lot. Any test that existed was on development fabric, not on what shipped.
The gates we install
- Lot tracing of returns before the fix is chosen.
- Abrasion map per style. High-friction styles move to a non-brushed or tighter face; brushed stays where it is comfortable and safe.
- Dye-house controls on dark shades. After-treatment and the heat-set sequence agreed with the mill for the navy and black lots, so transfer is solved in the cloth, not on the label.
- Fastness on the bulk lot. Wet and dry rubbing (for example ISO 105-X12 or AATCC 8), perspiration (ISO 105-E04 or AATCC 15) and washing fastness, to the methods and grades the buyer’s QA protocol names.
- Pilling on the bulk lot by the method the buyer specifies — Martindale (ISO 12945-2) or random tumble (ASTM D3512) are common — after the home-laundering cycles the protocol sets.
- Care label written for the fabric — cold wash, inside out, no softener where relevant — as support, not as the fix.
- Reports before cutting. The reorder is released to cutting when the reports pass.
What to send us first
- Returned pieces, with lot numbers from the care label or carton.
- Review text with dates, so complaints can be matched to delivery lots.
- The original fabric spec and any test reports you already hold.
- Your QA protocol — or tell us your market and we propose methods for you to approve.
The result we will sign
A reorder cut only from fabric whose bulk-lot reports meet the buyer’s written grades, with the base changed where the abrasion map requires it. Test cost quoted separately. MOQ 150 per style per colour; a custom hand carries the mill minimum on top, stated in the quote.
What we will not promise
“Pill-free” or “non-transfer forever”, or a test grade we have not seen on your lot. We name the method and the gate, not a number borrowed from another programme.
Related: pilling and colourfastness · brushed vs non-brushed · fabric test pack · QC checklist.
Other rescues: Sheer leggings in bulk · Factory switch without the pattern · One colour across three fabrics · First wholesale account · all reconstructions.
Send the returns and the reorder PO
FAQ
Can you guarantee no pilling?
No knit fabric is pill-free under every use. We tie the reorder to bulk-lot test reports that meet the grades your QA protocol sets, and we change the base where the abrasion map demands it.
Why do dark leggings stain seats when they passed a wash test?
Washing fastness and transfer in use are different tests. Sweat staining is perspiration and wet rubbing fastness. On polyester blends, disperse dye can also migrate to the fibre surface during heat-setting after dyeing, so a lot passes in the dyehouse and transfers later.
Who pays for the fabric tests?
Third-party testing is quoted per programme at an accredited lab of your choice or one we nominate. The reports belong to the order.
Is a care label enough to stop colour transfer?
No. Care wording helps, but wet rubbing and perspiration fastness on dark shades have to pass on the bulk lot before cutting.