White bed linen
Sheets, pillowcases and duvet covers: the everyday volume wash.
Programme · NovaCare Laundry
Every load, washed to the same standard.
Fifteen products in five steps, with ten wash programmes that set the dose, temperature and finish for each kind of linen.
What your laundry is up against
Every rewash is paid for twice.
Water, chemical, energy, labour and linen life, all spent again on the same load.
Grey and yellow arrive slowly.
No single wash looks wrong. Hard water, iron and alkali left in the linen show up weeks later, in the store.
Doses drift when loads aren't weighed.
Dosing to the size of the machine instead of the weight of the linen overdoses every cycle, quietly.
Some mixes are dangerous.
Chlorine bleach and an acid sour must never meet. A shared dosing line is how it usually happens.
What changes with NovaCare
Less of
- Dosing by machine size
- Harsh, alkaline linen
- Chemicals sharing a line
- Guesswork on every shift
More of
- Doses set per kilogram of dry linen
- Linen finished at pH 5.5–6.5
- One product per dosing line
- A set programme for each linen type
The system
Five steps, always in this order.
Every programme is built from these steps. Some skip one; none changes the order.
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Pre-treat
Marks the wash can't shift (ink, rust, carbon) are treated before the load goes in.
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1 · Clean
Detergent, alkali and enzymes lift the soil off the fibre in the main wash.
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2 · Destain
Oxygen or chlorine bleach takes out the stains the wash left behind.
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3 · Neutralize
The final rinse brings the linen back to pH 5.5–6.5 and removes leftover chlorine.
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4 · Soften & Finish
Softener or starch: the feel, the scent and the fall of the finished linen.
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Pre-treat
Marks the wash can't shift (ink, rust, carbon) are treated before the load goes in.
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1 · Clean
Detergent, alkali and enzymes lift the soil off the fibre in the main wash.
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2 · Destain
Oxygen or chlorine bleach takes out the stains the wash left behind.
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3 · Neutralize
The final rinse brings the linen back to pH 5.5–6.5 and removes leftover chlorine.
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4 · Soften & Finish
Softener or starch: the feel, the scent and the fall of the finished linen.
Wash programmes
Ten wash programmes, one for each kind of linen.
Each one sets the steps, temperatures and doses for one linen type. The full formulas are set on your machines when the programme is installed.
Hotel
Towels & terry
Bath towels, hand towels and bath mats, washed for absorbency.
F&B table linen
Tablecloths, napkins and runners, finished with starch.
Coloured linen & staff uniforms
Coloured linen and uniforms, washed cool to keep their colour.
Chef whites & kitchen uniforms
Chef jackets, aprons and coats: oil, grease and carbon on white.
Hospital
General ward linen
Sheets, pillowcases, blankets and gowns from general wards.
Soiled & isolation linen
Linen soiled with blood or body fluids, and linen from isolation.
Specialist
Spa & pool towels
Pool towels, spa robes and bath mats that hold odour.
VIP & suite linen
Suite bed linen and premium towels, finished with a signature scent.
Reclaim: greyed or dingy whites
White stock gone grey or yellow. A recovery wash, not a routine one.
Want the full formulas?
NovaCare Laundry Programme
Available to business customers on request.
The Chlorine Route
Two ways to a white sheet.
Every programme that bleaches uses oxygen. Coloured linen isn't bleached at all, and hospital linen changes to chlorine only when the hospital's own protocol requires it. For plain white cotton and polycotton, chlorine is the economical alternative: run cooler, in its own bath, with strict rules.
Oxygen
Nova OxyBright
Nova OxyBright
- Works inside the hot main wash, 70–85 °C. No extra bath.
- The gentler route for the fibre, wash after wash.
- Whites and colour-fast colours.
- Works alongside the brightener in Nova WashPro.
Chlorine
Nova Bleach
Nova Bleach
- A bath of its own after the main wash, 40–60 °C.
- Lower chemical cost per load.
- White cotton and polycotton only.
- Nova NeutraClear on every load, and a dosing line of its own.
Which linen takes chlorine
White bed linenWhite table linen
Everything else stays off chlorine. Towels, spa and pool towels, chef whites, VIP and suite linen and reclaim loads use oxygen; coloured linen and uniforms aren't bleached at all. Hospital linen follows the hospital's own protocol.
White bed linen, chlorine route
White table linen, chlorine route
Our rule: when in doubt, oxygen. Oxygen by mistake still gives clean linen. Chlorine by mistake can fade or weaken it for good.
Every formula is a starting point. We set it on your machines, with your water and your linen.
Talk to a laundry expertWhat comes with the programme
The chemistry
Fifteen products covering every step of the wash, each with its own Product Information Sheet and Safety Data Sheet, on request.
Read more: The chemistryDosing pumps, installed and set
One product per line, each pump set in millilitres per kilogram of dry linen. Nova Bleach and Nova NeutraClear never share a line.
Read more: Dosing pumps, installed and setFormulas set on site
Each wash formula is a starting point: we calibrate it at your site, against your machines, your water and your linen.
Read more: Formulas set on siteOperator training
Your team learns the steps, the doses and the never-combine rules, and supervisors learn the pH check on damp linen.
Read more: Operator trainingLabels, safety stickers and dosing guides
The essentials stay at the machines after the training ends: what each line carries, its dose and the precautions that go with it.
Read more: Labels, safety stickers and dosing guidesOngoing support
We stay your point of contact, and your team learns the two routine checks: a pH pencil on damp linen, and weighing loads against what the pumps deliver.
Read more: Ongoing support
Talk to an expert
Tell us about your laundry.
Machines, water source, linen mix and loads a day, or just what's going wrong. We'll come back with a plan.