Some time back an alternative process of gluing instead of stitching was being tried out for appliqué assembly to a garment front panel. The process was tried out and the experiment deemed a failure as the appliqué came out after three washes or so. This was reported, I was surprised and then checked the instructions on the glue tube which said that seven days is the complete curing time for the assembly to get the full strength. I asked how many days had been given, the team said three days and that in production they may not get more than 3 day... mmmm.

Well actually the garment takes more than seven days in the factory itself before being shipped, in fact almost 30 days plus, and there is enough time for curing. The experiment was repeated with full seven days of curing and then even after 25 washes the assembly held. So the lesson- NO short cuts in process.

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