Editorial policy

Every claim should survive being checked.

Fabric care is full of copied folklore. This is how FabricFile separates a useful explanation from a confident-sounding laundry myth.

Effective 1 September 2026

Who is responsible

FabricFile is written and maintained by Yetik Deniz Daniel in Budapest. The background and limits of that expertise are explained on the about page. There is no anonymous editorial team and no outsourced article feed: one named person is responsible for what appears here and for correcting it.

How topics are chosen

A guide starts with a real decision: which cycle matches the bars on a label, whether a leaking jacket needs reproofing, why a dark load has white streaks, or whether a dye-transfer accident can still be reversed. A page is not commissioned merely because a search phrase exists. It must answer a distinct question without repeating another FabricFile page.

Each guide needs one explanatory idea that makes the advice understandable. “Use low heat” is a tip; explaining that overdrying combines heat with continued abrasion tells the reader when the risk begins and how to avoid it on another machine.

The source hierarchy

1. Standards and law: ISO, ASTM, GINETEX, EU regulations and national regulators for what labels are allowed or required to say.
2. Peer-reviewed research: textile science, polymer science, conservation and laundering studies for mechanisms and measured claims.
3. Public institutions and university extension services: practical methods that have been tested and written for consumers.
4. Manufacturers for their own products: an outdoor-clothing maker is authoritative about the process it specifies for its membrane, but not treated as an independent comparison of the market.

Search-result snippets, copied tip lists and unsourced numerical claims are not evidence. When available evidence is commercial or industry-funded, the page identifies that relationship. When sources disagree, FabricFile narrows the claim instead of inventing certainty.

Writing and review

Research notes separate confirmed facts, practical inferences and claims that should not be published. Drafts are checked against the cited source before publication. Numbers are either reproduced with context or shown as calculations with their assumptions. The “last updated” date changes only when a page has been reviewed or materially revised.

Advice always remains subordinate to the care label attached to the garment. Finishes, dyes, trims, construction and previous damage can make two garments with the same fibre content behave differently. Valuable, antique, structured or unusual pieces belong with a qualified cleaner or textile conservator.

Corrections

Factual corrections are made as soon as they can be verified. A change that reverses or substantially qualifies the original advice is noted on the page; small spelling and clarity edits are not logged. To report a possible error, use the contact page and include the page, the sentence and a source if you have one.

Advertising and independence

FabricFile is free to use and may be supported by clearly identified advertising. Advertising does not decide which topics are covered, does not receive drafts and does not change a recommendation. There are currently no paid product placements or affiliate links. If that changes, the commercial relationship will be disclosed next to the relevant link or material.

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Interactive tools

The quiz and garment troubleshooter run entirely in the visitor's browser. They do not upload photographs, create accounts or send the answers to FabricFile. Their results are educational decision support, not a diagnosis of an unseen garment.