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Batch Consistency in Glitter HTV: Why Team Colours Drift and How We Hold Them
A cheer gym reorders the same royal blue for years. If roll two is a shade off, the uniforms do not match on the mat. Here is where drift comes from and how batch control stops it.
Where colour drift comes from
Glitter powder from a different lot with a different flake size or coating
Binder pigment loading measured by eye rather than by weight
Coating weight that changes with line speed
No retained sample, so nobody knows what the first roll looked like
What we control
SHINHAN produces on one line in Yangju and checks every batch against an approved standard: colour difference, adhesion, thickness and surface. A retained sample and the production record are kept, so a reorder is matched to the physical film you approved—not to a memory of it.
Pantone and custom colours
Team colours can be matched from a Pantone code or a physical swatch. A lab-dip comes back in about 5–7 business days; once approved, it becomes the standard for that colour and every later batch is checked against it.
What to ask for
A QC report with the shipment
Confirmation that a retained sample exists for your colour
Lab-dip approval before the first production run of a custom colour
The same catalogue code on every reorder
Why it matters beyond cheer
Kidswear ranges, school wear programs and retail sheet packs all live or die on reorders matching. Consistency is not a premium feature; it is the difference between a supplier and a one-time purchase.
Request the sample kit and name the colours your teams use—we will include the closest stock shades and, if needed, start a lab-dip.
