When shrinkage outsmarts my spreadsheet

Ran a 60/40 PA6/PET twill through a “3%” relax finish at 11:30 last night and it came back 7% shorter and mysteriously squeakier — my FEA and shrinkage model said I’d optimized for clown trousers… What’s your best tale of a perfectly reasonable material assumption turning into comedy during finishing or testing (extra credit if a Martindale or crock test did the roast)?

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I once ‘pre-shrunk’ a PA6/PET sateen and the Martindale turned it into a squeaky yoga mat — softener had flashed off by morning. On blends like this, weigh pad pick-up at the frame and keep it around 80% ±2% to stop PA6 from yanking PET shorter — what overfeed and pick-up did you run on that ‘3% relax’?

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