DRESSING FOR DINNER; We put 'non-stick' shirt to the test.

Byline: By ROBERT STANSFIELD

THIS is the pounds 14 "non-stick" shirt that Asda claims does not stain - and yesterday I put it to the test.

Asda says its special coating means even the most offensive spillage slides off the surface without leaving a mark.

Well now I'm spilling the beans on the shirt - not to mention wine, ketchup, orange juice, coffee and jam doughnuts - to find out just how it meaure up.

It looks and feels like any other shirt and when we lobbed baked beans on they just dripped away.

It also bested red wine, which cascaded down and barely left a mark. But it didn't stand up too well against tomato ketchup, which clung on and made me look like an extra from a Hammer Horror movie.

It did better with orange juice but it wasn't jammy with doughnuts - the filling stuck like glue. Coffee left a nasty brown mark and a quick rinse did little to spruce it up.

Asda was quick to remind customers yesterday that the shirt wasn't designed for our full-on food onslaught.

Spokesman Ed Watson said: "The Permatech cotton simply makes it stain resistant. We're not encouraging people to throw food on it."

Voice of the Mirror: Page 6

[e-mail]

CAPTION(S):

MAN IN THE WHITE SHIRT: Robert puts the shirt through some rigorous scientific testing... honest; ORANGE JUICE NON-STICK; JAMMY DOUGHNUT NON STICK; INSTANT COFFEE STICK; THE HOUSE RED NON STICK; ..AND THEN A QUICK RINSE ..AND IT'S LIKE, ER, NEW; CLEAN ON: New shirt