Comments on: 10 Myths About Dry Cleaning

By: mohsin mirza

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By: rashid

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By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:58:55 +0000

It’s funny!! I am a dry cleaner owner and was looking for a window sign for my store and came across this article..
What a totally unprofessional article!!! Being in dry cleaning industry for over 15 years and truing all kinds of machine available on the market I can tell you that there no better product than “perc” for all dry cleaning needs. Yes it’s toxic, yes it’s no good for the enviroment, but CO2 is also toxic but we still drive cars using gasoline, aren’t we?
As far as washing sweaters, wools and silk – it’s funny to read opinions of the people like fashion editor or some book author who probably never worked outside their office. Why not asked professional people in the industry? Otherwise you are simply misleading people and they will not be happy after they washed that silk blouse.. 🙂

By: Sara Ost

Sara Ost — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:06:55 +0000

Elchin, you might be surprised at your own skills if you just try. 🙂 People washed wool and silk for thousands of years before we had dry cleaners.

By: elchin

elchin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:01:16 +0000

This is very dubious advice. I would never wash wool or silk at home. You can easily ruin vey expensive items.

By: Luanne Bradley

Luanne Bradley — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:42:26 +0000

Yes, you are all so astute. And I agree James, cleaners to vary for sure. That’s why we have to be our own advocates and ask.

By: Kirsten Lioba

Kirsten Lioba — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:05:32 +0000

Anything remotely delicate I just hand wash. I’ve never had a problem. It saves money and keeps chemicals out of the environment (and off of my skin!). A man’s suit is one exception, I suppose.

By: James

James — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:34:18 +0000

Interesting post, but as someone who works at a dry cleaner I feel I should point out the validity of these points will vary by facility. With model cleaning machines, most dangerous chemicals are recycled. We use so little solvent I think it could easily be argued that consumption of home laundry detergent is a bigger environmental threat.

I do agree most so called ‘organic’ cleaners are greenwashing at best, and being outright deceptive at the worst.

By: Netfah

Netfah — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:46:25 +0000

Alot of our cusotmers here at J&O Fabrics inquiry about cleaning methods for their fabric purchases. Now with more and more dry cleaners ‘going green’ and consumers wanting to help ‘save the planet’, educating the public on the misconceptions of both methoods of cleaning is great. Thanks for the info!

By: SURENDRA KUMAR

SURENDRA KUMAR — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:40:28 +0000

Great Post. I have been a dry cleaner for 25 years and a GREENEARTH dry cleaner for the last 8 years. Almost all fabrics can be washed and we do wash a lot of garments that we process. What causes damage during washing is the excessive mechanical action ( agitation) and high water temperature. In addition you have dyes that will bleed in water and conditioners (sizings) that will dissolve in water. Dry cleaners do have access to sophisticated washing machines that wash with almost no agitation and special soaps, softners and sizings that allows us to wetclean without causing a lot of change in structure of the garment. In addition in our plant we use equipment to stretch back the garment to its original shape and size. I agree not all dry cleaners can do this but there are some of us who can. You should be an informed consumer and ask what type of cleaning solution your dry cleaner is using, do they wetclean and then do they use tensioning equipment to shape the garment back to its original shape. Do they regularly train and retrain their staff on new fabrics, fashions, cleaning and finishing techniques?

Simply put Greenearth is a form of silicone (liquid sand) breaks up into CO2, water and sand. It is the most studied dry cleaning solution in the market today. http://www.greenearthcleaning.com is a great resource if you want to learn more. For the most part almost all “Organic” dry cleaners are green washing. All solvent is organic chemically including CO2 but they are not “Organic” the way FDA classifies food.