Comments on: Dry Clean Only? An Eco Expert Tells Us When It's Safe to Ignore Labels https://ecosalon.com/dry-clean-only-rules/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.25 By: Karl https://ecosalon.com/dry-clean-only-rules/#comment-36785 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:12:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=18609#comment-36785 Hi EB

You have a great knowledge of the material. It is easy to shrink wool, what you realize that most people don’t is that you need to control the pH level of the water, the agitation, and heat. You have mention all three in your comment, I commend you for your understanding of how to handle this material. Most people do not have and are not will to commit that much time to wash wool. When I explain the process to my customers they look at me like I’m crazy, can’t I just put it in the washing machine, add some Tide and press the button.

Karl
Pacific Heights Cleaners

]]> By: Karl https://ecosalon.com/dry-clean-only-rules/#comment-36783 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:51:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=18609#comment-36783 You can achieve the same result by adding baking soda to the wash to soften the water. After you have hung it to dry just tumbling the garment in the dryer for about 20 minutes without heat. No toxic dryer sheet necessary.

Karl
Pacific Heights Cleaner

]]> By: Karl https://ecosalon.com/dry-clean-only-rules/#comment-36782 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:36:00 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=18609#comment-36782 Almost all garments are washable if done correctly. The key is understanding the material, color and the process to use on it.
A small amount of heat from the dry with minimal agitation will not cause much shrinkage but over drying will. As far a the Maytag dryer, most nicer dryer come with a drying rack that sits in the middle of the dry, this allow the cloth to dry with heat without any agitation.

Karl
Pacific Heights Cleaners

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]]> By: Carla https://ecosalon.com/dry-clean-only-rules/#comment-4192 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:52:31 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=18609#comment-4192 I hand wash a lot of my sweaters, wool and cashmere items too. For me the key is not to stretch anything out, and dry flat even if it takes longer to dry. Everything else, jackets, coats, suits, delicate, vintage clothes etc goes to the cleaners. I dont always want to dress casually (including coats) so a lot of my clothes are “dry clean only”.

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