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Professional wetcleaning is a complement to dry cleaning. Many
garments labeled “dry clean only” can be professionally wetcleaned,
including cashmere, down-filled items, leathers, suede, as well as
beaded and sequined gowns. Professional wetcleaning leaves your
garments looking immaculate, smelling fresh, and feeling soft to the
touch.
Learn More About The Professional Wetcleaning Process
To professionally wetclean any garment
requires a vast understanding of fabrics, the cleaning process, and
experience that only a professional cleaner can ensure. Even
though wetcleaning uses specialized than home laundry which can ruin
many garments.
Cleaners who offer professional
wetcleaning are able to clean many of your garments. When you take
the garments in, the cleaner will decide whether to use professional
wetcleaning or professional drycleaning on the fabric type and
construction of the item.
To really understand the beauty of
professional wetcleaning, let’s first talk about the basics of fine
garment cleaning in general. To clean any garment or fabric
requires that four elements be present: solvent, detergents, agitation,
and heat. Wetcleaning balances these four elements to create the
optimum cleaning environment — one that neither shrinks, stretches,
fades nor alters the garment.
In conventional drycleaning, the dominant
solvent used is called Perchloroethylene or “Perc”, which is toxic.
The term “dry” indicates that almost no water is used in the cleaning
process; however, the clothes are washed in the Perc bath with special
detergents, spun to extract the excess chemical (which is recycled) and
then tumbled dry.
Professional wetcleaning uses water, the
most benign and abundant solvent available on the planet. The
input of the four elements of garment cleaning (solvent, detergents,
agitation and heat) based on the type of fabric being cleaned. In
water, non-toxic detergents and conditioners are used to lift dirt out
of the garment and revitalize the fabric. The garments are
agitated in the computerized wetcleaning machine just enough to clean
the grime, but not enough to alter the structure, size or color.
The garments are then transferred to a
high-tech drying unit that senses humidity as many as 400 times per
minute. To ensure that no shrinkage occurs, the dryer
automatically stops once the garment is dry. During drying, the
conditioners that were added earlier are heat-activated to soften and
freshen the garment.
Garments are then treated as they would be
in the dry cleaning process — wrinkles are pressed out, garments are
hung up and bagged.
Find Out What You Can Do To
Encourage Professional Wetcleaning Near You
Many cleaners do in fact wetclean certain
garments. However, they do not promote this service because they
do not have the new equipment that would allow them to rapidly process
large quantities in this cleaning process. The good news is that
you, as a consumer, have incredible power to ensure that more
professional wetcleaners begin to promote and expand their professional
wetcleaning services around the world.
Currently, many cleaners are deciding
whether or not to invest in the latest professional wetcleaning
equipment and training. One of their most pressing concerns is
whether they will retain current ones. Next time you visit your
dry cleaner, ask the owner to consider offering professional wetcleaning.
Let your cleaners know that you will
gladly do more business with them if they offer and promote professional
wetcleaning. Likewise, enlist your friends, family and co-workers
to do the same. After a business starts to make money, and if
enough people request professional wetcleaning, a cleaner will likely
offer and promote the service.
REMEMBER:
EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS !!
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