We recently had a Yelp review that brought up several common dry cleaning questions consumers still have. One addressed for our New Albany, IN store came from Tayiti C. of Buford, GA posted on 8/31.
In her review she believes all dry cleaning is done with toxic chemicals and your dry cleaning needs to be aired out after pick up.
Answer: Over 80% of cleaners still use a chemical called PERC that is carcinogenic and slowly being banned by EPA. If your dry cleaning comes back with a "perfumy" odor, then your dry cleaner is not filtering their solvent properly and cleaning your garments in dirty solvent. Think of taking a bath in water used by the previous person. Yuck!
Even some of the alternative dry cleaning processes cleaners switching from PERC have used, such as Hydrocarbon (petroleum based solvent) and GreenEarth, still make sacrifices in cleaning quality and hydrocarbon is not environmentally friendly.
First, we are the only cleaners in Kentuckiana to use a truly Green dry cleaning process our, Glacier Dry Cleaning. Our process uses an environmentally friendly biodegradable cleaning solvent that is safe for you and the environment. Our process uses no heat, leaves no odor in clothes, and has been proven to clean better than any current dry cleaning process on the market, (even PERC!).
Her second question is regarding practice of upcharges by dry cleaners.
Answer: Almost all dry cleaners upcharge for material and designer brands. This extra cost is for the extra labor, skill, and complexity in processing the garment. For instance, her garment was made of silk. Silk is a very delicate garment that requires extra labor and skill in cleaning and pressing the garment. Dye's in silk can be very unstable and can also make any spot stain removal a challenge.
Hope this is informative.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Color loss on shirt collars.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
The problem arises with the sudden appearance of local
color loss areas on or near the neck edge of blouses and shirts.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
In most cases, the color loss appears along the neck fold of
the collar. The discoloration can be all around the collar or
just in localized areas, such as in only the right and left side
front areas. Depending on the color of the fabric, the color
change usually shows up as orange, pink, yellow or cream.
Some fabric colors, however, may change to other shades.
WHAT CAUSED IT?
Chemical testing and colorfastness tests on these shirts
indicate that the dyes are affected from the prolonged effects
of solutions containing either alcohol or mild oxidizing
agents (bleaches) or both. Some common solutions containing
alcohol include perfume, cologne, after-shave lotions,
skin fresheners, hair tonics or plain rubbing alcohol.
Oxidizing bleaches can be found in many skin preparations
and medicines, such as medicinal lotions, acne creams,
depilatories (agents for removing body hair), and other skin
treatments.
CAN IT BE PREVENTED?
Sometimes, the dye damage is not immediately visible
because of perspiration and body oils, which produces a stain.
Furthermore, the damaging solution itself may contain some
color or oil of its own that masks the damage. Therefore, the
dye disturbance may not actually appear until after the stain
is removed in subsequent drycleaning or washing processes.
Only in some cases, if the damaging solution is removed from
the shirt by cleaning it immediately after wear, can subsequent
dye damage be prevented.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
Only the consumer can be held responsible, since the solution
that causes the dye disturbance originally made contact
with the garment during wear.
IS THERE A REMEDY?
There is no method to reverse this type of color loss.
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