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Lint is not our friend

Lint is not our friend. Excessive lint is the cause of many ills for drycleaners and their equipment. Lint build-up on the coils cripples reclamation.

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SURGING AND FOAMING

What is surging or foaming? – This is when impurities or internal damage to the boiler cause rapid level changes and/or violent bursts of boiling

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Water quality and soap

This month’s column is a very boring subject of water quality and the adequate soap quantity. This applies to no only wet cleaning but to

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Oxidized tannin stain

Tannin stains are those wetside stains that are derived from vegetable or plant matter. It is the most common wetside stain and includes tea, coffee,

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