Jan 2021 Table of Content
New Name, New Website
The Korean Cleaners Monthly is reborn in 2021. Starting this year, its name won’t have ‘Korean’ in it. The reason for it is because we…
Presso raises $1.6M
The team that developed Presso, a self-service dry cleaning machine has raised $1.6 million thanks to interest from the film industry. The film industry spends…
Customers hope to keep a local dry cleaners open
For more than a decade, James Han has been living the American dream. A Korean immigrant, he worked his way up from being a taxi…
A Scotsdale dry cleaners gets funded by Barstool Fund
The Korean Cleaners Monthly is reborn in 2021. Starting this year, its name won’t have ‘Korean’ in it. The reason for it is because we…
Kwang Lee, past president of KCANJ passed away
Kwanghee Lee, the ex-president of KCA of NJ has suddenly passed away on December 19th. He was the loving husband and father of 2 children…
Wendell Nelson passed away
Wendell Robert Nelson, retired English professor, passed away peacefully at his Stevens Point, WI home on December 19th, 2020. He was born in Long Beach…
Acids and Alkalis
Many garments received by my analysis service (International Independent Garment Analysis Service by Daniel Eisen) require use of acids and alkalis for their correction. Some…
Water quantity and chemicals
The first thing to understand for successful wet cleaning is water quantity and chemicals. This point can never be over emphasized. As long as you…
Steam Tunnels
How shocked will you be to learn that adding a steam tunnel can actually increase your labor cost? I have a pair of stories to…
Teflon gaskets
Last month was devoted to stopping solvent and vapor leaks by maintaining the gaskets which provide a seal on the various doors of the dry…
CleanAir Supply BIG EQIPMENT SALE
CleanAir Supply is having a BIG EQUIPMENT SALE to celebrate New Year. The sale includes all equipment like Union, Sankosha, Miele, Wascomat and Fulton…
Cleanshow postponed to 2020
Messe Frankfurt has announced that the 2021 edition of The Clean Show will be postponed due to the continued global impacts of COVID-19. The next…
Samsung Airdresser is quite handy
Samsung AirDresser Samsung AirDresser, launched in early 2020, is a free-standing steam-cleaning (or – refreshing) device geared for consumers. But thanks to its simple installation…