Mr. Sohn shows you how he wetcleans his Dark-Gentle load. Dark-Gentle Load: Dark color, relatively clean, wool & silks Neutral detergent, no fragrance, 1 oz per 10 piece / silicone conditioner, 1 oz per 10 pieces Water temp: 35℃(95℉) Water level: Enough to fully submerge all the clothes Drum rotation: 1 rotation per minute Wash […]
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Don’t be afraid to start wetcleaning. Mr. Sohn, a 15-year veteran of wetcleaning teaches you how to wetclean by showing you how he actually works in his own shop. The first episodes shows him classifying the clothes for processing.
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I have been covering the general principles of wetcleaning for the last several months. Starting this month, I will be explaining more technical side of it. These topics need to be understood before you try wetcleaning. Even though you are already doing it, I hope you read it just to make sure. The first thing
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In order to do proper wetcleaning, it is necessary to customize the loads you are running. This means adding the proper detergent with the proper additives in a specific formulation for that particular load. There is not one detergent that can specifically handle all loads equally. There are some fabrics that require special additives to
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I have covered wetcleaning basics for the last several months so starting this month, I will cover technical issues. The first issue is the chemicals used in wetcleaning. Problem garments I receive a lot of questions about handling problem garments. I suspect they think I am some kind of an expert in spotting but I
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Perc is being phased out all over the country. As a result, I’m receiving more inquiries about converting to wetcleaning. Does it work? How about suit jackets? Leather? How’s shrinkage? How about customer response? How do you handle problems? Well, I do my best to answer those questions. It is actually quite enjoyable to talk
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