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Technical Bulletin: Dry Cleaning General Considerations
Dry Cleaning General Considerations. – Fabrics are sent for dry cleaning either because they are stained, or they need restoring to their original smart condition. The services offered by professional dry-cleaners must meet the requirements of convenience, and cleanliness. The objective of dry cleaning is to remove as much soiling as possible without shrinking, or…
Read MoreTechnical Bulletin: Insurance, Gas and Electricity What is Going On?
Following concerns from members about the soaring cost of gas and electricity, when existing contracts are coming to an end, and equal concerns that Insurance for our industry was becoming more difficult, due to some major insurers pulling away from our type of business, we had a dilemma facing us because these are normally matters…
Read MoreTechnical Bulletin: LOOKING AFTER WOOL for Cleaners and Launderers
Wool and wool rich fabrics form a significant part of the typical cleaners workload and so a good understanding of wool, its chemical and physical properties and how they influence its response to dry and wet processes is a basic requirement to handling it safely. When discussing wool we must also consider the other animal…
Read MoreFibres, textiles and clothing : quo vadis in a world of increasing environmental awareness?
For thousands of years now textiles and clothing play a key role in the history of mankind. Without these two the world would be inhabitable. From desert circumstances to arctic conditions, fibres and textiles, garments are crucial for human existence. With a population of almost eight (8) billion people, fibres and textiles can continue to…
Read MoreTechnical Bulletin: Achieving Better Finishing by Roger Cawood FGCL
THE E QUIPMENT DILEMMA Finishing equipment and finishing methodologies in the UK and abroad have undergone major changes in recent times. Initially the changes centred around the use of ironing equipment for finishing garments in place of the tradi-tional Hoffman or scissor press. The introduction of more sophisticated garment formers often referred to as multi-finishers…
Read MoreDry Cleaning The Part That Wet Cleaning Plays
During the last few years there has been increasing industry interest shown in the developing field of wet cleaning as opposed to dry cleaning. However, it may come as a surprise to many dry cleaners that wet cleaning has always been part of the service provided by some cleaners and particularly those working at the…
Read MoreTwenty Questions Asked of Dry Cleaners
Dry cleaning is the natural choice for most outerwear garments however other methods of cleansing textiles are washing by hand or machine and commercial laundering, and wet cleaning which is a special method of cleansing using water and selected chemicals to create a very gentle wash process giving additional protection to fabrics inside the machine.Whatever…
Read MoreCLASSIFICATION OF FIBRES
A simple classification can be based on the division of fibres into ‘Natural’ and ‘Man-Made’, being sub-divided as below. Natural Fibres Animal (or protein) Fibres Wool (the most important), mohair, camel hair, angora (rabbit), etc. Pure silk (from the cocoon of the silkworm). Vegetable (or Cellulosic) Fibres Seed hairs: Cotton, kapok, etc. Bast fibres (i.e.…
Read MorePlastics and The Road to Net Zero Pollution
Sub title “plastic eating mushroom” and their potential benefit to Launderers and Dry cleaners. *Report and summary, as it applies to the Laundry and Dry cleaning industry, by Ken Cupitt FGCL. In many people’s minds plastic is the world’s latest, greatest evil and despite all the good that it has done helping to create the…
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