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Yavin4

(35,441 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2023, 02:17 PM Jan 2023

How Dry Cleaning Works

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How Dry Cleaning Works (Original Post) Yavin4 Jan 2023 OP

"some people might call it organic because it comes from the earth" progressoid Jan 2023 #1

How do things not get lost? Are those tags kept on each item the entire process? IcyPeas Jan 2023 #2

That's fascinating! GenThePerservering Jan 2023 #3

progressoid

(49,991 posts)

1. "some people might call it organic because it comes from the earth"

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 03:49 PM

Jan 2023

There's that vague term "organic" again. Yeah, it's organic. Like petroleum.

It's better than the usual perchloroethylene (PERC) but calling it organic is just PR.

IcyPeas

(21,889 posts)

2. How do things not get lost? Are those tags kept on each item the entire process?

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 08:55 PM

Jan 2023

GenThePerservering

(1,824 posts)

3. That's fascinating!

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2023, 11:07 PM

Jan 2023

I'm in clothing resale and the dry cleaner I used to work with was a much smaller operation - this place looks HUGE!

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