What is Wet Cleaning?
Jan 8th, 2009 by Adam
Wet cleaning clothes can be equated to washing clothes in your home washing machine and then hanging them to dry as opposed to drying them in a drying machine. After the garments are dry they are then pressed. Wet cleaning is definitely the most environmentally safe cleaning method available because the clothes that are being cleaned are washed in water as opposed to a dry cleaning solvent that is manufactured. In addition, wet cleaning is the best cleaning method in terms of removing stains due to the nature of cleaning with water. As stated in previous blog posts water is a more aggressive cleaning agent than pretty much all dry cleaning solvents on the market.
Eco-Friendly Cleaning Drawbacks
However wet cleaning has it’s draw backs. Being a heavier substance, cleaning clothes in water can not only strip color out of garments it can also alter the size and texture of delicate items as well. Therefore wet cleaning clothes is better suited for certain types or garments. However now we have suffisticated laundry machines that don’t agitate the clothes as much as traditional laundry machines. We wet clean a large portion of the clothes that we clean.
Green Cleaning of the Future
Wet cleaning is, in my opinion, going to be the dominant cleaning choice for green dry cleaners in the future. With advancements in wet cleaning machine technology it’s only a matter of time before all garments, including the most delicate ones, will be able to be cleaned in wet cleaning machines and not lose their integrity.
