Home Dry Cleaning
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Home Dry Cleaning
I was asked about home dry-cleaning: Here's an article which explains more than you'll ever want to know about the subject! It works, too. I've used this method a number of times. We usually only take our really expensive items (such as suits) to the dry-cleaners (Check your local phone book for coupons before you go and call a couple of places to get quotes. We've found it can be the difference of $15-$20 for a handful of items if we find the least expensive cleaners to use.
Home Dry Cleaning
I was asked about home dry-cleaning: Here's an article which explains more than you'll ever want to know about the subject! It works, too. I've used this method a number of times. We usually only take our really expensive items (such as suits) to the dry-cleaners (Check your local phone book for coupons before you go and call a couple of places to get quotes. We've found it can be the difference of $15-$20 for a handful of items if we find the least expensive cleaners to use.
posted by Crystal Paine at 1:44 PM
2 Comments:
What an excellent article! I use these kits frequently and have had good results, both with my own non-washable clothes and my brother's work shirts & pants. Another reason to use them is that perchlorethylene, the solvent used in most commercial dry cleaning, has been linked to higher rates of breast cancer- it accumulates in fatty and glandular tissue. I still use commercial dry cleaning from time to time, but stretch the time between that with the home dry cleaning kits and by washing my woolens by hand or on the delicate cycle with Woolite.
Ooh, this home dry cleaning may be just the ticket to keep me from going bonkers, since my husband and I seem to have a ton of "dry clean only" clothes. Do you have a particular kit you recommend? And am I right in understanding that it really doesn't take much more time than doing a regular load of clothes?
My money saving tip is to remember your change when things get close to the bone. I have bailed myself out quite a few times in my life by putting my pennies, nickles, dimes and quarters in rolls and turning them in at the bank. Rolling them up can be a fun activity while you are watching television or a video. In the alternative, for a small fee, you can dump your change into one of those machines at the bank and get bills back in exchange. I have found that I have had as much as $60 lying around in pennies, nickles, and dimes!
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