Why Wet Cleaning?
- Truly environment-friendly; no air pollution, no toxic residue, no hazardous waste, hence no harm to human and nature
- Cleaning performance similar or superior to conventional dry cleaning and minimal damage to fabrics, when cleaning with right process control, right staffs and right detergent
- Cleaned garments come out softer and smell nicer.
- Total cost comparable to PERC-based dry cleaning, even including finishing cost (pressing and ironing)
- Replacement or retrofit of machine costs much less
- Alternative carbon hydrogen machine cost $40,000~100,000
- Wet cleaning machine starts from less than $10,000, which professional cleaners might already own
- Hence high return-on-investment (ROI) and short payback period guaranteed
Wet Cleaning . Clear Benefits
Case Study of Utopia Cleaners, Arlington, MA
Utopia Cleaners has purchased a wet cleaning machine at $1,000, making Utopia a PERC free
garment cleaning facility. It also has purchased state-of-art pressing equipment and
has slightly increased the time spent finishing each garment, as wet cleaned garments often
has more winkles.
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Toxic use Reduction Assessment
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Economic Assessment
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- Utopia used to use 150 to 175 gallons of PERC annually. 3,600 pounds of PERC waste was removed by a hazardous waste handler
- Utopia currently generates no hazardous waste and is no longer regulated under the Clean Air Act.
- The operators and customers are no longer exposed to PERC in the air
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- The cost of replacing the existing PERC machine would have been $40,000.
- The cost of disposing spent PERC is $100 per 12 gallon drums. Utopia saves ~$1,800 in disposal cost annually.
- The cost of PERC is $5.50/gallon. Utopia saves between $825~963 in procurement annually.
- The utility cost are only $0.02 per day more than dry cleaning, based on 100 pieces of garments per day
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Introducing DRYTEN®
- Jointly developed with Daewoo Electronics, Co. Ltd., one of the largest consumer electronic manufacturer in Korea.
- Evolutionary, patented formulation that lifts the performance, reliability and economics of wet cleaning to unprecedented level.
- Neutral, non-toxic and low foaming characteristics.
- Competitively priced for low cost of operation
- Can clean most of delicate including:
- Pure wool, cashmere, lambs wool, duck-down, silk, linen, leather, suede and high-end cotton
- Suit, coat, underwear, knit, casuals and other "dry clean only" clothes
Proven Performance
Standard laser reflectivity measurement for cleaning power conducted by Korea
Apparel Testing & Research Institute* (KATRI) demonstrated that the cleaning power of DRYTEN is twice as strong as that of the leading U.S. vendor.
2004.6 KATRI NO: SS04-00006248
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Detergent
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DRYTEN 50g
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Laid law 90g
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Cleaning Powder(%)
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17.29
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15.01
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Direction of Use
The following directions is the basic guideline of cleaning with DRYTEN.
The users should operate their machines in strict compliance with these directions.
- Fill water in the bath and add 1.0 ~ 1.5 oz of DRYTEN per 2 gallons of water (or 15 g per 30L of water).
- Dissolve Dry Tenby rotating machine or stirring the water.
- Remove serious spots on the garments with DRYTEN if necessary.
- Fill garments into the bath to the half of the full load. Overload can cause slight shrinkage by felting.
- Keep the water temperature at 85~100°F (or 30~40°C).
- Rotate the machine for 10~20 mins. Keep the rpm as low as possible.
- Rinse well with water.
- Dry the garments on hangers under good air flow. Do not squeeze and avoid direct sunlight.
- Press and iron the garments if necessary.
Please contact your local dealer if you have any questions.
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