What clothes should not be dried cleaned?
Polypropylene clothing (including rainproof silk, etc.), rubber products (including elastic bands), artificial leather, painted ornaments (such as lacquer flowers), metal ornaments, velvet products bonded with glue.
Dry-cleaned clothes must be dried and volatile.
After dry-cleaning clothes from the laundry, many people directly put these ironed clothes in the bag into the closet. Little do they know that tetrachloroethylene may remain in the clothes that exceed the standard. In this case, it is recommended to place the clothes you took home on a well-ventilated balcony and do not hang them indoors. They will be hung for 12-24 hours before being put away. Tetrachloroethylene is easy to volatile and can evaporate in a short time under good ventilation conditions. The remaining tetrachloroethylene on clothing can be reduced to a minimum amount.
The sense of smell can also determine the residual amount of tetrachloroethylene
The residual amount of tetrachloroethylene on clothing can be volatile and has a special odor. Therefore, the residual amount of tetrachloroethylene on clothing can be judged by the smell. Clothing just retrieved from a dry cleaner often has a pungent smell. After being left for a while, the smell can gradually disappear with the decrease in concentration. Therefore, smell can also be used as a criterion for judging the residual amount of tetrachloroethylene.
Experts remind: Washing water is more likely to breed bacteria
According to people from the Beijing Dyeing Industry Association, what is related to human health is not only the reasons for dry cleaning agents, but also closely related to the bacteria in clothes. Modern people are wearing more and more casual clothes, and the share of washing in laundry shops is gradually increasing, which is the same as dry cleaning. Washing water is more likely to breed bacteria, because washing water mostly uses ordinary laundry detergent and powerful laundry detergent to remove dirt. The process of using tetrachloroethylene for dry cleaning is lacking, but it only plays a certain sterilization effect when drying and ironing at high temperatures of 120℃-140℃.