How to distinguish between washing and dry cleaning?

At present, the domestic dry cleaning industry is a mixed bag. Many dry cleaning shops pass off inferior products as high quality products and use washed products as dry cleaning. Things like this are common in newspapers and on the Internet. How to distinguish between dry cleaning and water cleaning? The following are four ways to distinguish between dry cleaning and water cleaning. Sharing them with you here hopes to help you avoid being deceived by some shops pretending to be dry cleaning.

1. Inspect in-store licenses

According to Chinese laws, practitioners in the dry cleaning industry must have a professional qualification certificate issued by the labor department, an environmental protection certificate issued by the environmental protection department, and a business license (dry cleaning chain The enterprise must also have a letter of authorization issued by the chain headquarters). Before choosing a dry cleaner, check the "certificate" to see if the certificates are complete. If the certificates are incomplete, consumers should not be greedy for cheap and get into "the dry cleaners with insufficient equipment, small scale, and incomplete certificates". Three no's laundry dry cleaning.

2. Observe the equipment configuration in the store

Nowadays, regular dry cleaning shops are generally equipped with the following equipment, dry cleaning machines (fully enclosed tetrachlorethylene dry cleaning machines or petroleum solvent dry cleaning machines), ironing machines, etc. Ironing machine (through plate ironing table or square plate ironing table), steam generator (built-in air source ironing table does not require an external generator), air compressor, clothing conveying line, packaging machine, stain removal table/stain removal cabinet (general Large and medium-sized dry cleaning shops are equipped with) and supporting equipment such as washing and drying. Some low-end dry cleaning shops are equipped with only a washing machine and an ironing table to accept work. There are even some shoddy "dry cleaning shops" that use tumble dryers as dry cleaning machines.

However, in most cases, it is not realistic for consumers to judge the authenticity of dry cleaning by observing the dry cleaning process at close range. The dry cleaning machines in most laundries are placed closer to the store, and the drums of some dry cleaning machines face the store. When customers pick up clothes, they usually interact with the staff at the counter in the store. Moreover, for a running dry cleaning machine, because the machine itself is located closer to the inside, standing outside the store can generally only see the clothes in the drum rotating. Without close observation, it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish whether it is liquid dry cleaning agent, water or water. Other things were flowing inside the cabin, making it difficult to tell whether it was a real dry cleaning machine. As long as you are careful enough, you can still identify this type of laundromat through simple observation.

There is also a category where there are inferior dry cleaning equipment in the store, but the store owner does not use these equipment from an economic point of view, but washes them with water instead of dry cleaning. This kind of store needs to be more careful. You can judge whether the dry cleaning machine is used frequently through the following two points. First, observe the cleanliness of the equipment. Frequently used equipment will not be too dirty, especially the door and handle of the dry cleaning agent. If there is obvious dust on the door and handle, it means that the dry cleaning machine is not used frequently or even never. Secondly, you should observe whether there are any debris placed in front of the dry cleaning machine. If debris is placed in front of the dry cleaning machine door, it will affect the opening of the dry cleaning machine door. It means that dry cleaning agent is not used frequently.

3. Smell

At present, most laundries use "tetrachlorethylene" as a dry cleaning agent, and "tetrachlorethylene" itself has a pungent smell. In this way, consumers can also identify whether it is truly dry cleaning through the following two methods. When taking out the clothes, smell carefully if there is a slightly pungent smell (high-quality imported dry cleaning machines, such as Italy's Union dry cleaning machine, have a recovery rate of 99.8% of tetrachlorethylene, so you will basically not smell any smell, but use This type of dry cleaning machine store is a large-scale store, so consumers can rest assured), indicating that it is dry cleaning rather than water washing.

4. Price Comparison

Laundry prices vary greatly among different types of laundries in different regions. Generally speaking, laundry prices in economically developed areas are more expensive than in economically backward areas. High-end stores More expensive than small stores. Regular large and medium-sized laundries generally have higher equipment configurations and larger store areas. Their laundry quality and service are much higher than that of small laundries, so the prices are higher. For some small-scale, no-name laundries, their equipment configuration is simple. In addition to simple equipment such as washing machines, irons and ironing boards, they are not equipped with professional dry cleaning equipment, and it is impossible to undertake dry cleaning business. They can only rely on price Advantages attract customers. Therefore, when choosing a dry cleaning shop, you must not be greedy for cheap. Take your expensive clothes to a small, informal shop to wash, so as not to damage your expensive clothes.

The above are four simple methods to prevent dry cleaning from pretending to be water cleaning. As long as you observe carefully, you will definitely find more identification methods.