In daily life, many customers will send clothes that cannot be washed by themselves to the laundry shops for professional washing. However, if the laundry shops lack experience and have no deep understanding of the stains, laundry accidents easily happen, which can affect the word-of-mouth. Below are five common laundry accidents that are common in laundry shops.
Shrinkage of the Garments
The shrinkage of clothes often happens in clothes with different fabrics. These types of clothes should usually be dry-cleaned. If people want to do water cleaning, the fabrics will shrink. The main reason for shrinkage is that the surface of the protein fibers is in the form of phosphorus flakes. With the friction and moisturizing function, the phosphorus flake fibers interlock with each other, resulting in a reduced overall area of the fiber fabric after washing. In addition, people can choose wet cleaning. By using professional wet cleaning machines and wet cleaning detergents, people can safely wash the wool or woolen-blended clothes.
- Methods for Restoration
Turn the fabric over and use the steam ironer to iron the other side of the fabric, then the fabric will return to its original place.
Whitening and Blotchy Discoloration Caused by Improper Washing or Stain Removal
Despite the white clothes, the clothes of other colors easily have dye bleeding because the colorfastness of the fabrics is poor, or people choose the wrong detergents, and other reasons.
- The treatment of blotchy discoloration
People should not soak the clothes for a long time. If soaking is needed, people should frequently turn the clothes over or use industrial washing machines with editable programs. When using industrial washing machines, people should set the soaking programs and ensure that all the clothes are immersed. The detergents should be neutral or weakly alkaline. When adding the detergents, people should dissolve the detergents completely in the water first and then soak the clothes in the water.
Putting the clothes first and then adding the detergents will cause the detergents to be hard to dissolve, and accumulate on the clothes, so as to lead to the blotchy discoloration.
Methods
The washing temperature should be high, and the mechanical forces should be medium. Avoid scrubbing as much as possible and focus on brushing and lifting-washing.
When using industrial washing machines for washing, people can suitably increase the stop /turn ratio to reduce mechanical force. During the washing process, if there is already color in the water, people can add some detergents that are made for color fixation. During the dehydration, the lining should be placed facing outward. Then, the clothes should be evenly distributed and spun dry at a low speed. The drying time should not be too long.
Hardening and Cracking Accidents of Suede-like Fabric and Artificial Leather
This kind of textile belongs to viscose fiber materials. If the laundry staff has limited experience and doesn’t determine the fabrics of the clothes correctly, the staff will use the wrong laundry methods and cause laundry accidents.
- Methods
Due to the speciality of the fabric, people should hand-wash the fabric with cold water. When rinsing using the brushing method, do not fold the garment. Instead, lay it flat on the laundry table.
Rinse it thoroughly with clean water → use a large towel to press and absorb the water from the garment (Do not dehydrate it in a dehydrator or wring it dry by hand) → hang it on the reverse side in a well-ventilated area. (Do not expose it to direct sunlight)
Bubbling on Garments After Washing
The main cause of bubbling on garments after dry cleaning is the substandard adhesive used in the garment. When washed at elevated temperatures, the adhesive detaches and leads to the formation of bubbles.
- Methods
– If the area is small, people can use a steam-heated ironer to press and iron it. In this way, however, the problem will recur or even be more severe. If people want to completely fix it, they can use a medical syringe to inject viscous resin into the bubbled areas, then heat and press them.
– If the area is large, you can take the clothes to a tailor shop and have the lining replaced.
– Unfortunately, if a down jacket has large-area bubbling, there will be no effective solution.
Fabric Shining Accident Caused by Ironing
Fabric shining mainly occurs on single-faced gabardine fabrics in blue, black, or coffee brown. It is often caused by prolonged wear (cause the loss of wool fiber scales) or improper ironing(excessively high ironing pressure or temperature).
- Methods
When ironing this type of fabric, people should pay attention to the following points.
– do not use an excessively high temperature
– always use a pressing cloth
– avoid repeated rubbing on the same area
– apply moderate pressure.
If shine appears during ironing, people should immediately place a damp pressing cloth over the area. If conditions permit, soaking the garment in acetic acid water for 1 to 2 hours can also help alleviate the shine.
Conclusion
Above are the five laundry accidents in the laundry shops. We hope this article is helpful for you.
