Winning SMART System helps Floridia dry cleaning industry
30 May '08
3 min read
Perc advocates raise concern about the new system's use of clean water to carry the eco-responsible cleaning agents instead of using Perc as the cleaning agent.
Perc machines are not compatible with water and water has long been avoided for certain garments that were traditionally labelled “Dry Clean Only”.
Perc advocates usually characterize professional Wet Cleaning as less capable than the Perc process and describe its usefulness as limited to only a restricted percentage of the garments that are brought to the dry cleaners by their customers. This assertion had been creating uncertainty amongst policy makers, impeding progress in legislation.
However, professional Wet Cleaning facilities utilizing the correct combination of professional Wet Cleaning equipment, finishing equipment and SMART Wet Cleaning solutions have consistently demonstrated the ability to clean 100% of the garments typically cleaned by Perc.
Furthermore, the SMART Wet Cleaning system has a lower carbon footprint with its lower consumption of electricity and is easier for municipal pollution control officials because no hazardous waste is generated.
No HAZMAT safety instruction is required because there are no occupational health implications with the use of the non-toxic cleaning agents used in SMART Wet Cleaning.
The SMART Wet Cleaning system has the highest publicly documented technical success rate of any professional Wet Cleaning system in use and thus is the first to be described as a “100%” solution.