Comments on: Exposing the dry cleaning myth http://mitchblum.com/2009/07/06/exposing-the-dry-cleaning-myth/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:15:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mitch http://mitchblum.com/2009/07/06/exposing-the-dry-cleaning-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Mitch Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:03:30 +0000 http://mitchblum.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-5 Darrell, Thank you for your comment. So the answer is "special soap" and "increased cost of production" - gotcha! - wink, wink. (your secret is safe with me!) Darrell,

Thank you for your comment. So the answer is “special soap” and “increased cost of production” – gotcha! – wink, wink.

(your secret is safe with me!)

]]> By: Darrell New http://mitchblum.com/2009/07/06/exposing-the-dry-cleaning-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Darrell New Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:05:34 +0000 http://mitchblum.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-4 You're blog is very funny by the way! Good job! You’re blog is very funny by the way! Good job!

]]> By: Darrell New http://mitchblum.com/2009/07/06/exposing-the-dry-cleaning-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Darrell New Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:04:18 +0000 http://mitchblum.wordpress.com/?p=118#comment-3 You're right! "Dry" cleaning is a myth! The clothes actually get wet, but with a solvent instead of water. However, your wrong about the soap. They do use special soap in their solvent, in order to get the clothes clean. The reason cleaners charge more for women’s blouses than men’s business shirts is because they are passing along their increased cost of production to their customers. Depending on the cleaner’s equipment, it costs them between three and four times the labor expense to properly “finish” a women’s blouse compared to a men’s shirt. You can watch a video about it on my blog http://1800dryclean.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/why-are-women%e2%80%99s-blouses-more-expensive-to-clean-than-men%e2%80%99s-business-shirts/ You’re right! “Dry” cleaning is a myth! The clothes actually get wet, but with a solvent instead of water. However, your wrong about the soap. They do use special soap in their solvent, in order to get the clothes clean.

The reason cleaners charge more for women’s blouses than men’s business shirts is because they are passing along their increased cost of production to their customers. Depending on the cleaner’s equipment, it costs them between three and four times the labor expense to properly “finish” a women’s blouse compared to a men’s shirt.

You can watch a video about it on my blog http://1800dryclean.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/why-are-women%e2%80%99s-blouses-more-expensive-to-clean-than-men%e2%80%99s-business-shirts/

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