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Dry Cleaning
Some garments made of bonded fabric will not withstand the dry cleaning process. Cloth with a suede-simulated finish should not be dry cleaned. Latex or rubber cement that is used to fix pulverized cotton or rayon fibres to the base fabric will dissolve in solvent. Felt has a tendency to shrink because the fabric is made by a felting process and not woven or spun. Velvets can be made of silk, rayon acetate or cotton and different cleaning processes are applied to the different fibers. Fabric finishes which impart a pattern or design to the surface of the fabric, such as moire, can give rise to problems during spotting processes. Remove any fragile buttons before the garment is dry-cleaned. |
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