{"id":22600,"date":"2013-07-07T16:38:59","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T20:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/?p=22600"},"modified":"2017-03-06T17:29:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:29:09","slug":"wet-cleaning-vs-dry-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/2013\/07\/07\/wet-cleaning-vs-dry-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"<i class=\"fa fa-pencil-square\"><\/i>  Wet Cleaning Vs. Dry Cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wet cleaning is significantly different from dry cleaning in that it does not use hazardous chemicals nor does it produce harmful waste. \u00a0Tetrachloroethylene, commonly referred to as Perc or dry cleaning fluid is the key ingredient that is used when dry cleaning garments. \u00a0<!--more-->This chemical \u00a0is carcinogenic to humans, and is known to produce soil contamination and air pollution. \u00a0Waste produced by dry cleaning must be properly discarded as it can pose a health risk to human and animal life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contrastingly, wet cleaning uses only water and organic\u00a0biodegradable solvents. \u00a0It is 100% eco-friendly\u00a0as it does not use any harsh chemicals. \u00a0Garments are more likely to be allergen free and cause minimal skin irritation. \u00a0Studies have shown wet cleaning \u00a0to clean fabrics just as well, if not better than dry cleaning. \u00a0In addition, many fabrics that are labeled &#8216;Dry Clean Only&#8217; can be wet cleaned without difficulty. \u00a0Fluids produced from the process of wet cleaning are disposed of into the public sewer system, and are easily treated at the local waterwaste treatment facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wet cleaning is significantly different from dry cleaning in that it does not use hazardous chemicals nor does it produce harmful waste. \u00a0Tetrachloroethylene, commonly referred to as Perc or dry cleaning fluid is the key ingredient that is used when dry cleaning garments. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22600"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22620,"href":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22600\/revisions\/22620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wetcleanersusa.com\/wcu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}