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26 Cards in this Set
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Water Soluble=
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be dissolved and removed
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Water quality & Temperature
Ratio of Fabric to water & amount of cleanser Color Fading Fiber content Care labels All impact what |
Laundering
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Sodium salts of a fatty acid are
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Soaps
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Requires using larger amounts of soap
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Hard water
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Less mineral deposits & soaps work best in this water
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Soft Water
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Dissolves easily
Does not form curds in hard water Usually requires larger amounts of detergents when used in hard water |
Detergent
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what causes soil to reposition
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Using little soap or detergent
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What causes oil to redeposit and graying
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using to much soil or detergent
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Soaps and detergents work to remove soils by:
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enabling the water to wet the fabric faster and more completely
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Uses on white fabrics to oxidize color matter (stains)
whitening fabric and removing certain stains can significantly reduce the wear life of a garment |
Bleaches
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Must NEVER be used on spandex or a protein fiber
ex) Clorox |
Chlorine Bleaches
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Safe for all fabrics
more costly and slower to work Ex) Clorox II |
Non Chlorine Bleach
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Optical brighteners or Whitening Agents
Increase the light reflection of yarns Do not clean clothes-Mask the soil to make look white Ex) oxy clean |
Fluorescent Brighteners
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Combine with minerals (magnesium & Calcium) that cause the water to be hard
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water softeners
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Provide a lubricant on the surface of the fibers
ex) Downey |
Fabric Softeners
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Restore the body of the limp fibers
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Starches
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When can starches be added?
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resin added to laundry or spray on used with ironing
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Mask odors from the chemicals in the product
ex) Tide with Febreeze |
Fragrances
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Made of enzymes that break down protein stains
not good to use on protein fibers |
pretreatment products
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Process when articles being cleaned are immersed in a solvent that is NOT water
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Dry Cleaning
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Most commonly used and oldest synthetic solvent
Issues with toxins and carcinogens Most used Perc or PCE |
Perchlorethylene
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Most used synthetic solvent
Will not burn easily Air pollution is minimal |
Hydrocarbons
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Slightly flammable
Still used due to its low price replaced gas as cleaning solvent |
Stoddards
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Used in expensive new machines that are environmentally friendly
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Liquid Co2
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Items that have been stained with substances that are insoluble in dry cleaning solvent must be ____ ________ before dry Cleaning
(blood, ink, rust, etc) |
Spot Treating
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Substances that posses:
Tannin Cements polystyrene plastics Dyed Leather Trim Pigment-colored fabrics Heavy and light fabrics plasticizers Should never be |
Dry cleaned
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