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10-27-2019 04:33 PM
@santorini - I wash most everything before I wear it as well.
10-27-2019 05:02 PM - edited 10-27-2019 05:03 PM
@author wrote:
For many years my chemical allergies were so bad that anything "new" had to be washed, or aired thoroughly, put outside or in garage to off-gas. I can tolerate new clothing now, but many times do still wash before wearing it. Every now and then something arrives from QVC that is so bad I simply return it rather than bothering with waiting for it to clear, if it ever would.
I can't imagine what it would be like with no sense of smell, and you are a wise woman to safeguard your own health by washing things before wearing. Plus, many chemicals, as I well know, have no odor at all but still make me sick until they are gone, and some don't degrade for a very long time.
@author @santorini I take mine to the cleaners after spritizing with vinegar/water and ask them to press. There is no odor that way. I have asthma and my sense of smell is quite intense. I hang the items out in the sunroom overnight where I spritz with vinegar-water. The following morning, I take to the dry cleaners and asked them to be pressed. They know. They are accustomed to me at the local dry cleaners. One of the blazers I recently received from LDO had no semblance of a lapel and the dry cleaners I use had one made and adjusted the other to the same size and shape, for a minimum amount. My tailor/seamstress is located next door. She gets all their work (and mine).
10-27-2019 06:13 PM
@santorini wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:I'll never understand why someone would wash something, especially a coat, that is brand new.
@Kachina624 After my thorough explanation, I find your note very rude. I hope my note helped the rest of the kind posters.
@santorini. Sorry, I overlooked your explanation. There are many customers who routinely wash everything they buy, which I've never understood. Sounds like you have a good reason. My son also had no sense of smell.
10-27-2019 06:14 PM
@santorini I was planning to wash not dry clean, and I'm glad to know you can machine wash and dry a little. Thanks for the instructions. I also wash most things before wearing. This coat doesn't seem to have a pronounced smell, so I plan to wear it without washing. I welcome any info or advice!
10-27-2019 08:36 PM
10-27-2019 08:43 PM
Because I have no idea how clean the Chinese factories and the people working in those factories are OR ARE NOT!
10-27-2019 10:42 PM
@Zhills How racist! Quite an assumption that Chinese people are not clean.
10-27-2019 10:42 PM
10-27-2019 11:20 PM
10-28-2019 09:42 AM
I use vinegar to clean everything! I do spritz clothing with it to freshen/clean things that can't be drycleaned and it works very well. I am not able to go anywhere near a drycleaner as the chems from the building give me a severe reaction.
I do fine if I avoid sources of trouble, so no Wal-Mart, garden centers, swimming pools, home stores, dry cleaners, Costco, and on and on. Over the past 25 years having this issue I have managed to live a fairly normal life, but am always very careful. Online ordering is always a gamble too as delivery vehicles can have something chemical in them as well as containers shipped from China, etc.
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