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Towels Are Getting Torn During The Washing Process.
"We are one of the traders in the U.A.E supplying laundry chemicals to the commercial laundries. One of our customers is washing for a few hotels and has been having a problem, with the hotels complaining that the towels are getting torn during the washing process. They are using low foam detergent, chlorine powder bleach (10%) and softener. On occasion they use alkaline detergent also."
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How Do I Get The Iron Out My Water? It Is Turning My Towels Yellow.
Generally .5 ppm of iron will stain and discolor white textiles. Chlorine is not a good choice for washing textiles when there is any significant amount of iron present in the water. The best way to wash under the conditions where iron is present is to use oxygen bleaches. When using commercial laundry equipment, an iron removing sour can strip iron or control the presence depending upon the concentration of the bath, and lower pH value of the water in the bath.
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Laundering Incontinence Products
Question:
What do you recommend for washing reusable incontinence pads and similar products so that the odor can be most effectively removed?Average Percent of Rewash In A Commercial Laundry
Question: What is the average percent of rewash in a commercial laundry?
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Washing New Fibers & New Textiles
New fibers and new textiles! Is there new chemistry to wash them? Or do we wash these new fabrics just like we always have?
There may not be a right or wrong answer to this question as I have stated it.
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Quick Rinse - News From Around The World
Mac-Gray Corporation’s Lighten The Load™ Initiative
WALTHAM, Mass. — Mac-Gray Corporation, a provider of laundry facilities management services to multi-unit housing locations announced that it received the Carbonfund.org Foundation’s first annual For People and Planet award in the education category. Since Mac-Gray launched its Lighten the Load(TM) initiative in 2008 with Carbonfund.org, they have partnered with 29 academic institutions to offset more than 40 million pounds of carbon.
“This award highlights Mac-Gray’s commitment to environmental sustainability. Our Lighten the Load™ initiative is helping to reduce the carbon footprints of college and university laundry programs, while educating students on the benefits of being ‘green’ in the laundry room,” said Stewart G. MacDonald, Mac-Gray’s chief executive officer.