Comments on: Blue Sky Cleaners: Non-toxic and Plastic-free? http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:41:00 -0700 hourly 1 By: Pavlina http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-5201 Pavlina Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:37:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic-free/#comment-5201 Wool ease is great, but you can probably get by with a mixture of a gentle soap + lanolin. Wool ease is great, but you can probably get by with a mixture of a gentle soap + lanolin.

]]> By: Fake Plastic Fish http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-3119 Fake Plastic Fish Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:15:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic-free/#comment-3119 Thanks, Annie. This is great to know! If not too far from BART, I'll look into carrying our stuff there next time.<br/><br/>Beth Thanks, Annie. This is great to know! If not too far from BART, I’ll look into carrying our stuff there next time.

Beth

]]> By: Annie http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-3118 Annie Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:48:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic-free/#comment-3118 A bit north of you (near the El Cerrito Plaza BART on San Pablo) is Norge cleaners. They do wetcleaning, and I go to them the once or twice a year I clean my winter coat, sweaters, etc.<br/><br/>By the way, this is the first time I've commented, but I've gotten a lot out of reading your blog for the past couple of months. Thank you for taking the time to write it, and for doing your best to make a difference. A bit north of you (near the El Cerrito Plaza BART on San Pablo) is Norge cleaners. They do wetcleaning, and I go to them the once or twice a year I clean my winter coat, sweaters, etc.

By the way, this is the first time I’ve commented, but I’ve gotten a lot out of reading your blog for the past couple of months. Thank you for taking the time to write it, and for doing your best to make a difference.

]]> By: CindyW http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-3067 CindyW Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:42:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic-free/#comment-3067 I think Blue Sky is as good as it gets these days in terms of non-toxic dry clean. <br/><br/>I have stopped using dry clean all together though. I use gentle cycle or hand wash most of the clothes that are labeled dry clean.<br/><br/>A friend of mine from school works for a brand name clothing line. She informs me that many clothes that are labeled with dry clean only can probably be washed by hand or in gentle cycle. Labeling it Dry Clean only, the manufacturers push the damage liability on the consumers rather than making sure that the clothes are made well enough for machine wash. <br/><br/>The trouble is it's hard to know what is truly dry clean only and what is "dry clean because we can't be bothered to ensure its quality". <br/>I have tried machine wash at least a dozen "dry clean only" clothes. Only one came out smaller than when it went in :) I think Blue Sky is as good as it gets these days in terms of non-toxic dry clean.

I have stopped using dry clean all together though. I use gentle cycle or hand wash most of the clothes that are labeled dry clean.

A friend of mine from school works for a brand name clothing line. She informs me that many clothes that are labeled with dry clean only can probably be washed by hand or in gentle cycle. Labeling it Dry Clean only, the manufacturers push the damage liability on the consumers rather than making sure that the clothes are made well enough for machine wash.

The trouble is it’s hard to know what is truly dry clean only and what is “dry clean because we can’t be bothered to ensure its quality”.
I have tried machine wash at least a dozen “dry clean only” clothes. Only one came out smaller than when it went in :)

]]> By: agreenfire http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-3066 agreenfire Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:57:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic-free/#comment-3066 I think I finally got to where all my clothes are machine or hand washable. I do hand wash my silk shirts. The only thing I have had drycleaned recently was my comforter which my nephew got peanut butter on. There was quite a story to go along with how he managed to that. I think I finally got to where all my clothes are machine or hand washable. I do hand wash my silk shirts. The only thing I have had drycleaned recently was my comforter which my nephew got peanut butter on. There was quite a story to go along with how he managed to that.

]]> By: Allie http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-3063 Allie Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:49:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic-free/#comment-3063 I've totally given up on dry cleaning. That was actually one of the things that drove me to madness when I had a job where I had to wear a suit every day. It was before I knew as much about the issues with health and dry cleaner chemicals, but I swore up and down that those dry cleaned suits made my asthma worse. Now, if it can't be washed, it's not worth owning. And if it says it can't be washed and I already own it (minus the suits, that just get aired out and NEVER worn) I'll try washing it anyway. I’ve totally given up on dry cleaning. That was actually one of the things that drove me to madness when I had a job where I had to wear a suit every day. It was before I knew as much about the issues with health and dry cleaner chemicals, but I swore up and down that those dry cleaned suits made my asthma worse. Now, if it can’t be washed, it’s not worth owning. And if it says it can’t be washed and I already own it (minus the suits, that just get aired out and NEVER worn) I’ll try washing it anyway.

]]> By: Rosa http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-3061 Rosa Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:13:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic-free/#comment-3061 Thanks for the link, Christy B.<br/> <br/>Interestingly, the closest one to us is the hotel valet at the nearby tribal casino, Mystic Lake.<br/><br/>They do a lot of other good stuff, for tribal members and other local communities. Plus, check this out:<br/><br/>In 2006 a state-of-the-art Water Reclamation Facility was completed which utilizes biologically aerated filter technology to treat water for reuse as irrigation for the golf course. The building also houses the largest Green Roof in the Midwest, over 30,000 square feet containing more than 45,000 plants... Ground was broken September 13, 2007, for an innovative venture to generate electricity using agricultural byproducts... Waste from malting and food processing will be burned to generate electricity. <br/><br/>I would have never known that if I didn't follow the drycleaning link! Thanks for the link, Christy B.

Interestingly, the closest one to us is the hotel valet at the nearby tribal casino, Mystic Lake.

They do a lot of other good stuff, for tribal members and other local communities. Plus, check this out:

In 2006 a state-of-the-art Water Reclamation Facility was completed which utilizes biologically aerated filter technology to treat water for reuse as irrigation for the golf course. The building also houses the largest Green Roof in the Midwest, over 30,000 square feet containing more than 45,000 plants… Ground was broken September 13, 2007, for an innovative venture to generate electricity using agricultural byproducts… Waste from malting and food processing will be burned to generate electricity.

I would have never known that if I didn’t follow the drycleaning link!

]]> By: Robj98168 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-3055 Robj98168 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:14:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic-free/#comment-3055 I was all excited when I read your post title and goign to tell you that yes I have an enviormentally friendly dry cleaner! But then I read on and you mentioned GreenEarth (siloxane D5). What a let down! That is what they use. :( I was all excited when I read your post title and goign to tell you that yes I have an enviormentally friendly dry cleaner! But then I read on and you mentioned GreenEarth (siloxane D5). What a let down! That is what they use. :(

]]> By: Going Crunchy http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-3054 Going Crunchy Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:10:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic-free/#comment-3054 I, like Rosa, have done my own things despite the dry clean only label. Most of these items in my wardrobe are very infrequent. <br/><br/>I am taking a new job, and will be in a business dress much more often. This may become quite an isue! I, like Rosa, have done my own things despite the dry clean only label. Most of these items in my wardrobe are very infrequent.

I am taking a new job, and will be in a business dress much more often. This may become quite an isue!

]]> By: Christy B. http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-3053 Christy B. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:52:00 +0000 http://fakeplasticfish.com/2008/07/blue-sky-cleaners-non-toxic-and-plastic-free/#comment-3053 To locate the cleaners that use the C02 technology elsewhere, <a HREF="http://findco2.com/" REL="nofollow">FindC02.com</a> To locate the cleaners that use the C02 technology elsewhere, FindC02.com

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