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Royaltone Academy sets class sessions for
2007
If you already know how to spot, press
and clean cloth garments, then you are well on the way to being
able to do the same with suede and leather garments, as well.
In fact, once you have those
fundamentals, then all that is needed is to take a two-day
Royaltone wetcleaning and drycleaning leather cleaning class.
The Royaltone process was designed to
make leather cleaning 90 percent like regular drycleaning and
wetcleaning.
The Royaltone Academy classes are set up
to teach cleaners how to apply the 90 percent they already know
and the 10 percent they still need to learn.
There will be four class offerings
throughout 2007 at the Royaltone Leather Cleaning Academy in
Tulsa, OK.
Cleaners can sign up for weekend classes
on the following dates: Feb. 8 and 9; May 10 and 11; Sept. 13
and 14; and and Nov. 8 and 9.
The courses are headed by Frank Lucenta,
inventor of the technology of the Royaltone Cleaning process.
He is assisted by Bruce James, a Royaltone leather cleaning
expert with over 35 years of experience.
Plant owners and managers learn how to
safely identify, spot, drycleaning, wetclean, press, refinish,
sew, mend and promote suedes, leathers and furs — much in
the same way they already do for cloth garments in perc,
petroleum, Exxon 2000, water, carbon dioxide and other
solvents.
It is also an opportunity for cleaners to
network with their peers and find out how they operate their
cleaning plants.
On the first day, a morning session of
the class will meet from 8:30 to 11 a.m.
Cleaners will learn about a wide range of
subjects, including: the tanning process; the identification of
skins; acceptance techniques made easy and invoice ticket
preparation; spotting techniques; testing drycleaning fluid;
gluing and sewing; pressing and forming; and drycleaning
machine configuration.
Following a lunch break, attendees meet
again from noon to 3:30 p.m. to examine wetcleaning methods,
finishing, spraying, restoring luster, water repelling and
sizing, and other topics before a final exam is given.
On the following day, class will be in
session from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Those who attend will have an opportunity
to apply the techniques and skills they learned the previous
day in a supervised hands-on, in-plant atmosphere.
Students each receive a complete
instruction manual, written by Frank Lucenta, in either
English, Spanish or Korean.
Course completion certificates will also
be handed out after the conclusion of the training.
Those who still need after-training
support will be able to contact the Royal Academy via a toll
free hotline at (800) 331-5506.
The cost of enrollment for the two-day
leather and suede cleaning course is $400 per attendee with 50
percent discounts available for cleaning plants with multiple
attendees.
Because the class size is limited to
seven attendees, plant owners/managers are encouraged to sign
up early. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, call (800) 331-5506
or (918) 622-6677, or send e-mail to: frank@royaltone.com.
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