RESOURCES

LINKS

ALL THINGS FABRICARE
The complete web addressbook for drycleaners, allied trades, industry associations and publications -- with a few other links thrown in for good measure.

EDUCATION

COURSES
A variety of courses are offered year-round at the International Fabricare Institute in Laurel, Maryland. IFI also provides correspondence courses and certification programs for drycleaners. In addition, IFI has a Cyberspace Learning Center with nine courses available over the Internet.
The New York School of Drycleaning, operated by the Neighborhood Cleaners Association in New York city, offers evening classes.
The Southwest Drycleaners Association, based in Texas, offers classes throughout the year at the International Textile Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
On the West Coast, classes are offered by the California Cleaners Association.
Seminars and classes for drycleaners are offered around the country by the various regional, state and local trade associations. Check our Trade Association Directory for information about these groups. Upcoming courses and seminars are also listed on the calendar page of the National Clothesline web site.

BOOKS
National Clothesline, the industry's leading publication, has a series of books and instructional guides available on various topics ranging from beginning to advanced levels.

Stan Caplan has produced an instructional package on "The Caplan Method of Stain Removal" that includes a book, a video and a spotting board manual. The Caplan Method of Stain Removal. Cost: $199.
Also available, is Caplan's 45-minute video on Shirt Laundering and Finishing, which includes a comprehensive text in loose-leaf form outlining each procedure for a single-operator cabinet shirt unit and a two-operator cabinet shirt unit. Both units are demonstrated using a cabinet sleever and a single, or triple, heated collar former. This procedure was developed by Caplan for top quality with no touch-up (regular sizes) together with maximum production without overexertion by the operators. Cost:$149.
Spanish-language versions of both the stain removal and shirt laundering videos are available. The cost is $99 each, or both for $149.
Orders can be placed through the Golomb Group, c/o Dennis McCrory, 7664 Plaza Court, Willowbrook, IL 60527; phone (800) 679-5856.

Dan Eisen, long-time National Clothesline columnist and former chief garment analyst of the Neighborhood Cleaners Association, has distilled his decades of experience into two books, "The Art of Spotting" and "The Art of Wet Cleaning." For more information or to order, contact Eisen at 772/340-0909 or e-mail him at cleandan@adelphia.net.

An all-around reference to all things drycleaning. Bowe Permac's Textile Cleaning Book, 1993 edition. Cost: $25. Contact Bowe Permac, (800) 287-0870.

KEY TOPICS

CLEAN AIR ACT
A guide to the rules for perc drycleaners.

CLEAN WATER
If you are a drycleaner, cleaning up soil and groundwater contaminated with cleaning solvents could cost you more money than you have. What has the industry been doing to address the cleanup issue?

ON WETCLEANING

ON PERC

ON PETROLEUM

EPA'S ASSESSMENT

FAST LAUNDRY

THEIR $.02 WORTH

What some have said...

A "good" drycleaning process
Dow's drycleaning industry development leader and perchloroethylene product steward offers her views on what makes a good drycleaning process.

The case for perc
Stan Golomb appeals to the Court of Public Opinion "to cease and desist the harassment of the drycleaning industry."

There's No Business Like No Business
Obssessed with productivity? Give yourself a break! Ray Colucci's prescription for making money by doing nothing shows the easy way to contribute to the common good.


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