Can I wash a dry-clean only shirt?

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iLoveDivX

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the shirt is 85% silk and 15% linen. i wash wondering if i can just wash it at home. the last time i washed and machine dry a dry clean only sweater, it shrunk down to a doll size. i asked some people and some people say i have to hand wash it and hang dry it. others say i only have to hang dry it and i can just machine wash it. and others say that neither would work and i have to dry clean it. so what's the official answer?
 
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SuepaFly

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I would dry clean it...or else it gets all crispy and weird from air drying. And I don't think dryer is a solution. Maybe try those Dryell things, the home dry cleaning. Lots of people like that.
 
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Originally posted by: tweakmm
you know...
it says dry clean only for a reason
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and you also should know that i've also machine washed and dried "dry-clean only" stuff before and it came out fine. jeez, if you're gonna be ignorant, then at least put some type of helpful input. don't be a complete ignorant jacka$$.
 
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Yeah.......... trry that dryell stuff............ I never buy dry clean only stuff but I do get those cloths as gifts so I use Dryell........... works great for me. :D

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
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loup garou

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Is that one of those silk/linen polos from Banana Republic? Get it drycleaned, it'll get all misshapen if you handwash it.
 
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Dryel (I spelled it with two "L"s but I guess its only 1) is the home dry cleaning stuff that you do in your dryer. Just go to Target or some place, its there with the fabric softeners and stuff.

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iLoveDivX

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Is that one of those silk/linen polos from Banana Republic? Get it drycleaned, it'll get all misshapen if you handwash it.
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hhehe, yep, exact same ones.

as for the dryell thingies, i can get them at any supermakret type of place? target, etc?
 
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loup garou

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I don't understand why you would spend $10 on a home drycleaning kit, have to do all the work, and not get it as nicely pressed as if you brought it to even a cheapie $1 drycleaners (of course you have to wait for the drycleaners...)?
 
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tweakmm

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Originally posted by: iLoveDivX

and you also should know that i've also machine washed and dried "dry-clean only" stuff before and it came out fine. jeez, if you're gonna be ignorant, then at least put some type of helpful input. don't be a complete ignorant jacka$$.
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I'm not trying to say that it won't come out "fine" but clothing manufacturers don't put "dry-clean only" on their stuff for sh!ts and giggles
 
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BTW, those Dryell kits don't clean your clothes. It just spots out the stains you focus on and uses a dryer sheet to make it smell fresh. If you want to actually clean your clothes, take 'em to the cleaners.

Dry cleaners use expensive solvents to actually clean your clothing. No kit you buy from the supermarket is going to match that. Plus, with dry cleaning you get your clothes hand finished. Meaning, these gartantuan steam pressing machines do the ironing for you. All in all, it's very convenient :p

(my parents own a dry cleaners)
 
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jbWHO

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why don't u just wash & see what happens?
by the way duck, is true that bobz's parents moving to cali?

-jiin <---still in korea...till sept. 8th
 
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