Shower curtain : DRY clean ONLY ?
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Topic: Shower curtain : DRY clean ONLY ?
Posted By: Damour
Subject: Shower curtain : DRY clean ONLY ?
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2011 at 5:21pm
 I'm surprised ...
does anybody tried to wash it at gentle cycle in the washer machine ?
I don't think I will bring it to the dry cleaner ever ... ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
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Posted By: Damour
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2011 at 7:38pm
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Nobody has washed it yet ? ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
Posted By: marshwatcher
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2011 at 7:46pm
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Damour,
Dry Clean only makes no sense to me!  A shower curtain gets wet, so why does it require dry cleaning?  The only thing I can imagine is it has to do with laundry soap. I had planned to use a product called DRYEL which allows you to "dry clean" in your dryer. Otherwise, WOOLITE, is another product I think is generally safe for dry clean only materials.
Of course, this is only my opinion! ------------- |
Posted By: Damour
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2011 at 7:48pm
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It makes no sense for me too ...
I will try it handwash with Woolite ..
Thank you ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
Posted By: Hodge-PODge
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2011 at 10:02pm
Damour, why did you think your shower curtain should be dry cleaned? Is there a tag on it that says that? If so, that is just way too-oo-oo-oo funny!  I agree with Marshwatcher - it's a SHOWER curtain and it's SUPPOSED to get wet!
Diane------------- 2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
Posted By: Damour
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 8:19am
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Yes , there's a tag
DRY CLEAN ONLY !  ------------- rp 171 , from Québec with not a good english writing lol |
Posted By: rpodcamper.com
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 10:50am
| We switched out our Shower Curtain with a different one that can be washed in the washer. I just went to look at the one that came with the pod and it does indeed state DRY CLEAN ONLY. Very Strange |
Posted By: Hodge-PODge
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 11:02am
That is absolutely hilarious! ------------- 2011 RP 177, the Hodge-PODge 2011 Mercedes ML350 "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it." |
Posted By: kymooses
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 12:31pm
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This made me think so I checked the shower curtain liners in our house this morning and they are dry clean only also. They are similar types of cloth but as everyone has said it's rather baffling as to why they'd be dry clean only. For the Pod curtain I'd think it safe to hand wash and let it air dry, like it's been said it's already getting wet all the time?!?!?!? Indeed that is a funny tag to find inside of an RV.  ------------- https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=cnBvZC5zcG90dGVyQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ - RPod Rallies https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1W1foQXGtrjf8aYly1uh0b-bHPfI&hl=en_US - RPod Owner Map |
Posted By: rpodcamper.com
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 2:10pm
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ok i just had to do some more searching (Google) and came up with the following: Polyester: On the face of it, any polyester could be machine washed (cold, gentle cycle, tumble dry low, iron on low), foregoing http://www.housekeepingchannel.com/hcp_31-Bleach - bleach because of color fastness. Many polyester http://www.housekeepingchannel.com/hcp_231-Shower_curtain - shower curtains recommend dry cleaning on the tag, however, because of fabric texture, dye or construction — not because of the fiber. Dry cleaning tends to apply to decorative curtains that leave all the http://www.housekeepingchannel.com/hcp_306-Water - water -containing function to the accompanying vinyl liner. Liners of man-made fabrics, like polyester and rayon can typically be machine washed. http://www.housekeepingchannel.com/hcp_231-Shower_curtain - http://www.housekeepingchannel.com/hcp_231-Shower_curtain |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2011 at 4:33pm
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And remember folks, don't use your hair dryer or curler in the tub! ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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