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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject: Do dry-cleaners do regular washing? |
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| Can you take regular washing to a dry-cleaners? Will they wash and rinse it in hot water? |
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Ecumenist
Joined: 04 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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Yes. Different places have different prices but they do all the folding neatly and whatnot.
Caveat Emptor: Not all laundry places were created equal. |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Could some kind person please write for me in Hangul a polite request for, "I don't want these dry-cleaned but washed and rinsed in HOT water only" (not cold or warm water)? |
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heydelores
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:16 am Post subject: |
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| I take my laundry to a dry cleaner. I believe they only use cold water. The Korean word for laundry is "bballae." |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| Some things need to be washed in hot. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 2:44 am Post subject: |
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Ella, according to my husband, it's:
뜨거운물세탁해주세요 |
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mehamrick
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| CAUTION.... If it's cotton do not take it.. if they wash it they will dry it on the highest heat that there is possible on this planet.. I made that mistake once.. my cotton pants came back 5 inches shorter.... so unless you don't have a washing machine.. I would make sure you have clear demands as to how you want them washed. |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the tip, mehamrick.
Do they typically use those vile "dryer sheets" or no? |
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mehamrick
Joined: 28 Aug 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| I dont think so.. I used to take a bag full and it cost me 5,000 ... for anythink i could stuff in that bag.. but I wasn't aware of any dryer sheets that they used or might not have used... you would just have to ask her.. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| ella wrote: |
Thanks for the tip, mehamrick.
Do they typically use those vile "dryer sheets" or no? |
Dryer sheets don't really exist in the Korean vocabulary, Ella... In fact, the whole tumble drying concept has come about only a couple of years ago.. before that, people (and still I would say 99% of all Korean people) hang dry their clothes.
Very few people send things to the dry cleaner's for wet washes... they do their washes at home, either by machine or by hand.. so it is not a scale of economy thing for them to use dryer sheets.. plus as things stand, you can only buy dryer sheets from costco, which means that it is not common in Korea, therefore you can deduce that Korean dry cleaners won't use them. |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:46 am Post subject: |
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Great, thanks, everyone.  |
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heydelores
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:42 am Post subject: |
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| They use a liquid fabric softner instead of dryer sheets at the place I go to. I had to ask them not to, though, because the fragrance in it is quite strong and gave me headaches. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:55 am Post subject: |
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| Ella, when I first moved into one of the apartments here in Korea I didn't yet have a washing machine. I took my clothes in a basket and came back two days later and they had all of it washed and neatly folded. I can't remember how much I paid, but in a bind it wasn't too bad of a service for what I spent. |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:39 am Post subject: |
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They use a liquid fabric softner instead of dryer sheets |
Crap. How do I say "NO fabric softener?" (tzechuk?) |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 5:02 am Post subject: |
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there are also now coin laundrys in Seoul. In fact there is one down the street from me near Hapjeong station. Looks like its 500 won to wash and the same to dry
Some dry cleaners wont do wash and dry laundry, the one near my place wont. You need to ask |
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