<div dir="auto">On-site us s a dry detergent which does not shrink the curtains. They are the only ones with that process that I’m aware of. <br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Dan Ayers</b><br></div><a href="mailto:dan@danayers.net" target="_blank">dan@danayers.net</a><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM Riter, Andrew <<a href="mailto:andrew.riter@ubc.ca">andrew.riter@ubc.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Locally (Vancouver BC), we send to the local drape manufacturer (Stage Fab), and they send it out to Coits Cleaners.<u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Beware, they will shrink. But if cleaning more than 1 drape, they won’t shrink the same amount!!!<u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Our velour drapes, when washed and fire treated, came back shorter, some only a few inches, and couple came back 6” shorter! Hard to trim their pipes now.<u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">You should also re-treat the drape(s) as well, since the washing will remove the previous treatment (unless they are IFR). But they’ll still shrink.<u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Spot cleaning? Scrape the paint off (cut it off the knap) with a razor blade?<u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Good luck<u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Behalf Of </b>Daniel A. via Stagecraft<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sent:</b> Thursday, March 27, 2025 8:31 AM<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To:</b> Stagecraft Mailing List <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Cc:</b> Daniel A. <<a href="mailto:dan@danayers.net" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">dan@danayers.net</a>>; Paul Theisen <<a href="mailto:petheisenjr@aol.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">petheisenjr@aol.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM Paul Theisen via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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