I’ve Heard That GreenEarth Doesn’t Clean As Well As Perc, Is That True?

No. GreenEarth solution has different chemical properties than perc, so it interacts differently with detergents, additives and fabrics. When GreenEarth was first introduced, the process was unfamiliar, detergency had not yet been optimized to work with it, and cleaning results did vary. Water-soluble stains were a particular problem. With proper training on how to process garments in GreenEarth, and the advent of second, third and even fourth generation detergent additives developed with the help of industry partners, cleaning results, including removal of water-soluble stains, are consistently excellent. An independent evaluation of alternative solvents by the IFI in 2007 rated GreenEarth as “excellent” in the categories of cleaning and ability to handle a variety of fabrics and trims.