[labnetwork] clean room garments laundry vendors

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A great topic!
At Argonne, we use a company called UniClean (info below). We have
worked with them for a couple of years and it has been a satisfying service
with reasonable pricing. We put dirty garments/hoods/boots in bins and ship
them to their address. The garments/hoods/boots are individually packed
when they are cleaned and sent back. We don't do pick-up service, so
handling and shipping is time consuming and costly. The garment turn around
time is usually 3 weeks, sometimes 4 weeks. We currently work with their MN
location. But they have multiple locations across the U.S.

UniClean Cleanroom Services
2435 West Industrial Blvd Long Lake, MN 55356
952-345-0400
www.uniclean.com

*Fubo Rao, Ph.D.,*

*Nanofabrication Cleanroom Manager,*

*Center for Nanoscale Materials,*

*Argonne National Laboratory*

*9700 S. Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439*

*Phone: 630-252-5708*

*Email: frao at anl.gov <frao at anl.gov>*

On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 4:47 PM Aebersold,Julia W. <
julia.aebersold at louisville.edu> wrote:

> Hi Dennis.  We feed our washer DI water and the washer heats up the water
> to the temp it needs for the cycle we choose, which is a medium heat. After
> washing we let them dry in the chase of our cleanroom, which doesn’t take
> very long then put them back onto the gowning rack.  The washer does not
> get used for anything else.
>
>
>
> As for soap, we use a gentle liquid Tide and we never use a powder
> detergent.
>
>
>
> https://tide.com/en-us/shop/type/liquid/tide-free-and-gentle-liquid
>
>
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
> Julia Aebersold, Ph.D.
>
> Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center
>
> University of Louisville
>
> Shumaker Research Building, Room 233
>
> 2210 South Brook Street
>
> Louisville, KY  40292
>
> (502) 852-1572
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>
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> http://louisville.edu/micronano/
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>
>
> *From:* Dennis Schweiger <schweig at umich.edu>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 23, 2022 10:49 AM
> *To:* Aebersold,Julia W. <julia.aebersold at louisville.edu>
> *Cc:* Nava Ariel-Sternberg <na2661 at columbia.edu>; labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [labnetwork] clean room garments laundry vendors
>
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> Julia,
>
>
>
> good morning.  I want to revisit this topic with you, if you are still
> laundering your own garments.
>
>
>
> Are you using hot DI, and if so, how are you heating it up, and what are
> you using for a "soap"?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Dennis Schweiger
>
> University of Michigan/LNF
>
>
>
> 734.647.2055 Ofc
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>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 3:43 PM Aebersold,Julia W. <
> julia.aebersold at louisville.edu> wrote:
>
> We wash our own in our washing machine with DI.
>
>
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
> Julia Aebersold, Ph.D.
>
> Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center
>
> University of Louisville
>
> 2210 South Brook Street
>
> Shumaker Research Building, Room 233
>
> Louisville, KY  40292
>
> (502) 852-1572
>
> http://louisville.edu/micronano/
>
>
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> on behalf of Nava Ariel-Sternberg <na2661 at columbia.edu>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 24, 2021 8:20 AM
> *To:* labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu <labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu>
> *Subject:* [labnetwork] clean room garments laundry vendors
>
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> Hi all,
>
> I know this topic was discussed in the past but I feel like the options in
> this area are very limited and the vendors are taking advantage of that.
>
> What is your solution for clean room garments laundry? Are you renting and
> sending them out to laundry? If so, could you please let me know which
> vendor you’re using?
>
> You can respond directly to me if you don’t feel comfortable sharing your
> feedback with everyone.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nava
>
>
>
>
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> Nava Ariel-Sternberg, Ph.D.
>
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