The full membership of the North American Restoration Dry Cleaners (NARD) convened for an all day meeting during the national PLRB conference recently held in Boston, Massachusetts. While the group had a full agenda, one of the priority items included discussion of the importance of properly vetting prospective members, ensuring that only the most qualified and experienced candidates continue to be considered for membership. “Now that NARD is closing in on having national coverage, we have been receiving a higher volume of applications, many from operators located in some of the less populated regions of the country. There was...

At last, the end of the “Great Gasket” saga. This last installment is devoted to a less well known type of gasket material and how it is used. Ever wonder about the square gasket dangling off of the end plates or access hatches of your boiler? Most of the time, we just kind of tuck the dangling ends in, bolt down the plate or hatch and don’t care one whit about what’s going on. What’s going on is hot toxic gasses are leaking through the area of the faulty gasket to the outside of the boiler. In addition to not being...

If you are a student of old and new law of the testaments, you know that Abraham’s blessings were the sacrifice of Jesus to put forth a new law with success and humility. Most of us humans try and walk-the-walk, and we all aspire to be successful. I look back at my humble life as I have spent all my adult years and 5 of my childhood years working in a drycleaning and laundry plant. A few diversions along the way, but always the laundryman. If you happen to believe in God, as I do, then you too have been...