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Wrinkle-free travel.(Travel products)(Wrinkle Free Fabric Relaxant)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)

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| February 01, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

You arrive at your hotel, open your suitcase, and find that your clothes look like they've been trampled by elephants. Wrinkle Free Fabric Relaxant may help you out, our tests found. The spray--$4 to $5 for a 3-ounce can, $7 to $10 for 9 ounces--is designed for colorfast natural fibers. According to the distributor, Westport Brands, the chemicals in Wrinkle Free relax the fibers and thus the wrinkles. The spray is not labeled for synthetic fabrics.

We tried Wrinkle Free on wrinkled cotton, linen, rayon, and wool. For lightly wrinkled fabric, a ...

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