Janice Blair wrote:
most of which says dry clean only.
I'd zig-zag around the edges and throw them into the machine -- but not until *after* getting rid of the labels. Glue is almost impossible to remove after you've washed off the paper.
Bear in mind that fabric marked "dry clean" often bleeds like crazy. I had a pair of black shorts once that still bled like a stuck pig at every wash after it had been worn clear out. And it never got any less black; must have been the same spell as Anthony's zombies.
Grease works on the labels on glassware if I smear it on and leave it overnight; you might try an oily solvent. (I'd cut one label off and cut it into snippets for experiments.) But it's most likely hot glue that won't dissolve in anything.
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