Clothes Cleaning Advice

Laundry Advice

Top Tips For Laundering Clothes

Some helpful tips and advise to help you.  Our dry cleaning and clothes cleaning advice page hopes to provide you with some real world advice that will help you look after your clothes.  Let us know if you have any queries or suggestions for our dry cleaning and laundry advice page.

1. Read clothes labels carefully

This is particularly important when laundering an item for the first time. If the item indicates ‘Dry clean only’ or it does not have a laundry basket symbol then this means that the garment is not suitable to be washed in water and hence must be brought to a dry cleaners for cleaning.

2. Clean clothes regularly

Properly caring for your clothes will keep them looking fresh & crisp for longer. You should always launder clothes before putting them away between seasons – for example the smallest unseen food crumb or stain invites insect damage.

3. Care for clothes between laundering

To keep your clothes in good condition you should brush them regularly, air them before putting them away and spot treat stains as soon as possible. These steps will help to keep odours, dirt & stains at bay. To maintain their shape good quality wooden hangers should be used when hanging up suit jackets & coats.

4. Don’t use too much detergent

Follow the manufacturer’s instructions and do not exceed recommended measures. More is not always better !

5. Pre-treat stains before laundering

Soaking stains in advance can be useful as can use of prewash stain remover, liquid laundry detergent, liquid detergent booster or paste of powder laundry product and water.

6. Zip zippers and fasten Velcro

Keeping zips closed ensures that they don’t snag any other items in the load. Stray Velcro can stick to other fabrics, damaging knitwear, etc. Unclipped bras can pull fabrics – invest in lingerie bags or an old pillowcase as a solution.

7. If in doubt do a quick ‘bleed’ test

If you’re worried about coloured items being laundered dampen a discreet spot (e.g. under the armpit), then blot it with a white cotton bud to see if the dye bleeds. If it does, launder the item separately until the colour stops running or take it to the dry cleaners

8. Treat stains right away

The longer a stain goes untreated, the more likely it becomes oxidised and sets into the fabric. Successful removal of clothing stains depends largely on the nature of the stain, the type of fabric and the colour fastness of the dye. BLOT DON’T RUB

9. Some stains require a professional!

Sometimes it’s better to leave it to us, particularly if it’s an item you value a lot. Dry cleaning is part skill, part chemistry, part time and part magic!  Please note, that once you try to wash something yourself, if you fail, then it is likely that it will be impossible for us to remove the stain.  However, if you bring it in to us first, we will examine the stain and give you a good indication on how successful we are likely to be in removing the stain, you can always take it home and try to remove it yourself if we don’t believe we can re, or even if having had the conversation with us, you simply want to remove it yourself.     

If you need our help, call us on 01 25 444 25 option 3.  See our Services Page to see how we can do.  Whilst we specialise in Wedding Dresses, Irish Dancing Costumes and Curtains, we are a full service dry cleaners and have many years of experience and expertise in removing stains.  

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