How do you clean linen? Linen is a comfortable fabric to wear due to its breathability and natural fibres. It also wrinkles very easily – this natural wrinkle must be embraced, it will not stay perfectly pressed during wear like some man-made fibers. We professionally care for linens and have the specialized equipment to wet …
Recently we received an assignment from our Methods for Management business group. The members of this group are Dry Cleaners who want to gain knowledge and experience from their peers in the industry. Our assignment was to ‘secret shop’ our competitors and present our findings at the next meeting. This sounded like really fun, informative …
Your Order is Ready! Did you forget about your cleaning? We can help with order ready notifications! Once you put an email address and cell phone number on your customer file, you will know the minute your order is ready. At Best Care we are constantly searching for ways to improve our services for our …
Comforters, sleeping bags, coats, and other cold weather garments are often made with down or fiberfill. Both down–a natural product, and fiberfill, a polyester fill–are effective in keeping out the cold. While cleaning these items is usually not a problem, a garment with poor construction and insufficient quilting can cause the down to shift, lose …
I often get asked if our dry cleaning or wet cleaning process is hard on clothing. If I were to give you only one clothing tip it would be – that regular cleaning prolongs the life of your garments. Contrary to the belief of some, frequent cleaning does not damage clothes. Frequent cleaning extends the …
Sweater Pilling got you Down? Those pesky fuzz balls known as pills can form on garments of any material and price point, from a high-end cashmere sweater to a less expensive acrylic blend. Pilling tends to get worse with frequent wear and always seems to occur on your favorite cashmere sweater. I recently spoke with …
Cleaning Processes & Clothing Care There are various processes that can be used to clean clothes. The basics are hand washing, machine washing, and dry cleaning.Hand Washing involves soaking the item in water and detergent to gently remove soils from the fabric. This method is very restrictive, and has very little or no agitation. Machine Washing garments …
Puckering is for kisses not Suits! Recently I was having a drink with business associates when I noticed a suit jacket that had seen better days. I asked the gentleman as politely as I could who his dry cleaner was and what happened to his jacket? He looked at me and said he was very …
Did any of your holiday gatherings leave behind more than just good memories? You might be tempted to try to remove red wine and other stains at home. Here is what we recommend for Clothing Stains. Play it safe, find an expert visit: http://dlionline.org/Drycleaning http://www.fabricare.org
Recently a few customers and friends who make use of our Dry Cleaning pick-up/delivery service mentioned to me how great it was that they could email their Dry Cleaner. They realize that time is a valuable commodity you never get back. Sitting in their office at work or at home in their pj’s, they appreciated …