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 …
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
How often should my pillow be cleaned? If a zip up pillow protector is used to cover the pillow, and the pillow case is changed regularly, once per year professional cleaning of the pillow is recommended. How does Best Care clean pillows? Since professional cleaning sanitizes, deodorizes and fluffs up the pillow and a brand …
Fall – Time for Sweaters As sweater styles have changed, so have the fibres of this wardrobe staple. Sweaters are made from a variety of fibres ranging from cotton and wool to silk, rayon and acrylic. Natural fibres, such as angora, mohair, cashmere are especially popular. To add to the variety, many sweaters contain special …
Does club soda really work on spills? Everyone “knows” club soda is the ultimate remedy for instant stain removal, but is it really all it’s cracked up to be? Our association The Dry Cleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) recently completed an in-depth study of the merits of club soda versus plain old water in stain …
What happens to your clothes when you bring them to Best Care? Who cares for them and how do they make them look renewed and refreshed? Your clothes are in the Best Care when they are with us! Our professional garment care specialists are trained to remove stains, solve problems, steam out wrinkles, perform minor repairs …
Leather and Suede Leather looks good and you look good wearing it. To keep it looking like new, CLEAN IT EVERY YEAR. Our leather specialist knows how to best clean and restore your leather garment. Always clean all matching items at the same time. If staining occurs, bring it to us as soon as possible. …
We all know the hair salon drill. The receptionist directs us to the changing room, where we weigh the wisdom of removing all of our street clothes and wearing their robe, against just slipping the robe on OVER our clothes and doing the cover up approach. Well…wonder no more. The answer is…Take your clothes off …
There’s a good chance you could probably get out many stains yourself, with enough time and special products to help you. Maybe. And you can iron a shirt with the best of them. The question is not whether you have the ability to handle the requirements of your wardrobe — the question is, don’t you have …
