Extend
The Life of Your Garment:
Garments drycleaned regularly
last longer. Any stains or soils left too long can become permanent. Tell your
cleaner about any stains when your drop off your order. Especially any stains
that seam to have disappeared. "Invisible stains" sounds like a hoax,
but they do exist. A group of stains known as tannin stains, which usually come
from soda, liquor and fruit juices often are invisible until heat or the age
of the stain turns it yellow or tan. This invisible stain becomes visible after
hanging in the closet, or during the heat of the drycleaning process. The "Invisible
stain" occurs much the same way the inside of an apple turns brown after
it has been cut open.
Keep perfumes, lotions, and antiperspirants, and hairspray away from your clothing.
These products contain alcohol which will damage some dyes, especially natural
fibers such as silk and linen.
Pressing a soiled garment
can permanently set stains which may not be obvious to the eye. Delaying Drycleaning
will can break down the fibers and cut short the life of your garment.
Garments that are drycleaned
will last longer than garments that are washed. Our pre-cleaning inspection
team will make sure your garment is handled properly, according to "care
label instructions." If a label recommends hand washing, we will professionally
wet clean your garment and press it with our specialized wet clean pressing
equipment. Our state of the art Aqua Clean system insures that your "hand
washables" come back to you looking like new.
Do not hang knitted garments
for long periods of time. Hanging pulls them out of shape and causes their hemlines
to sag. Knits are best stored in a drawer or folded over a padded hanger.
Do not try to remove stains
yourself. You may cause permanent damage. Take your garment as soon as possible
to a professional drycleaner.
Drycleaning
Customer's Bill of Rights on the Serviceability of Garments
Each Customer Has a Right
to:
*A permanent care label
in every garment
*A thorough and accurate
care procedure on every garment label
*Expect every garment purchased
to be serviceable according to care label procedures
*A "no hassle" refund from the store of purchase when the garment
is not serviceable or is not labeled correctly.
According to the Federal Trade Commission or (FTC), by law, manufactures must:
*Provide complete instructions
about regular care for the garment, or provide warnings if the garment cannot
be cleaned without harm.
*Ensure that care labeling
instructions, if followed, will cause no substantial harm to the product.
*Warn consumers about certain
procedures that they may assume to be consistent with the instructions on the
label, but that would harm the product. For example, if a pair of pants is labeled
for washing, consumers may assume they can iron them. If the pants would be
harmed by ironing, the label should read, "Do not iron."
*Ensure that care labels
remain attached and legible throughout the useful life of the product.
Symbols also may appear
on a care label to supplement written instructions:
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