Posted in Sir Austin U on Aug 6th, 2009 5 Comments »
Many dry cleaners charge more to launder a woman’s shirt then they do a mans. Recently there have been a number of lawsuits filed against the dry cleaning industry to force cleaners to charge the same. Women often feel discriminated against by this price discrepancy and rightfully so. Due to increasing woman participation in the [...]
Posted in Stain Removal Tips on Jul 19th, 2009 1 Comment »
PROTEIN STAINS (blood, egg) Spray spot with diluted dish washing-soap solution & allow to sit. Rinse in lukewarm water. If stain persists soak in an enzyme detergent then wash as usual. VEGETABLES & FRUITS (juice, jelly) Quickly spray with a diluted dish washing-soap solution. Next, flush the stain with vinegar & hydrogen peroxide. Finally, use [...]
Posted in Sir Austin U on Jan 8th, 2009 No Comments »
Wet cleaning clothes can be equated to washing clothes in your home washing machine and then hanging them to dry as opposed to drying them in a drying machine. After the garments are dry they are then pressed. Wet cleaning is definitely the most environmentally safe cleaning method available because the clothes that are being cleaned are [...]
Posted in Sir Austin U on Jan 1st, 2009 No Comments »
In it’s basic form, pre-spotting clothes in a commercial dry cleaner can be equated to you placing Shout or other home pre treating agent on a freshly laid stain at your annual Christmas party. However 99% of home stain removal products are essentially “one product fits all” stain removal methods. Pre-spotting in a professional dry [...]
Posted in Sir Austin U on Dec 31st, 2008 No Comments »
The term “dry cleaning” is actually a misleading statement. The word originated during the 1600’s in early Greece when the Mycenaean’s would use a dry compound to clean stains out of their garments. Although the technology used by dry cleaners to clean clothes has obviously changed significantly over time the word dry cleaning has stuck [...]
Posted in Sir Austin U on Aug 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Most of us never think about the origins of the most widely used tools we interact with every day and the coat hanger is no exception. The wire coat hanger actually started out as a door hook before resembling the hangers we use today. Coat hangers on the surface seem like such a simple invention [...]
Posted in Sir Austin U on Aug 15th, 2008 No Comments »
As hard as it is to believe, the origins of dry cleaning actually date back to as early as the 1600’s. Non aqueous substances, cleaning w/out water, were used in early Greece by the Mycenaeans, where the term “dry cleaning” first originated. The term Dry cleaner has showed up as an occupation on clay tablets [...]
Posted in Sir Austin U on Aug 12th, 2008 No Comments »
It’s happened to everyone, you get a new pair of pants or shirt and no sooner have you sat down for your daily coffee when, oops, there it goes all over your lap. “But these pants were advertised as ‘stain-resistant’”. Well if you’ve ever wondered if those stain resistant slacks are as advertised Susan Koeppen [...]
Posted in Stain Removal Tips on Jul 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
This post is a continuation of our series on how to remove some of the toughest stains Blood Blood is one of those stains that you definitely want to pre-treat as soon as possible. If let to sit for a long time blood can harden making it a lot harder to lift the stain at [...]
Posted in Sir Austin U on Jul 19th, 2008 No Comments »
This post continues our series on how to remove some of the toughest stains. Gum So it’s happen to everyone, you go to sit down and suddenly feel a squishy feeling in your seat. Once you realize you’ve gotten gum on your favorite slacks it’s now time for action. If it is feasible at that [...]
