What We Want You To Know About Our Dry Cleaning Services

Nothing is more convenient than visiting your local dry-cleaning and laundry service to drop off your leather jacket or woolen jumper, only to receive the item in ‘good as new’ condition. Still there are many misconceptions people have regarding professional dry-cleaners that turn them towards DIY methods of leather or suede cleaning, which don’t work!

The safest way to clean an item according to the Dry-cleaning and Laundry Institute is to follow the manufacturer care instructions, carefully. Most people don’t follow this simple rule and attempt to clean leather or some other finicky fabrics themselves. Professional dry-cleaning services are contacted much later often when the damage becomes irreversible. Placing the blame on the dry-cleaning service is a common occurrence however Imperial Valet wants you to know how unfair it’s to blame the cleaners for the following misconceptions.

Dry-cleaning Harms the Environment

The professional dry-cleaning industry is one of the heavily regulated U.S. industries. All professional dry-cleaning and laundry services have to follow strict and stringent environmental laws that also include air and water regulations. Additionally, dry-cleaning services must also strictly adhere to safe and secure operating practices and implement impeccable monitoring and enforcement measures.

Dry-cleaning Services Show Bias against Women

What does this mean? This means they charge more for women’s clothing as compared to men. While there is a pattern of asking for higher charges for women’s clothing, this isn’t done due to their gender, In fact, professional dry cleaning services don’t discriminate against race, color, religion marital status, age, national origin, and sexual orientation as well!

This change in pricing is purely due to economical reasons. Women’s clothing feature more details and specific cleaning, care and handling requirements than men’s clothing. By default dry-cleaning and laundering for women’s clothing will cost more.

Dry-cleaning Services Utilize Single Method to Clean Clothes

There are numerous dry-cleaning techniques used by professional services to clean your clothes. These techniques are usually divided by fabric and special care instructions on label. There is a technique called dry-foam cleaning which is used to remove stubborn stains on clothes. Although, dry-cleaning should be ‘dry’ chemical solvents and in some cases heated water is used to combat stubborn stains and dirt.

Many people think they can adequately clean their suede leather jacket or woolen sweater at home using DIY cleaning instructions and solutions. This is a grave misconception that causes damage to fabrics, which sometimes cannot be reversed! Let go of these common misconceptions about professional dry cleaning services and give your clothes the special attention and treatment deserved. Ask Imperial Valet for help!