Protect Valuable Garments With Professional Dry Cleaning Services

Some clothes are not designed to move through typical wash and dry cycles. Instead, because of the type of fabric or other considerations, certain clothes require dry cleaning to present the most visually appealing appearance.

The term dry cleaning indicates a dry process for cleaning clothes. However, a more accurate definition of dry cleaning is that it represents a water-free process. Dry cleaning cleans fabrics by using professional-grade liquid solvents. The process is considered dry since it does not involve the use of water for cleaning garments

Washing your clothes in water can result in the shrinkage of certain types of fabrics. You also might experience a dramatic loss of color in the brighter types of garments, as well as receive clothes that come out of the washer looking significantly misshapen. By using liquid solvents during the dry cleaning process, the laundry professionals at Laundry Care Express preserve the appearance and quality of your apparel.

What is the rule of thumb for selecting garments to go through the dry cleaning process? One standard rule of thumb is to protect valuable garments. Another rule of thumb involves choosing delicate fabrics such as silt, wool,  cashmere, leather, and velvet. Most dry cleaners follow a multiple-step process that ensures the highest quality of garments.

Drop Off

The first step of the dry cleaning process is for the customer to drop off the garments designated for dry cleaning. At Laundry Care Express, we offer a laundry pick up service that allows you to save time while not having to pay extra for the service. All you have to do is separate the garments you want us to dry clean, and we take care of the remaining steps of the dry-cleaning process.

Inspection

Before the dry cleaning of your garments begins, our team of laundry professionals inspects each garment to note any special treatment that must be made, such as removing stains. We also note any flaws in your garments, like broken zippers and missing buttons.

Spot Treatment

This step addresses the special treatments your garments might require. We use a steam gun or customized stain removal agent to remove stains. This type of special treatment prevents stains from running into other areas of a garment. The stains that we remove might be stains that we discover or that you specified when leaving your clothes for our laundry pick up service.

Dry Cleaning

Dry cleaning has evolved from a hands-on approach to an approach based on operating computer-controlled equipment. Computer-controlled machines ensure a more thorough cleaning of garments, as well as a more precise targeting of delicate fabrics. Once inside a dry cleaning machine, a liquid solvent lifts stains and surface debris away from the delicate fabric. During the dry cleaning process, the liquid solvent moves through a filter to ensure it achieves a completely distilled and purified status.

Finishing

After the dry cleaning step, one of our laundry experts removes your garments and checks to see if any persistent stains remain. Then, we complete a final inspection that involves steaming, ironing, and pressing each garment. We typically wrap dry-cleaned clothes in plastic garment bags to protect them from debris.

The next time you need delicate fabrics cleaned the right way, bring your garments to Laundry Care Express for our professional and highly-rated dry cleaning service.