My suit came back from the cleaners with a
rippled pattern across some of the fabric. Is this repairable? I haven't tried a warm iron yet, lest it yield an even more unsalvageable result.
posted by SpringAquifer
on Nov 15, 2012 -
2 answers
I had the sleeves shortened on two suit jackets, and when the tailor moved the buttons they left stitching "
scars" on the material. Tailor claims that dry cleaning the suits a few times would fix it. I say BS. But then again, I don't know much about this kind of thing, do you?
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posted by radioamy
on Nov 13, 2012 -
11 answers
Some friends of mine live in a brilliant location in downtown DC, and one of them is leaving, giving me an opening to move in. This is far and away the best apartment I've ever had a shot at. Just one possible catch: the building's ground floor is a dry-cleaning business, so I'm concerned about exposure to
PERC. Should I be?
Does DC have any more stringent regulations than those enforced by the EPA? Can I request a test of air quality in the building before I move in (as appears to be available in
NYC)?
posted by phrontist
on Nov 6, 2012 -
8 answers
Oh great neck accessory wearing people of metafilter. How often do you clean your ties? How do you go about cleaning your ties?
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posted by bswinburn
on Aug 1, 2012 -
21 answers
I have a 15-year old black cashmere coat (women's) from Kiton. I've never had it dry-cleaned. It's in very good shape and doesn't appear dirty but I'm wondering if it can be freshened up. I worry that the dry cleaner might damage it, for example by flattening the hair when pressing it.
posted by Dragonness
on Mar 12, 2012 -
4 answers
My dry cleaner appears to have gone out of business with my clothes in their possession. What can I do to get my stuff back?
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posted by sevenyearlurk
on Aug 16, 2011 -
11 answers
Help me figure out how to remove a red wine stain from a brand new silk chiffon (dry clean only) dress.
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posted by moshimosh
on Aug 12, 2011 -
10 answers
MeFites, I need you to lay some dry cleaning knowledge on me. Do I need to take my suit skirt to the dry cleaner's if a small amount of beer was spilled on it while out with colleagues yesterday? Please help a laundry-vs.-dry-cleaning rule challenged gal figure it all out.
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posted by shortskirtlongjacket
on Mar 26, 2011 -
9 answers
Emergency Laundry Question: I had some bad laundry experiences over the weekend. A dry cleaner left this awful kerosene smell in a jacket, which they tried to cover with perfume. Another laundromat over-bleached my dress shirts. How would I go about removing the odors -- of inept dry cleaning and bleach -- from these clothes tonight?
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posted by jason's_planet
on Nov 8, 2010 -
4 answers
I have some dry clean-only clothes that I want to donate. They could use a cleaning but I don't want to pay for it if I'm going to be donating them. There was a program in the DC area that let you donate clothes and a dry cleaners would clean them for free. Anyone heard of something similar in NYC?
posted by orrnyereg
on Aug 22, 2010 -
5 answers
I need a recommendation for laundry/dry cleaning in Hell's Kitchen NYC area.
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posted by teg4rvn
on Mar 20, 2010 -
3 answers
Will dry cleaners take wet clothes? Alternatively, help me save my girlfriend's clothes!
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posted by slide
on Feb 4, 2010 -
4 answers
Where can I find an overview of the Dry cleaning/laundry business? Some level of detail with respect to costs and cost structure of having the clothes shipped offsite would be great.
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posted by dyerfr
on Aug 2, 2009 -
2 answers
I recently bought a beautiful burgundy sweater coat. Unfortunately, I failed to notice the wash & care instructions, which state "Hand wash cold/separately." How exactly does one go about hand washing a large piece of clothing? The tag says "93% acrylic, 5% polyester, 2% wool." Is there any other way I can get this garment cleaned? Would Woolite be an option? Dry cleaning?
posted by invisible ink
on Feb 26, 2008 -
13 answers
Sweat-a-filter: Dry cleaning isn't working! How can I permanently remove body odor from dry-clean-only clothes?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 9, 2006 -
10 answers
Why does getting articles of women's clothing laundered, dry cleaned and/or pressed at the cleaners cost more than it does for comparable articles of men's clothing?
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posted by psmealey
on Jul 31, 2006 -
18 answers
Laundryfilter: Stain remover stained my favorite blazer? The dry cleaner has failed. Help!
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posted by amber_dale
on Jun 13, 2006 -
2 answers
Last summer I had a pair of black dress pants dry cleaned. I didn't check them out until a month later, at which point I noticed that there was chalk-like stains all over the pants. I assumed it was dry cleaning fluid/whatever, and took it to another cleaner to get it sorted out, to no avail. Can anyone suggest how to fix my lovely trousers?
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posted by krunk
on Apr 12, 2005 -
1 answer
I've got several pairs of lightweight wool dress pants from Ann Taylor. They are marked dry clean only. Suppose I hand-wash these pants in cold water and lay them flat on a towel to air-dry. Will the laundry gods punish my impudence?
posted by naomi
on Feb 14, 2005 -
12 answers
I have quite a few silk blouses, and I'm curious about the various washing instructions. Some are dry-clean only, others hand wash/line dry, and others still are machine wash/tumble dry. (As well as other assorted combinations). Why all the variations, when all are 100% silk?
posted by ferociouskitty
on Apr 9, 2004 -
4 answers
