Cleaning Tips/Garment Care

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Chocolate Stains!

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Question; A chocolate fountain tipped over on my daughter who was wearing a two-week old dark blue varsity jacket (wool body, leather sleeves). Only a tiny bit of leather got chocolate on it; a lot got on the wool body and the lining. A cleaner that does these jackets can’t get to it for at [...]

Clean a Vintage Synthetic Fur Coat/Jacket?

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Question; I recently bought a vintage synthetic fur coat/jacket. It has that old musty, dusty vintage smell. The label says dry clean by fur method. Do you offer this service?
 
Answer; Yes, We offer cleaning with both the fur method and with a green cleaning method.  Use this link to our blog site (http://yourgreendrycleaner.com/synthetic-fur-spread-coat/ )    to [...]

Dressing Up

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Fashion tips from Bianca Stark-Falcon Wardrobe Consultant and the author of Image Power.
 
Visit Bianca at www.bwelldressed.com
 
Contact her at 415-302-5659
lbstarkfalcon@hotmail.com 

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Musty smell?

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Question; I have a men’s suit that has a musty smell from storage-will your process eliminate the musty smell? THX
 
 
Answer; Yes, our green cleaning process will remove that musty odor without any problems. As a matter of fact our green system will remove many different types of odors such as body odors, mold, smoke, etc.
 
Thanks for your question.
Karl
Pacific [...]

Holiday Napkins

Friday, November 20th, 2009

 
WARNING!   WARNING!   WARNING!
 
Holiday napkins are extremely dangerous for your clothes. These types of napkins are white paper napkins dyed to holiday colors and when they get wet the colors often bleed off.
A favorite thing for people to do when they spill something on there clothes is to get a napkin dab it with some water [...]

Eco Salon on Eco Dry Cleaning

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

An on line green magazine Eco Salon publishes an article on Eco Dry Cleaning.
In the article are tips on how to care for your garments.
 
Here’s the link     http://www.ecosalon.com/dry-clean-only-rules/
 
Karl
Pacific Heights Cleaners, Sausalito & San Francisco, your non toxic alternative.
www.eco-drycleaners.com
Marin’s 1st & Best Certified Green Dry C

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Washed Rayon

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

This is a classic example of what happens when Rayon is washed.
Rayon is a fiber made from wood pulp and when it’s exposed to water the material becomes extremely stiff. Thus  excess agitation will causes premature wear around the edges and often cause the seams to fray and split.
The best process to handle Rayon [...]

Setting dye on a black jacket

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Question;  Hi, I have a mens BLACK blazer that was recently purchased. The materials are 100% cotton for the shell, 100% cotton for the lining and 100% polyester for the doublure manche. The label says dry clean only. I would like to wash this as it seems that the color is coming off onto other [...]

Enzymes

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

 
Stain removal with enzymes.
 
What can it remove and how to use it.
 
Enzymes are great for removing protein and tannin stains. Basically that’s everything that goes into or comes out of your body i.e. food, drinks, blood, urine, etc. It will not remove food dyes or food and liquids containing dyes i.e. fruit punch, yellow mustard, [...]

Green stain remover for red blood

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

How to remove blood stains using green products
 
Blood is a protein and can easily be removed with enzymes.
The problem is enzymes take a long long time to work so you must factor that into your process.
As always it is very important to test the color of the garment in an hidden area for color lost [...]

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