I was recently asked a question, and I thought it was a great question, so I thought I’d respond here on the Clean Files Blog so that everybody can benefit from the answer. The question was “How do you remove blood stains from cotton shirts? I use hot hot water to wash, but it seems to never lift all the way out.” Blood is a… Read More »Removing Blood Stains From Your Clothes At Home
Here is a men’s guide to packing a suitcase. The idea here is to minimize wrinkles while maximizing space. Pack heavy items such as shoes and shaving kits on the bottom. Make sure all liquids are securely closed and sealed in plastic to prevent leaks. Place your shoes into shoe bags. This will keep your shoes shiny and everything else clean. You can stuff socks… Read More »Men’s Guide for Packing a Suitcase
Here is a practical list of 10 Men’s Style tips that you can use today. 1. Match your socks to the same color palette as your pants, not to your shoes.2. Your shoes and your belt should match. The easiest way to do this is to buy your shoes and belts at the same time (or at least have your shoes present when you buy… Read More »10 Men’s Style Tips To Help You Dress Better Today
Chiffon Chiffon is a lightweight, thin fabric finish that is somewhat transparent. Chiffon can be made with almost any fabric and can be dyed into almost any color (unless it is polyester which can be difficult to dye). Often chiffon is layered or used as a layer over a heavier fabric. This finish wears well, drapes well, and does not show pin holes. Organza Organza… Read More »Wedding Gown Fabric Finishes
Silk Silk is the most luxurious of the wedding gown fabrics. It is softly lustrous, smooth, resilient, absorbent, elastic and tough. These properties have been duplicated individually in other fibers, but never in this combination as in silk. Silk became famous in France, however it originated in China. A Chinese Empress in 2640 B.C. learned how to rear silk worms. She learned how… Read More »Wedding Gown Materials
Today I’m demonstrating what it looks like when we remove an ink stain from your favorite dress shirt. Ink is what we call a combination stain because it is made up of both wet-side components and dry-side components. When you write with an ink pen, the part you see is water soluble or wet-side as we call it. However, the part of ink that allows… Read More »Ink Stain on a Dress Shirt
Pants, trousers, slacks – all different names for the same thing. This article is all about pants. The importance of pants is sometimes overlooked, so I’m going to share some important points about pants. In order to make your pants last longer, always buy lined pants. Half-lined (from your waist to your thigh) is fine as well. The lining prevents friction that causes fabric to… Read More »A Few Points About Pants
Janet Davis Cleaners recently hosted industry expert Jane Zellers who taught several dry cleaners from all over Michigan how to properly clean specialty garments such as wedding gowns, both new and vintage. Jane C. Zellers, CED, consultant, lecturer and former owner of a three store dry cleaning establishment in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has been involved in the laundry and dry cleaning industry for over 30 years.… Read More »Handling Specialty Items Vintage and Current
Getting married? Already married? Here are a few important tips to keep your wedding gown in tip-top shape. Always hang your wedding gown by loops inside the gown that are connected to sturdy side seams, never by fragile shoulder seams that can stretch or sag. Never store your wedding gown in plastic bags or vacuum-sealed, plastic wrapped containers because plastic emits fumes that can yellow… Read More »Wedding Gown Tips & Advice
96.3 WDVD hosted the Project Prom Princess prom dress drive last weekend at Somerset Collection South. Thanks to the generosity of their listeners, they collected over 1,300 new and gently used dresses for area girls in need. Janet Davis Cleaners cleaned and pressed the dresses requiring cleaning before they are given away. Here are dresses just before they were delivered back to the Project Prom… Read More »Project Prom Princess Dress Cleaning