If you have a silk shirt dear to you, a cardigan a skirt or flannel pants or even a leather jacket, all these clothes don’t support any laundry or washing without damage, they need a dry clean.
You take them to the Laundry, every fragile piece of cloth will be spoil when exposed to detergent and water laundry, therefore it is DRY CLEANED.
How to choose the right services or the right Dry Cleaner to you Cleaning needs. We will explain hereunder the real reasons that will guide you to choose the right dry cleaner in this field like the “I. D. C” rather then the first cleaning service in your street or neighborhood. Do you think all cleaners are the same? Well, by appearances we might look the same, and we all clean, press and package clothes, but the end result can be like night and day! If you've ever tried to save a couple dollars at a discount cleaner and had your clothes ruined, then you didn't really save, did you?
It's important to take your clothes to a truly professional cleaner who really knows and cares about what they are doing. That's who we are! Our experts care of your clothes, along with excellent customer service are your guarantee of peace of mind. We'll spoil you! We treat you as someone special. You can see in the friendly greeting at the counter. You'll know by the cheerful way we handle special requests. And you'll notice the difference in our first class dry cleaning. Our entire operational process is what sets us ahead of other cleaners.
Take the grease marks out, wash, steam-ironing are the three stages of a good Dry Clean. A- The first step is to prepare the clothes
We carefully inspect and prepare your clothes before cleaning. We check for spots, age, wear areas, any and all needed repairs; loose buttons or beads, open seams, tears, damaged zippers, etc., anything that should be fixed. Beads and other trims are tested for “clean-ability”.
Some things should be done before cleaning, like removing or reinforcing & covering buttons, so they don't become damaged during cleaning. Your clothes is then professionally spotted and skillfully hand finished. Any other finishing touches, like re-sewing buttons or trims, more repairs are done at this time.
Spot treatments is the specialty of the dry cleaner professional and his staff, before putting your clothes in the dry Cleaning machine, Many products are used each product for specific item (wine spots, oil, blood, fruits…) and every tissue has its own product (silk, leather, deer…).
B- The second step is the Dry Clean washing machine
Tissues receive a treatment with a product based on “Perchlorethylene” in steam washing machines and not in traditional washing machines you find in laundry shops, where by, tissues receive a double process of, cleaning and disinfection of the tissue.
C- The third step is steam ironing
The clothes are steam ironed on presses or valet presses for ladies suits and wedding suits and not traditionally ironed. This process keeps the tissue free from contact of metals and maintains its life longer.
Steam ironing by presses is the last process of the Dry Clean
Two type of cleaners or How to choose your Dry Cleaner.
Usually it take you one to two tries to find your “DRY CLEANER”, it is therefore best to know these basic notions that will be useful to you and will help you find your way around.
1) The economic service (usually called “standard” or “quick” service). It’s the most common. Clothes are soaked up with solvent, dried up, (this way the solvent evaporates not leaving any smell) then it is mechanically ironed. This cleaning procedure doesn’t remove all steins. It is efficient for heavy spots like (butter, oil and dirty grease) but it’s inefficient on low steins like (wine, coffee, blood, perspiration, etc...) worse these spots become indelible.
2) The "IDC" service or high quality service finally also called (tradition , deluxe , or old traditional dry cleaner service) consists of ; a specialized detach manually done, spot by spot this way the steins are pretreated according to the nature of the stein and the nature of the tissue with adequate detach product, before putting it in the dry cleaning machine. Then comes the ironing process, is a steam process with a finishing touch that gives the requested result, double cleaning quality control supervising the rim are sewed if necessary etc...
when you entrust your garments to us, we continually inspect them before, during and after processing. Upon taking in an order, we carefully tag your garments, Next, we inspect the general condition of your clothes, checking the manufacturer's care instructions, noting the fiber content, looking for unusual or designer buttons or accessories, possible color loss, holes, etc. and note any special attention needed. If we think you may not be aware of damage prior to processing your garments or if there is a possibly of a problem, we will call to inform you of the related risks. We believe you have the right to make the final call on treatment of your garments. Items requiring any type of special consideration are kept separate and receive an extra tag specifying those instructions: wet clean, leather trim, timed special, etc. We prepare your garments prior to cleaning as necessary for protection: covering or removing buttons, securing shoulder pads, measuring, etc...
Dry Cleaning:
Garments are separated according to fabric type, color. It takes an experienced and skilled spotter to know what spots can be safely removed, and how best to do it. The key word is “safely”!
What's the point of having a spot removed if the color is removed too or the chemical causes a hole and ruins the garment?
Our expert spotter at the “I.D.C Dry Cleaners” removes spots safely because he knows what to use, how to use it, and when to stop (before any damage is done). He has dozens of chemicals and tools at his disposal and decades of experience. His favorite assurance is: "If it can come out (safely), I'll get it out!"
He cleans each garment according to its specified care instruction, and of course, when certain items such as a beaded evening gown, an angora sweater, or jacket with leather trim. Require individualized special care and handling, it is treated as such.
Finishing Touches and quality control inspection:
Different fabrics are handled differently, and the pressing of fine garments also requires special, expert care. Our knowledgeable and experienced pressers carefully hand finishes your clothes according to their special needs to restore their original shape and appearance. Sizing and other finished are re-applied when necessary or as requested.
Some fabrics, like linen or cotton, usually require more heat and pressure for a nice, crisp finish, while fine wools and wool blends require a soft press to avoid a shiny finish.
As with all our dry cleaning services, “IDC” finishing and quality control is expertly done with special attention to different types of garments.
We package your garment so it can stay clean and pressed and fresh! ^
