Avoiding stains, streaches and strains ...
With over 30 years experience of Professional Dry Cleaning, Meena Patel from Sparkle offers her tips on looking after suits.
1. Avoid streaches and strains:
Dont overload the pockets.
Unbutton your jacket and pull the trousers up a little at the knees before you sit down.
Never hang the jacket up by the collar loop or hang the collar over a jacket hook.
2. Avoid creases:
Brush with a clothes brush after taking it off.
Hang it properly on a shaped wooden hanger.
Have it pressed in between cleanings. Rest it for at least one day after wearing.
3. Dealing with stains:
Never try to wash a suit.
Never hot press or rub onto a stain instead show your dry cleaner the stains that need pretreatment. If not instructed, they may miss them which can leave a permanent scarring on your suit.
4. Getting it cleaned:
Buy suits that say Professionally dry clean only and get them cleaned and pressed every five or six wearings.
Make sure that the clean suit is kept within a plastic bag during collection. Take out from the plastic bag and air it immediately once at home.
Sparkle Dry Cleaners telephone- 020 7435 9911, 329 West End Lane, London, NW6 1RS
This article was created on Saturday, 1st August 2009. It was last tinkered with on Wednesday, 7th December 2011.
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