Category: Care Tips

  • Dirty ski or snowboard jacket?

    Here is how to wash your ski jacket if you find it dirty mid-season. Empty your pockets. Close all the zippers and Velcro closures to protect them and to keep them from damaging the fabric. Turn the garment inside out before putting it in the machine to prevent damage to any decorative elements. Use a…

  • Lipstick where it shouldn’t be

    After a festive New Year’s Eve or time under the mistletoe, you may find a little incriminating stain on your collar. Innocuous or not, removing lipstick can be more difficult than explaining how it got there. Our stain experts can whisk most lipstick stains out of almost every fabric. If you want to try an…

  • Color of the year is… a coffee stain?

    In 2024, the Pantone color of the year was Peach Fuzz. In 2023, it was Viva Magenta. Bright, festive colors sure to lighten any mood. 2025 is taking a new direction: Mocha Mousse. It looks like the color left on your white fabric when you spill coffee. Expect to see more browns used in product…

  • New Year’s Wishes

    Every New Year is a chance to start afresh. Here’s to your success in 2025!

  • Glittery Gifts

    Sometimes wrapping paper and ornaments shed their tiny glitter bits, and you are left with micro-bits of shiny material on your rug or carpet, so small they might escape the vacuum cleaner. Here’s a very tiny tip: When the carpet’s covered in glitter from ornaments, decorating and celebrating, grab a ball of Play-Do. Roll it…

  • Closed Christmas Day

    We’re closed today to be with family, celebrating the holidays and preparing for a better new year. As Charles Shultz of Peanuts fame said, “Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” We hope you’ve enjoyed your share of “a little something extra” this year. We’ve built our business by providing it to every…

  • Winter Solstice

    The winter solstice is the day of the year with the fewest hours of daylight. In the northern hemisphere this date falls in December every year. In 2024 the winter solstice will occur on Saturday, December 21. But that means Sunday the days start getting longer again. While the nights may be cold and dark, we…

  • Sweater Weather

    Favorite holiday sweater stretched out of shape?  Let us know and we can block it the right size and shape when we clean it. We’ll even keep measurements on file for special garments – remember, we’re customer service specialists. May we serve your sweater’s special needs?

  • Get your Santa Suit ready

    Ho Ho Ho! It’s that time of year to bring Santa’s good cheer. Most Santa Suits need to be dry cleaned. You know, for all that soot they pick up sliding down the chimney… and just general wear.  If you only use your Santa Suit once per season, you may only need to clean the…

  • Leather or Pleather?

    Are you wondering if it’s a leather fabric or a synthetic alternative? Here is an easy test that you can use to tell the difference between a polyurethane fabric and leather. Saturate a q-tip with paint remover. Rub a sample in an area that is hidden. If the dye transfers to the q-tip, it is…