Dry Cleaning Wedding Dress

What fabrics are commonly used to create wedding dresses? Light, airy, weightless, requiring a delicate attitude, especially during washing. Atlas, organza and chiffon can maintain their structure only with the use of gentle detergents, but not the usual ones that we use to wash everyday things. In order not to inadvertently ruin the dress, it is better to entrust its washing to professionals.

A professional dry cleaner will analyze the contamination and, based on the delicacy of the material, will select special tools and choose the right tools. This approach will save the color, texture, features of the fabric and all the decor available on it.

The benefits of using dry cleaning:

• neutralization of any types of pollution and extraneous odors;
• restoration of a former look of a wedding dress;
• the provision of a range of additional services (ironing, restoration, packaging in a case).

An effective method of cleaning under dry cleaning conditions is the dry method, which is based on a solvent. Perchlorethylene is well suited for degreasing, since it is able to remove any dirt from the fabric. True, it is forbidden to use it if there is a shiny decor on the dress.

When working with delicate fabrics that can be dyed with unstable dyes, decorated with glued decor or shiny elements, machines with a carbon solvent are used. Such a pleasure is not cheap, but its result pays off completely.

A wedding dress made from silk of natural origin, nylon or polyester must be amenable to aquaculture with those products that are designed to work specifically with these materials.

But when dealing with rayon, acetate and shrinkable materials, this method of cleaning is prohibited.

1. The price is undoubtedly an important indicator, just do not look for the lowest cost of dry cleaning services or choose the most expensive dry cleaning service. It is better to analyze what the cost of dry cleaning of a wedding dress is made up of. Some companies offer their customers non-existent benefits, such as manual cleaning. Although your dress will be machine cleaned. So is it worth paying more?
2. Warranty on work performed, which should include repeated free processing of the product in case of improper cleaning. Do not lose sight of the small print in the contract, pay attention to the availability of the guarantee and the conditions for its provision.
3. The dry cleaning process should be described in detail to you when contacting the appropriate company. A dry cleaner is required to explain the entire process to you.
4. Feel free to ask questions and require detailed explanations.
5. Stains – This is a common problem that is present on wedding dresses. Often their source is sweet, fatty foods and wine. In the process of ordinary cleaning, the dirt will not disappear, so for starters they are removed, and then the dress is dry-cleaned.
6. Additional services will save you money and clean not only the dress, but also wedding accessories.

The amount you have to pay for dry cleaning the dress consists of a number of characteristics:

• the materials from which the dress was made;
• quantity;
• the complexity and delicacy of the decor. A large number of fine lace, delicate embroidery, compositions of rhinestones and beads can complicate the work of dry cleaning staff;
• degree and intensity of pollution.

In order not to be killed over a spoiled wedding dress that cannot be repaired, it is necessary to carry it immediately after the wedding to dry cleaning. Only a professional will be able to give an objective assessment along with, take into account the characteristics of the materials that make up the dress, and choose the right and optimal way to clean. Looking at your dry cleaning dress, no one will think how much he had to endure for the entire celebration.