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Dry Cleaning

At Finishing Touch we take immense pride in our dry cleaning and use the latest equipment and highly trained staff, drawing on over 100 years of experience in the Laundry and Dry Cleaning Insustry. Whether it is a delicate Paul Smith silk dress, a Prada Suit or simply an old pair of work trousers we take the same care over each individual garment. We also have great success at removing stains such as biro, pollen, curry, red wine from a range of fabrics so never discard an item without coming to Finishing Touch first.

 

All Garments go through our 10 point quality checklist.

  1. Trouser Turn Ups Cleaned Out.
  2. Pockets Hand Finished
  3. Linings Hand Finished
  4. Waistbands Hand Finished
  5. Zips Lubricated
  6. Re-texturing Required
  7. Minor Repairs Done
  8. Buttons Checked
  9. Buttons Re-Sewn
  10. Buttons Replaced

Understanding Garment Care Labels

 

If one or several dry cleaning symbols are present it is usually accompanied with a Do Not Wash symbol. Most of the time you don’t need to understand the different symbols for dry cleaning as a professional dry cleaner will know what they mean when they see it.

HOW TO DEAL WITH PILLING & BOBBLING

Knitted item are prone to pilling. The main reason is friction or rubbing against another object and this does not necessarily mean that the garment is faulty. Pilling can be caused by any of the following:

External friction i.e movement against another fabric or object;

Heat generated by the individual when the garment is worn;

Washing the garment at the incorrect temperature and/or with other fabrics that will rub against the garment

Tumble drying the garment at too high a temperature, which causes the heat to draw out the fibre.

Some garments appear to have ‘fluffed up’ after a short period of wear and this is due to surface fibre from the yarn coming to the surface. The yarn in these cases is slightly hairier than usual and the hairs disappear after a period of wear and washing. If the fibres do not wash away, various devices can be used to removed the excess fibre to enhance the look of the garment. Once the fibre is removed the garment is unlikely to pill again. Check that bags and outerwear do not have any exposed velcro fastenings which may cause damage to garments worn beneath them.  

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