It’s Caturday! **Saturday!

It’s Saturday, and it’s a beautiful day in Lakeview! Come on by and see us here at DeLuxe Dry Cleaners New Orleans!

It’s Hump Day!

The Urban Dictionary describes Humpday as “Wednesday, or the hump of the week The absolute BEST day of the week, the day of maximum hope that maybe, you might make it out of this week alive. A particularly good hump day can last you the rest of the week, and by Doomday morning (Monday) you survive by anticipating hump day. Nothing goes wrong on hump day”

For us, it’s just another day to get your clothes looking perfect and making y’all feel perfect!

Yes, we can clean Tea Shirts… I mean T-shirts!

However, it’s probably not going to come out if you attempt to use it as a giant Tea-Bag like this shirt!

We hope y’all have had a great day!

The weather is so beautiful outside, it has us in such a good mood 🙂

So don’t forget to stop on by and give us your clothes to clean 🙂

Nearly ready to switch out wardrobes again…

We’re getting closer to Fall, and even though the weather is still hot, y’all are probably getting ready to clean your Summer Wardrobe ready for storing away!

We recommend that you clean your Winter clothes right after Summer ends, if you forgot to do so, you should have them cleaned now. We find that repairs are also necessary on Winter clothes, which adds additional time to the cleaning process.

Lets also not forgot about the wardrobe you just wore all Summer. Summer items should be cleaned now! And anything that was worn should be put away clean. This will prevent stains from oxidizing and becoming difficult or impossible to remove.

Completely unrelated to Dry Cleaning, but still incredible…

We love interesting stories here at DeLuxe Dry Cleaners New Orleans, and this is very interesting! Click on the link for the full story.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29209139

Cufflinks!

Here at DeLuxe Dry Cleaners New Orleans, we see plenty off cufflinks. And We recently stumbled acros a Darth Vader Cufflink, and so with a little research we found some more! What are the best ones you’ve ever seen?

Never Forget.

Fume Fading

Sometimes, we get items that come to us that are whats called “Fume Faded”. This means, not that our Dry Cleaning solutions fumes have faded your clothes, or that we smell really bad! It means that there is a type of color change usually on garments containing acetate, but some other fabrics may also be affected. The color change is usually found on exposed portions of the garment such as the shoulders and sleeves of a blouse, or the waist, or cuffs of pants.

“Fume Fading” color changes normally involve blue or green acetate turning a reddish hue. But sometimes other color changes can occur. The color change is found on both sides of the fabric, unlike sun fading which only affects the outer surface. Notice the slight Reddish tint in the pictures.

Its caused by some dyes used on acetate that are sensitive to the effects of nitrogen oxide gases found in our atmosphere (Crazy huh?!). These gasses are formed when the air comes in to contact with a heated surface. The gases collect on the garment as it is worn or stored, and color changes develop gradually. The heat necessary for deodorizing after dry cleaning can make the color change more apparent after the cleaning process.

The fabric manufacturer is responsible for selecting the special dyes that can minimize this problem. Once this color change develops, it’s usually permanent.

Worth a thought before storing your clothes away for the season…

We’ve had a fair few customers recently asking us what to do with their clothes when they store them, so we thought we would post some helpful advice! Moths Love Dirty Clothes. Moths always look for protein in stains, perspiration and other matter collected on our clothes. It is here that they lay their eggs, the larvae then feed on the protein and in the process eat the fabric. Wool and cotton are most at risk. So make sure that you always check your clothes before putting them away from storage, bring them in to us to have them cleaned if there are any stains on them.
And make sure not to leave them in bags whilst they are stored, any dust or stains on the item will be set in by the next season, making it very difficult, if not impossible for us to clean them.