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Most local dry cleaners will take in wedding gowns to clean. Before you take your cherished wedding gown to a local dry cleaner do some exploring first.
Ask local area bridal stores if and who they recommend locally. Most bridal salons send out their wedding gowns to a professional wedding gown preservation company. Here's why!
Local dry cleaners usually place your wedding gown in their dry cleaning machine with all the other items to be done. There may be suits, colored dresses, slacks, blouses and other mixed fabrics in with your wedding gown.
Many years ago there were special required courses for dry cleaners to take to learn how to properly care for wedding gowns and other special garments before they opened up their store. These required courses are no longer required for dry-cleaners to operate. It's too bad because that experience is very valuable.
Finding an experienced dry cleaner who really does know how to care for different types of fabrics and garments is difficult, especially for tender wedding gowns. Silk can especially be difficult, it chafes easily and can easily be damaged, especially when trying to remove any stains.
Some solvents that dry-cleaners use can melt some beads and sequins. Some times if the beads and sequins are glued on the solvents can dissolve the glue which leads to a real mess.
Many local dry-cleaners have minimum wage employees with very little training. Who is really going to clean your dress and how much training or direction do they have when doing it?
Your local dry-cleaner will place you gown in a box – doubtful if the box is a special acid free box – and they give the wedding gown to you – cleaned.
A professional wedding gown preservation company has a thoroughly trained staff. Wedding gowns is all they do. Your wedding gown is cleaned, only with other wedding gowns. Special attention is taking for the hem and bodice areas for extra dirt and body oils accumulate. Spot cleaning is done with the right chemicals and proper methods.
Your wedding gown is also given a special "anti-sugar" treatment to make sure any wine, cake or other food stains will not yellow.
Your wedding gown will also be hand steamed and pressed, placed on a special bust form and placed in an acid free box. Then shipped to you fully protected in an outer shipping box.
An you'll receive a guarantee – look for at least a 20 year guarantee from any wedding gown preservation service you are considering.
Go to the different websites offering wedding gown preservation. Check them out. Study their process and their guarantee. Look for price. Many times prices can vary $ 30- $ 90 for exactly the same service. Do not be fooled into thinking if you pay more you'll be a better gown preservation.
Have your wedding gown preserved. It's a cherished memory that can last through the years.
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Source by Erlene Clifton
