clothing care

Removing Blood from a Silk Dress

I am not a stain removal expert but by listening to our managers and asking questions, I have learned a lot over the years about stain-removal and fabric. So, I know that blood is fairly easy to remove on cotton and polyester. I also know …

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Caring for Athletic Uniforms

August signifies the start of school, and for me, it also signifies cross country season. Gray has been running cross country since third grade, and I have been coaching middle school cross country for two years now. Up until middle school, runners wore a soft …

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We Do Other Stuff Besides Dry Cleaning

When I tell folks that I work for a dry cleaner, I always feel like I’m selling A Cleaner World short. After all, we don’t just dry clean clothes, and when it comes to dry cleaning, there’s way more to it than just putting the clothes into a machine. …

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Caring for Silk

Silk fabric is strong, lustrous, luxurious, expensive, and comes from worms. That’s right; silk is made from a fiber created by the Bombyx mori, also known as the Chinese or Mulberry silkworm. Silk fabric has been around a long time, dating back to China during …

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Caring for Baby Clothes

Sometimes I feel like Gray provides an endless supply of dirty clothes, but the truth is that he produced many more dirty items as a baby than as a teenager. At least now he knows about napkins, toilet paper, washing his hands, and how to …

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How to Keep Laundry Under Control

If I skip even one day of doing laundry, I end up regretting it the next day. For a family of three, we seem to produce a lot of dirty clothing. On a typical day, I dirty a set of running clothes, a set of …

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Forsyth County Home Delivery Service

Once upon a time, having your clothes dry cleaned or professionally laundered meant you had to get into your car, drive to the store while fighting traffic, and wait in line to drop off your clothes, and then you had to repeat the process when picking up your clean clothes. Not anymore. Not only does A Cleaner World offer Home Pick Up & Deliver Service in Guilford County, we now offer it in Forsyth County as well! Consider yourself lucky if you live in Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Lewisville, Clemmons, Advance, Bermuda Run, and Pfafftown. …

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Cleaning Neckties

I’ve mentioned before that Gray wears a tie to school once a week. Now that he’s in high school, he’s graduated to the better-quality tie, so we had to purchase new ties at the beginning of the school year. After his first day of wearing …

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Laundry-Related Gift Ideas

Once upon a time, utilitarian gifts would have offended me. Not anymore. These days I’m all about convenient, timesaving, useful products, and I’ve discovered three laundry-related items I decided I cannot live without. Front Load Washer Door Prop – I often complain about the mildew …

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Cleaning Up After the Holidays

The party is over, leaving us in the month of January feeling letdown. Fall Festivals that begin in October lead to a big Thanksgiving feast followed by an entire month of holiday dinners and office parties with the grand finale on New Year’s Eve. All …

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