MARCH SHIRT FRENZY AT CLASSIC CLEANERS

LIMITED TIME OFFER MARCH 6 – 26
BRING IN 5, PAY FOR 4
From McCordsville to Broad Ripple, at Classic Cleaners we know one thing: Most of the time (even almost ALL of the time) isn’t nearly often enough for business shirts to be delivered in perfect, ready-to-wow-‘em shape.

“Clothes make the man” is an expression older than most of our Classic Cleaners blog readers, but, when it comes to dress shirts, we found, it’s truer than ever. Tony X. Jones remarks on ezine that shirts, which used to be “nothing more than just an undergarment to fit under a jacket…the focus was never on the dress shirt itself” now make important fashion statements of their own. 

At Classic Cleaners, our large and growing group of business executive female customers seems to be at the forefront of fashion in business shirts and blouses. These are meant to be worn either under a suit jacket or solo.

In fact, sometimes it’s hard to tell between men’s and women’s business shirts, so the Classic Cleaners’ button guarantee applies to both:

Should there be any broken or missing buttons on your laundered shirt,
we sew on new ones.

At Classic Cleaners, we know shirts.  Our adjustable Unipress machine represents the very latest in shirt finishing technology.  And with our 5 for the price of 4 limited time offer, achieving a perfectly tailored business look will be more economical than ever!

by Reb of the Classic Cleaners blog team

“Consumers aren’t just time-pressed – we’re downright lazy,” according to USA Today.As one sign of the times, USA Today points to ConAgra, maker of Orville Redenbacher Popcorn.  Next month, the company will roll out the PopUp Bowl, microwave popcorn that pops into a convenient one-serving bowl.

Convenience - from popcorn to dry cleaning at Classic Cleaners!

Classic Cleaners is several jumps ahead of the popcorn maker when it comes to using the latest and most complex technology to make customers’ lives simple.

Time-saving:
Our innovative heat seal system has been in place for more than a year.  Heat seals guarantee we know exactly – every time – which garments belong to which customers. Zero time is wasted collecting garments – our order and bagging system is all computerized.

Convenience:
Popcorn buyers need to take the product off a grocery store shelf.  Classic Cleaners’ customers, by contrast, can choose our FREE pickup and delivery service!

Quality:
No matter how innovative the microwave bowl, the way to eaters’ hearts is through their stomachs – the popcorn must be delicious to keep the clients loyal.  At Classic Cleaners we know all about the quality our customers expect, and we deliver clothes as close to new as possible.

Our equipment represents th very latest in dry cleaning and laundering technology Our Unipress shirt machine, for example yields the kind of results that cannot be duplicated by most competitors.

The 2011 trend towards simplicity and speed? At Classic Cleaners we’ve been “on it” before it was a trend! Most important, though, once you’ve finished ooh-ing and ah-ing over the technology, are the beautifully finished clothes, ready to make you proud!

 by Reb of the Classic Cleaners’ blog team

mold spores

“Mold thrives in places of high humidity and warmth,” explains Moldblogger.com. “This includes floors, walls, personal items, and yes – clothes.”

Some examples of what causes mold to form on clothes:

• Leaving soaking-wet garments in a plastic bag for days or even weeks
• Storing clothing in a basement with water leakage
• Allowing damp, soiled clothes to remain in a laundry hamper too long
• Leaving clothes or linens out on a screened porch during wet weather or in a baby stroller left outdoors or in a dark, damp place
• Failing to brush clothes that have been worn to clean out a crawl space
• Leaving a garment next to books, papers that are damp, or inside luggage that has become moldyThe first thing to remember, warns Moldblogger, is timing.  “The faster you can find a mold-contaminated item, the better. Mold becomes increasingly hard to remove and to deal with as it grows and thrives.”

At Classic Cleaners, we agree.  Put mold-contaminated items in a separate bag from other garments and bring it to our technicians as soon as possible. Using bleach or even vinegar at home can in fact help treat mold, but often at the expense of ruining the color of the garment.

Classic Cleaners professionals, who have earned a reputation for expert stain removal, and who are often called on to treat water-damaged household items such a drapes and bed coverings after a house fire, find that odors from mold and mildew can prove exceeding challenging to remove.

Mold can be a formidable opponent, dangerous to health as well as to clothes. But when alert customers team up with the dry cleaning professionals at Classic Cleaners, the odds are in favor of the good guys!

 - by Reb of the Classic Cleaners blog team

Sno Cones notwithstanding, it was h-o-t at the Summer Festival last month at 146th St. and Gray Road.

Classic Cleaners' Antique ironing board at 146th & Gray Road

Taking a break, I wandered into the Classic Cleaners store to say hello to manager Misty Elliott, and to get a longer look at the little piece of history displayed inside that Bridgewater Classic Cleaners location – an antique wooden ironing board.

Interestingly, ironing boards are a fairly new invention.  The Vikings used heated rocks as “irons”, laying the clothes out on a large, flat piece of whalebone.  But, what we think of as an ironing board was patented in 1858 by W. Vandenburg right here in the United States. The first ironing board similar to the ironing boards common in homes today was patented by Sarah Boone in 1892.

When buying an ironing board for your home, About.com advises that, if you have enough room to store it, the best kind to own is one at least 4 feet long and 12-18 inches wide.

At Classic Cleaners, of course, only the most modern ironing technology is used. The Unipress shirt machine wet-presses each shirt’s torso, sleeves, and collar simultaneously. Ironing touchups by hand follow the automated operation. Even when it comes to table linens, our large professional press allows drying and pressing to happen in a single stage. In fact, most dry cleaners simply cannot provide this kind of finish for table linens.

Ironing is more of an art than a process, though.  Even with the most advanced technology, to get good ironing, you need good people, really skillful ironing technicians who know how to press without leaving the outline of pockets on pants, who know how to finish shirt collars to perfection.  

That’s why many of our Classic Cleaners’ customers have found it most efficient to get on about their busy lives, leaving the ironing to us!

By Reb of the Classic Cleaners blog team