Decent dry cleaner in europe?

[Gadsie]

I live in the Netherlands, and I have been getting into men’s clothing recently. I own a few trousers and some merino wool sweaters.

What’s holding me back though is caring for the fabrics. I have made the rookie mistake of sending a trouser to the local dry cleaner and got it back with the stain still in and the quality of the trouser reduced.

I want to expand my wardrobe, but have no idea what to do if I get a stain in my clothing. I can’t send it to Rave fabricare because including the shipping costs it would be about the price of a new piece of clothing. I may have found a decent dry cleaner a few hours away from my home but I don’t know how to judge a dry cleaner.

So my question is: is there a good dry cleaner within europe that I can ship my stuff to, or are there any sources online that can teach me to properly learn stain removal on my own?
Or should I just give up and buy new clothes every time they get dirty

 

[jack webb]

"...and I have been getting into men’s clothing recently...."


Had you been wearing women's clothing previously?

 

[Ich_Dien]

Jokes aside, it is really trial and error when you try to find a dry cleaner. It took me several garments ruined to find a good one and now I wouldn't trust anyone else.

Perhaps start by giving them shirts? I find that's an easy way to see if they are good and not something terribly expensive to ruin in case they are bad.

 

[Pandaros]

People might correct me here, but honestly I don't see how there can be a lot of variation in the quality of dry cleaners. They don't mix the chemicals themselves, so that's out of the equation. There's only so many manufacturers of the chemical needed, so that reduces variation. And the machines themselves: again limited number of manufacturers and models. Not to mention that the actual cleaning will just involve bunging in the clothes adding the prescribed amount of chemical and then choosing a setting on the machine.

The real variation, I expect, would be the clothes themselves: how their material can hold up to dry cleaning, the type of stain, and so on.

 

[Ich_Dien]

actual cleaning will just involve bunging in the clothes adding the prescribed amount of chemical and then choosing a setting on the machine.

You lost me here...