Laundering vs. Dry Cleaning Work Shirts?

[billiebob]

Have any of you had a shirt collar discolored by Spray and Wash?

I use spray and wash stick on the collars and cuffs and often don't get to washing the shirt for a week. The dirty collars come out clean without scrubbing.

I do only use it on white or light shirts though.

 

[unpainted huffheinz]

Originally Posted by billiebob

Have any of you had a shirt collar discolored by Spray and Wash?

I have not had that happen so far. I spray it on while sorting the clothing and they are in the wash about 20-30 minutes later.

 

[Toad]

I've actually been looking for a good solution. I started out washing/ironing my shirts myself, but it took up too much time. I tried switching from ironing to steaming, but steaming doesn't get the wrinkles out well enough. I've switched back to ironing, but I'm actually considering having them dry cleaned.

 

[bigbris1]

Nothing like dropping off a batch of dirty shirts & picking them up the next day fresh, clean, pressed & on a hanger. I take 10 shirts at a time so $20 every 2 weeks aint bad.

I know the ladies in the cleaners brush my collars & cuffs, because the tags on the necks are frayed, but the collars themselves come back looking like new. I can never get them that clean myself.

Another thing is, it seems when I have the cleaners do my shirts, the sleeves come back the same length as when I bought the shirt. When I do it, they get shorter

 

[teddieriley]

Just finished ironing two shirts I washed myself because one had a stain that I wanted to treat right away. Took me 45 minutes. One was poplin, and that was a b!tch to iron. The sleeves have a number of creases, and I got too lazy to redo in order to get those creases out. I really prefer the cleaners and they end up looking much better.

 

[haganah]

Second dress shirts this week missing buttons on the sleeve vent. One of them was ripped out so badly it left a hole. The other one had these annoyingly thick buttons that would be difficult to replace given their color.

WTF is all I have to say about that.

 

[Artisan Fan]

I find even good cleaners won't do a dress shirt right unless they do it by hand and even then it is a dicey proposition. I launder and press my own shirts. It's a bit of a pain but I control the quality and save some money if not time. I use Tide in an HE Neptune washer, air dry and press when slightly damp. I have mostly lightweight fabrics due to the Atlanta heat so pressing is fairly easy.

 

[bowtielover]

I'm exclusive to Jos A Banks travler shirts, since they wash extreemly well. Straight out of the dryer, without a wrinkle to be found. I have a few shirts from them that are going on 3 years now and they still look as good as they did the day a bought them. I have never once had to dry clean them or iron them, except between washings. There the only non iron shirt i've found that delivers it's promise, which is why I find it odd that so many on here have such a promblem with them.

 

[polar-lemon]

I bring work shirts to the cleaners with office pants, and they get cleaned together.

 

[benjamin831]

Cold water + gentle cycle + Tide total care + air dry = long lasting shirts with excellent color retention.

There's just too much harsh and dangerous chemicals involved with dry cleaning.