Can anyone recommend a dry cleaner that may clean / seal a wedding gown and veil? Somewhere close too! Thanks!
Kim M. replied:
I went to Majik Touch Cleaners by Winn Dixie, two months ago. They send it out to a company in NY. They did an amazing job and there was a quick turn around.
Robert P. replied:
Atis Kalnins fishhawk cleaners might be able to do this for you. 813-200-4320
Atis K. replied:
Greetings. A little dry cleaning confession from your neighborhood dry cleaner. ALL dry cleaners send out wedding and other intricate garments to a third party to be cleaned, pressed and packaged into a display box. This is because a formal garment requires so much hand labor to process. When I say process I am saying iron. Yes hand ironing a garment that size does take a lot of time and a lot of experience. Most dry cleaners make money doing high volume as their employees work in a factory setting ironing or pressing shirts and pants all day. Taking an employee out of the line to iron a dress affects the dry cleaning plant's ability to press shirts and pants. Plant is the factory where shirts, pants and blouses go to be ironed/pressed by machines. It sounds dirty, but that's why they call it dry cleaning. So, time consuming items where a lot of hand ironing is needed are almost always sent away to be processed. Look at the big plant at Bloomingdale and Lithia Pinecrest where the WAWA is going in on the West side of Lithia Pinecrest. Plant looks so dirty and uninviting. But its a big plant. Normally, I try and convince people NOT to get there dresses put into a box as that is where it will stay forever. Far better to help others and I personally like this charity who ONLY helps military families http://www.bridesacrossamerica.com/ so your dress can hopefully endure forever. I've said a lot, too much I am sure of that but I'm passionate on the clothing industry. It's how I pay my mortgage. I hope you have a few questions for me. My single dry cleaning store has done maybe around 15 wedding dresses in the last two years and I always choose to send them to Miami as they are the best! Prices are normally $150 but I'll do it $125. It will be handled with care straight to Miami and back again and come back in a garment box with a viewing window. I'll also give you $10 of FREE dry cleaning to try me out. Call 200-4320 and press option "0" to reach me.