Celebrate your affection with the one(s) you love today, the day we honor matters of the heart. And if you end up with a lipstick stain, chocolate smear, champagne spill or other unexpected souvenir, bring it to our professional stain removal experts.
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Powder makeup explosion
When powder makeup gets on dark clothing (always when you’re in a hurry), ignore the instinct to brush it away. Rubbing spreads the mess and pushes the powder into the fabric. Blow instead, using canned air, hair dryer on cool setting, or your breath. Makeup remover on a cotton ball should pick up what’s left. We can remove stubborn makeup stains – even professional stage makeup. Tag the stain with masking tape and our stain removal experts will get to work on it next time.
Year of the Snake
The Lunar New Year started on January 29. Similar to the Western New Year, Lunar New Year is a time for celebrants to let go of the past and ring in the future. The holiday, also known as the Spring Festival, celebrates the arrival of spring and the start of a fresh year based on the Chinese lunisolar calendar. The Lunar New Year also is an important occasion for spending time with family and to pay respects to ancestors and older family members. Families come together to practice cultural customs and feast. Though the snake may get a bad rap across many Western cultures, the animal is actually a celebrated and revered sign across the Eastern hemisphere. Year of the Snake is expected to be one of positive transformation as people slither into new beginnings. If all that celebrating takes a toll on your clothes or tablecloths, bring them in for a fresh start.
Winter clothing hazard
Deicing products such as salt are a welcome relief from slippery sidewalks and driveways. But when salty slush and water splash on your clothes, the chemical solution can pull color, leave rings and create permanent stains on your winter clothing and shoes. Before your snow-spattered trousers, skirt or outerwear show the signs of damage, bring them in for prompt cleaning or laundry.
Dirty ski or snowboard jacket?
Here is how to wash your ski jacket if you find it dirty mid-season. Empty your pockets. Close all the zippers and Velcro closures to protect them and to keep them from damaging the fabric. Turn the garment inside out before putting it in the machine to prevent damage to any decorative elements. Use a normal dose of a liquid household detergent (not powder). Do not add any fabric softener or other products to the wash. Select the “synthetic” wash cycle at 30˚C (86˚F) and put the spin cycle on 800 rpm maximum. If you have any ski clothing made of down, add four tennis balls to the machine. At the end of the first cycle, start a second rinse then the spin cycle to remove every last bit of soap from the down. Take out the clothes right after the end of the wash cycle. Follow garment instructions for drying. Or, drop it off with us. We’re your garment cleaning and care experts—even for technical sportswear.
Lipstick where it shouldn’t be
After a festive New Year’s Eve or time under the mistletoe, you may find a little incriminating stain on your collar. Innocuous or not, removing lipstick can be more difficult than explaining how it got there. Our stain experts can whisk most lipstick stains out of almost every fabric. If you want to try an easy home remedy, soaking in liquid dishwashing detergent seems to work amazingly well. Rinse well before laundering, with bleach for white fabric.
Color of the year is… a coffee stain?
In 2024, the Pantone color of the year was Peach Fuzz. In 2023, it was Viva Magenta. Bright, festive colors sure to lighten any mood. 2025 is taking a new direction: Mocha Mousse. It looks like the color left on your white fabric when you spill coffee. Expect to see more browns used in product promotions this year, but let’s hope it doesn’t take over! We can help you keep your whites bright and free from stains.
New Year’s Wishes
Every New Year is a chance to start afresh. Here’s to your success in 2025!
Glittery Gifts
Sometimes wrapping paper and ornaments shed their tiny glitter bits, and you are left with micro-bits of shiny material on your rug or carpet, so small they might escape the vacuum cleaner. Here’s a very tiny tip: When the carpet’s covered in glitter from ornaments, decorating and celebrating, grab a ball of Play-Do. Roll it over the mess to pick up the loose bits of shine. That’s about as much housecleaning as we’re going to do today.
Closed Christmas Day
We’re closed today to be with family, celebrating the holidays and preparing for a better new year. As Charles Shultz of Peanuts fame said, “Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” We hope you’ve enjoyed your share of “a little something extra” this year. We’ve built our business by providing it to every customer, every day. We wish you the best and thank you for your patronage.