It takes strong organizational skills to operate a dry cleaner. A dry cleaner is usually a family-owned operation and has a limited number of employees. Workers have to take in clothes, clean them and return them on a promised date. Dry cleaning begins with an intake and what is called tagging. Small paper tags are stapled to a client’s clothes to identify them. Additionally, the tags often indicate when the clothes will be ready for pick-up.
Next, clothes are pre-treated with a stain remover. Water is used as a stain remover for water-based stains and oil-based stains are treated with stronger solvents. Shirt Laundering in Minneapolis MN is handled separately. Shirts are tagged to identify the owner and then they are washed with water, detergent and starch, if requested. Shirts are placed on a shirt form while they are wet. Finally, a machine dries and presses them in a matter of seconds. Pilgrim Cleaners has handled Shirt Laundering in Minneapolis MN for more than seventy years.
Up to one hundred pounds of clothing are placed in an industrial cleaning machine. The machine is motor driven and is similar to a washing machine. The clothes are placed in a basket with tiny holes in it, and the basket sits in the center of the machine. Cleaning solvent is constantly sprayed in through a pump and filter system. Clean solvent constantly goes in and dirty solvent is pumped out. Steam, water and air are used to post-spot clothes to remove any stains that are left behind. Operating the machine is a tough job and workers have to keep the machine running all day. As soon as one load is done, another goes in.
Finishing is the final step in dry cleaning. Clothes are dried, steamed and pressed. Steam is blown through the clothes to soften them after they come out of the machine. Clothes are reshaped and dried again with light steam. Additionally, the clothes are pressed and checked for missing buttons and tears. All necessary repairs are made and the garments are ready for the customer. A lot of hard work and professionalism goes into dry cleaning clothes. Remember that, the next time you wear a freshly cleaned suit. Click here for more information.
