Washing and Ironing?

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

We've been going to the same dry cleaners for, er, more years than I really want to count right now, but have mostly managed to live our lives without needing to dry clean stuff more than every few months.

We suddenly find ourselves in need of clean ironed men's shirts on a 5-day-a-week basis, and I think I'd prefer to reduce our use of dry cleaning chemicals at this point .) I know there are a few places that use more eco-friendly dry cleaning stuff, but what about old fashioned *wet* cleaning? Are there any places who offer to launder cotton men's shirts in washing machines and then iron them so they look nice, or did the advent of dry cleaning completely kill that business model?

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[craigindaville.livejournal.com]

As a dude who makes weekly trips to the cleaners for work shirts, I can almost guarantee you that regular, cotton button-down men's work shirts are not dry-cleaned, but laundered and pressed. That's why it only costs around $2 per shirt, rather than the $6-$15/per item that dry cleaning can. Considering that my superhero power appears to be Extreme Ineptitude With An Iron it is completely worth two bucks to have someone else take care of these things for me, but at dry-cleaning prices I would find the antidote somehow and do it myself.

That's not to say that your particular cleaners isn't using some caustic laundry detergent and starch, which is where the smell might be coming from.

It's not in Davis, but my regular place is Mystic Cleaners on Broadway down by the Riley-Brickley Firehouse and the old Star Market.