Seems like Im getting ripped off. Tower Cleaners has a location close to my office so Ill check out what they charge. Any other recomendations in the downtown area?
For those with questions about shirt laundry... heres a couple of tips/facts....
-getting your shirts laundered is harsher on them if you do it yourself.... the points on the collars are always the first to go even on quality shirts.. theyll get worn down, turn white, and start to fray. Buttons also get torn off or crack and little pieces break off. this happens at home but takes a lot longer for the detioration.
-starch kills the fabric on your shirts. with new shirts, you should use only light starch. a quality cotton shirt when new can be pressed with no starch and will still be crisp. as the fabric gets old and detiorates, then you can increase the starch to achieve the same crispness. if you use starch on new shirts, the fabric will break down a lot quicker.
-theres only a small number of shirt laundry companies in calgary. so regardless of what drycleaner you take it to, it will end up in the same place. its all outsourced. so thats what burns even worse when im paying almost a $1 more per shirt. ask your cleaner where they send their shirts.
-and yes, even though you take it to the dry cleaner, the shirt is laundered - ie. washed in hot water, then put in a dryer, then pressed.
-and if you do have stains on the shirt, like the greasy collar mentioned above, or red wine, or whatever, point it out to the person when you drop it off and they will pre-treat it.
that is all for now.
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