The big day has come and gone. The wedding is over and it was a great success, but you still have an important task: take care of that beautiful dress you just wore. You spent hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars for that one very special dress for that once in a lifetime day where you were the star of the show and the center of everyone’s attention. The gown was beautiful, you looked spectacular in it, and now you should preserve the memory not just for you, but for the next generation. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to pass down your wedding gown to your daughter some day? By properly cleaning and preserving your gown, you’ll have a tangible memory of your wedding to share.
You should not let the dress hang in a closet or be kept in a bag after your wedding day. Many brides might forget to have it dry cleaned after the wedding because they will not be wearing the dress again or they simply forget to have it professionally cleaned. Do not forget: you just wore a dress that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, and it would be a pity to ruin it by just sticking it in the back of your closet. Take proper care of the dress; if you do not have the gown dry cleaned and preserved soon after the wedding or your honeymoon, there may be certain stains that cannot be removed after they set into the fabric.
Professional Wedding Dress Preservation
You should consult with your professional dry cleaner to ask about the dry cleaning process and preservation of the gown. Many dry cleaners will clean the gown themselves, but we at Commonwealth Cleaners have always had our customer’s wedding gowns (or even first communion dresses) dry cleaned by experts in wedding gown cleaning and preservation. It is important to have your gown cleaned and preserved as soon as you can after the big day, because there may be mud from an outdoor weeding, or food from the reception, or beverage stains from the champagne that accidentally spilled on your gown while dancing. If you wait too long to have the dress cleaned, the stain may not come out. If you wait years to dry clean your gown, some of the stains will oxidize and turn yellow from sitting too long and the dress will be ruined.
Expert Wedding Dress Cleaning Methods
The method selected for cleaning your wedding gown is very important and is determined by the fabric from which the dress is made. At Commonwealth Cleaners, our wedding gown expert will determine the method to be used to clean the dress; whether it’s wet-washing or using a solvent based dry cleaning method. There are many solvents used in dry cleaning that are safe to use on most delicate of garments, even those with lots of beads and decorative stones. Our expert will pre-treat the dress to remove the stubborn stains (such as red wine or champagne or mud), so as not to hurt the integrity of the gown.
When the dry cleaning process is complete, the wedding dress will go to the packing stage of the process. The dress will be wrapped in acid free paper and placed in a box with a window allowing you to visually see your gown as the finished product. You should try to avoid opening the box so you do not get any oil stains on your gown and to keep dust from settling on the gown.
You should not let the dress hang in a closet or be kept in a bag after your wedding day. Many brides might forget to have it dry cleaned after the wedding because they will not be wearing the dress again or they simply forget to have it professionally cleaned. Do not forget: you just wore a dress that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars, and it would be a pity to ruin it by just sticking it in the back of your closet. Take proper care of the dress; if you do not have the gown dry cleaned and preserved soon after the wedding or your honeymoon, there may be certain stains that cannot be removed after they set into the fabric.
Professional Wedding Dress Preservation
You should consult with your professional dry cleaner to ask about the dry cleaning process and preservation of the gown. Many dry cleaners will clean the gown themselves, but we at Commonwealth Cleaners have always had our customer’s wedding gowns (or even first communion dresses) dry cleaned by experts in wedding gown cleaning and preservation. It is important to have your gown cleaned and preserved as soon as you can after the big day, because there may be mud from an outdoor weeding, or food from the reception, or beverage stains from the champagne that accidentally spilled on your gown while dancing. If you wait too long to have the dress cleaned, the stain may not come out. If you wait years to dry clean your gown, some of the stains will oxidize and turn yellow from sitting too long and the dress will be ruined.
Expert Wedding Dress Cleaning Methods
The method selected for cleaning your wedding gown is very important and is determined by the fabric from which the dress is made. At Commonwealth Cleaners, our wedding gown expert will determine the method to be used to clean the dress; whether it’s wet-washing or using a solvent based dry cleaning method. There are many solvents used in dry cleaning that are safe to use on most delicate of garments, even those with lots of beads and decorative stones. Our expert will pre-treat the dress to remove the stubborn stains (such as red wine or champagne or mud), so as not to hurt the integrity of the gown.
When the dry cleaning process is complete, the wedding dress will go to the packing stage of the process. The dress will be wrapped in acid free paper and placed in a box with a window allowing you to visually see your gown as the finished product. You should try to avoid opening the box so you do not get any oil stains on your gown and to keep dust from settling on the gown.