Dude, dry cleaners are so not worth it unless it's for some essential pieces like large stocky blazers.
Rayons are easy to wash. You just handwash them in cold water with some mild soap, and then air dry them flat or someplace where they don't crinkle. Silks need SUPER gentle washing (no balling up, no wringing, no NOTHING that will upset silk) and completely *MAKE SURE* they air dry without any form of crinkling. Wool just needs some washer from a local store called like, Wool-lite or something, and you just wash and hang dry.
I had to haxcore research all of this since I'm too cheap to dry clean anything lols. It's a lot of work but you save lots and lots of monies.
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Date: 2008-06-28 05:08 pm (UTC)Rayons are easy to wash. You just handwash them in cold water with some mild soap, and then air dry them flat or someplace where they don't crinkle. Silks need SUPER gentle washing (no balling up, no wringing, no NOTHING that will upset silk) and completely *MAKE SURE* they air dry without any form of crinkling. Wool just needs some washer from a local store called like, Wool-lite or something, and you just wash and hang dry.
I had to haxcore research all of this since I'm too cheap to dry clean anything lols. It's a lot of work but you save lots and lots of monies.