Dry Cleaning In The USA

[RichardtheLarge]

Unless the wool is heavily soiled, brushing with a garment brush may suffice. You can also spray linings with vodka to eliminate odor.

[rebelrouser]

I generally ask if they’ve done Kilts before, and if there are any local bands they do them for. An alternate approach would be to ask area bands what dry cleaner they use.

Not sure where in the US you are, but if you tell us, people may have better suggestions.

Rob

I emailed local pipe band and they gave me the name of the cleaner they use took my kilt in and was more than happy with their work. Beautiful job for @ 15 bucks

[The TALL TN Scot]

I have mixed feelings about my local dry cleaner. I go to them with all of my military stuff and they do phenomenal work. When I asked if they clean and press kilts, they said yes and the cost would depend on the number of pleats. Seeing that I never mentioned that aspect, I was immediately impressed. When I picked it up, it was clean and pressed and looked almost new.

However, I was a little frustrated to see that they fastened it to a regular shirt hanger with......safety pins through the top hem rather than a skirt hanger (I even offered to leave my kilt hanger, but they declined... I can understand that though). The straps were a little bent from how they folded, but oh well, that's a simple fix (just wear it). The biggest grumble I have is that they affixed a barcode sticker to the inside. I assume that this is for the computer system to track, but this thing is stuck on there so strongly that I fear I might not be able to remove it.

I plan to talk with them in length about it when I go there with another kilt. Yes, they did a good enough job to warrant future kilt cleaning from me, but I have questions about whayt I stated above that I want to address with them.