The EDF Laundry Thread

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[ QUOTE ][*]Dress shirts -- For really good ones just get them dry cleaned.

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I assume you are getting your shirts laundered, not dry-cleaned, right? Other than for silk shirts (you balla, you!), regular laundry should be fine and costs about 20% of getting a shirt dry-cleaned. I mainly get shirts laundered for the pressing more than for any extra-special cleaning.

[ QUOTE ][*]Silk -- I could use some advice on this; I have a white silk tie that needs cleaning, and I'm afraid to do anything to it. Should I take it to the cleaners? I hate silk for the most part, both because it's cheesy and outdated, and because it's hard to clean. But this tie is badass.


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Good luck with the tie. A very good cleaner can probably do an OK cleaning job, but it's apparently very hard to do without permanent problems (uneven shrinkage vs. the lining, puckering, etc.). See if they can just clean the spots (assuming that's the issue) instead of the entire tie.