Do polyester and cotton/poly blend shirts require dry cleaning, or can they be laundered the same as cotton?

Question

My laundry is telling me they must dry clean any shirt made from materials other than 100% cotton. I went to another laundry and they told me the same thing. This sounds false, as polyester and cotton/poly blend shirts have always been advertised as being wash-and-wear. The launder instruction tags on the shirts also say they can be washed. Is there some kind of conspiracy going on among dry cleaners? ;)

Answer 1

13 Years Personal Exp in Dry Cleaning
38 Years Family

80% of people who come to the cleaner’s think their shirts get dry-cleaned then are starched. Most cleaners never take the time to educate their customers. In or shop we say an educated customer is our best customer. Shirts are washed in large commercial washer the desired amount of starch is then added all shirts are pressed wet. What your cleaner did not tell you was that today there are so many different types and blends of shirts that when is comes to cleaning and pressing there are choices to be made. Cotton and poly cotton blends are totally fine for commercial cleaning and pressing. Blends with rayon, linen or micro fiber can be washed but should be hand finished or soft pressed. Also corduroy shirts should be soft pressed. This is also why ladies cost more not because of discrimination but because their shirts are all hand done rather where men’s shirts are done on a commercial shirt only press. If you try and press some of the more delicate fabrics on this machine they will not come back they way you brought them in. “IE” The miro fiber isn’t soft or the linen or rayon is now hard or the corduroy is now flat not riged. Many cleaners can be bothered with different cleaning techniques. I however do. When you bring your shirts to the cleaners just asked for them to be laundered with your starch preference. (No – Light- Hevey Starch) Cleaners charge any were from 99 cents up to 2.50. Remember you get what you pay for. They lowest priced guy will most likely give you the worst product. It takes trying many cleaners that satisfies you balance for quality and price. We are a high end cleaner we charge $2.45 for shirts. But our customers get a clean, perfectly pressed shirts with broken buttons replaced. If you have any questions drop me a email. Good luck hope this helped.

Dominick

Answer 2

I tend bar in somewhat upscale lounge and must dress accordingly. Certainly, I won't spend big bucks on clothes that will be ruined by liquors, ales, cleaning solutions, and cigar/cigarette smoke. Polyester works just fine. I launder them as usual (even with cottons), and some of these polyester pants have lasted 3-5 years with no discernable wear.

Answer 3

They are not telling you the truth. They simply want you as ignorant as possible to keep their business alive and their income intact. Hah ! little do they know about Yahoo questions. Lol

There is a 35 polycotton blend and a 65% Polycotton blend. Those are what everybody calls the wash and wear type of clothing. If you travel, you can even handwash them hangthem to dry and wear them in no time.

Of course you can wash them in the washing machine and put them in the dryer.

Answer 4

They're even more washable than cotton. They dry wrinkle free if promptly removed from the dryer. they're about the easiest clothes to care for. Just wash them in warm and rinse in cold and they're good as new. Those popel are on something to tell you to get the cotton/poly blends dry cleaned.
The only exception I can think of is if they're lined, otherwise, just toss them in your washing machine.

Answer 5

attempt putting them in the washer then in the dryer alot till it shrinks rather of putting them to dry and if it would not in simple terms get the altered or to rejoice your weightloss by making use of procuring some new clothing for your self and placed across a number of the previous ones to a shelter or something.

Answer 6

WASH IN COLD-IT WON'T FADE OR SHRINK AND LAY FLAT TO DRY.