Posted by Ben.Fox
Friday, 18 Jun 2010
For this Friday’s post we’ve enlisted the help of an expert in the form of professional launderer Lewis Arden from Clean Inc. Lewis kindly agreed to answer a few questions about laundry despite the fact that he was busy when I called.
The most common clothing stains – “The most common ones we get are probably mud, wine and blood.”
The worst stains to wash – “Urine because you don’t want to get it on your hands. Red wine is probably the toughest though. We get a lot of people coming in after they’ve been on a night out and got red wine on their white top. For light stuff we’ve got a special bleach but it’s not the type of stuff you can get for use in the home.”
How to remove sweat stains – “We mix soap and water in a spray and spray it on before washing - Vanish works well too. With dry cleaning there are different chemicals you can mix together. If you’re washing so long as you use a decent washing powder and softener that’ll get rid of most stains.”
Hints and tips – “If you don’t know what you’re doing then take it to a professional. We get people coming in who’ve ruined their clothes trying to clean it themselves.”
Clean Inc. is a drycleaning, laundry and ironing service based in the Greater Manchester area. I called Lewis at their Didsbury branch (0161 613 6171) but you can also find them in Heaton Moor (0161 286 6100) and Stockport (0161 429 9110).