Dry Cleaning: The dry cleaning process uses a solvent to remove soils and stains from fabrics. Among the advantages of dry cleaning is its ability to dissolve grease and oils in a way that water cannot. Natural fibers such as wools and silks dry clean beautifully, but can shrink, distort, and lose color when washed in water. Synthetic fibers like polyester also respond well to dry cleaning, whereas they can retain oily stains after washing. Dry cleaning helps to return garments to a "like-new" condition using precautions to prevent shrinkage, loss of color, and change of texture or finish. Southside Cleaners has state of the art equipment that allows us to produce cleaner garments and brighter whites without an unpleasant chemical odor.
Laundry: Have your cotton dress shirts, pants, or jeans professionally laundered for a crisp look. At Southside Cleaners, we replace buttons that are lost or broken during our process so you don’t have to worry about them. What is worse than putting on your dress shirt in the morning and finding a broken or missing button?
Stain Removal: Southside uses complex procedures and special stain removal chemicals to remove stains. Stains are divided into two major categories: solvent-soluble stains and water-soluble stains. Different stains require different treatments, which stain removal technicians are trained to administer. Why risk a disaster using an over-the-counter "all-purpose" stain removal product or trying a "home remedy" when you could rely on Southside's Certified Garment Care Professional’s stain removal abilities? More frequent cleaning also removes stains that, if left untreated, could oxidize and cause yellowing. Exposure to heat or the passage of time can cause stains from food, beverages, and other oily substances to oxidize and turn yellow or brown, much the way a peeled apple turns brown after exposure to air. Once they become yellow or brown, these stains become much more difficult to remove (resulting in the need for garment restoration) and sometimes cannot be removed at all.
Wetcleaning: Professional wet cleaning is different from washing items in your home washing machine. Southside Cleaners has wet cleaning machines that are computer operated which allows us to control the water temperature to the degree and the amount of “mechanical action” used in the process. This, along with special wet cleaning detergents, is how we are able to clean certain delicate items that are not able to withstand dry cleaning or at home washing!
Alterations: Southside Cleaners has a full-time seamstress on location to replace missing buttons, loose hems and other minor repairs free of charge, as well as handling all other tailoring needs.
Wedding Gowns, Christening Gowns, Garment Restoration: See the wedding Gown link on our home page for a full explanation of our incredible services.
Shoe Shine
Handbags
Leather and Suede*
Household items*
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Drive through/ curb service at both of our locations
Fast Service- Southside Cleaners gives you the option of keeping your credit card on file. This allows you to pick up your cleaning without the hassle of carrying your wallet or signing a receipt. Your credit card number is safely encrypted in our computer system and your signature is kept on file- ask one of our customer service personnel for more details.
* The cleaning of leather, suede, and certain household items is only available to current regular customers. The handling of these difficult to clean and unpredictable items requires a certain level of trust and communication from both parties. We appreciate your understanding.