A good rule-of-thumb is to clean drapes approximately every two years. A recent survey disclosed that the average customer believes drapes should be cleaned when they look dirty. Depending on your heating system, the amount of smokers in the home, and other factors, drapes may not show soil for two to six years. The oily atmospheric soil will gradually cause the fabric to deteriorate. Often, direct sunlight is unjustly blamed for this. You may triple the life of your draperies through professional cleaning, which is relatively inexpensive compared to replacement costs.
Wet cleaning is the use of water and biodegradeable surfactants and conditioners to clean fabrics traditionally dry cleaned in solvents other than water. We also use this process to clean delicate hand washables. Simply put this has benefits for you as well as our employees and the environment. Abingdon Cleaners has been doing modern wet cleaning since 1995 and we continue to apply the latest advances to the chemistry and the equipment to achieve the best results possible. The process requires well trained skilled labor as well as dedication to the goal of cleaning in an environmentally responsible way.