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How to Maintain your Vintage Garments

January 7, 2020 By Richard Fitzpatrick

How to revive and maintain your vintage garments

If you have made a commitment to buy fewer new things in 2020, hitting your local consignment shop or vintage store is a great place to refresh your wardrobe. Buying second-hand garments is better for the environment than purchasing fast fashion. This article will share how you can maintain vintage garments and get them ready […]

Filed Under: Best Practices for Dry Cleaners, Blog Tagged With: garment care, how to care for vintage garments, maintain vintage garments

The Clean Dozen: Kreussler’s Golden Rules of Textile Cleaning

October 1, 2019 By Katja Pryss

Kreussler’s Golden Rules of Textile Cleaning

Textile Cleaning doesn’t have to be stressful. We wanted to share some easy-to-follow guidelines for cleaning your client’s clothes. Here’s our Clean Dozen: Kreussler’s Golden Rules of Textile Cleaning! 1. “Keep your true colors.” Sort garments by bright/dark color and heavy/light material.  2. “Don’t ruffle my fur.”  Sort all leather and fur garments as well […]

Filed Under: Best Practices for Dry Cleaners, Blog Tagged With: best practices for dry cleaners, dry cleaning, garment care, textile cleaning, wet cleaning

Product Spotlight: LANADOL LICKER

September 3, 2019 By admin

Meet LANADOL LICKER, part of the Kreussler LANADOL wet cleaning product range. For wet cleaning leathers and furs, add LANADOL LICKER to the finishing bath. This product provides wet cleaned leather with its original suppleness; the colors are vibrant and deep. LANADOL LICKER is a leather oiling agent for the treatment of leather and suedes […]

Filed Under: Blog, Product Spotlight Tagged With: garment care, Lanadol, wet cleaning, wet cleaning by Kreussler, wet cleaning chemicals

Sustainable Choices: 30 Wears for the Planet

January 8, 2019 By Peg Fitzpatrick

Sustainable Clothing: 30 Wears for the Planet

There’s a movement to choose garments that will be worn for 30 wears. It’s the opposite of what is currently occurring with fast fashion and garments deemed “old” after three wears. Just three! Started by Livia Firth, the founder of Eco Age (a company which certifies brands for their sustainability) and wife of Colin Firth, […]

Filed Under: Blog, Sustainable Practices, Wet Cleaning Tagged With: 30 wears, garment care, slow fashion, sustainable, sustainable fashion

Interview: Technology and Innovation in the Garment Care Industry

October 2, 2018 By admin

Technology and Innovation

This month Richard Fitzpatrick interviewed Brian Butler of Dublin Cleaners in Ohio to talk about innovative technologies in the dry cleaning industry. This month Richard Fitzpatrick interviewed Brian Butler of Dublin Cleaners in Ohio to talk about innovative technologies in the dry cleaning industry. Richard: I’d like to introduce Brian Butler, President, and CEO of […]

Filed Under: Blog, client spotlight Tagged With: Brian Butler, dry cleaning, Dublin Cleaners, garment care, innovation, kreussler, technology

Product Spotlight: Ottalin Finish

July 3, 2018 By admin

Product Spotlight - Ottalin Finish

  Looking for liquid starch that won’t glaze, speckle or build up over time?  Ottalin Finish is a liquid rice based starch that is perfect for giving shirts and linens a smooth finish with just the right amount of body.  Suitable for all colors and all but the heaviest of starch ranges. Concentrated so as […]

Filed Under: Blog, Product Spotlight, Uncategorized Tagged With: garment care, Kreussler Products, shirt laundry, textile care

One Dry Cleaner’s Experience with Wet Cleaning

May 1, 2018 By admin Leave a Comment

One Dry Cleaner's Experience with Wet Cleaning

Each dry cleaning operation is unique and is run a little differently. We’d like to share an interview with Jim Desjardins of Daisy Cleaners in Salem, New Hampshire given by Richard Fitzpatrick about wet cleaning.   Richard Fitzpatrick:   Hello Jim! Thank you for your time for this interview. You’re a second generation dry cleaner, your […]

Filed Under: Blog, Testimonials Tagged With: Daisy Cleaners, dry cleaner in Salem, garment care, Jim Desjardin, New Hampshire dry cleaner, NH, wet cleaning

From Corn to Clean: Why Kreussler Developed Bio-Based SYSTEMK4

April 3, 2018 By Richard Fitzpatrick 3 Comments

Why Kreussler Developed Bio-Based SYSTEMK4

For 8 years SYSTEMK4 has expanded the textile care industry with proven reliability and performance. We’re happy to add ‘bio-based and sustainability’ to the attributes of this paradigm-shifting solvent. Yes! And here’s why Kreussler developed Bio-Based SYSTEMK4. SOLVONK4, the cornerstone of the SYSTEMK4 textile cleaning process, was revolutionary in its composition. Every solvent introduced since […]

Filed Under: Blog, SYSTEMK4 Tagged With: biobased, garment care, systemk4, textile care

25 Years of Wet Cleaning with Miele and Kreussler: A Double Interview

July 25, 2016 By admin 1 Comment

Kreussler wet cleaning

We are happy to share this press release from Miele. WetCare is increasingly becoming the standard for dry cleaners and their clients. The world’s first wet- cleaning system celebrates 25 this year. What was first jointly presented by Miele and Kreussler in 1991 is today an integral part of modern textile care. We’d like to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Wet Cleaning Tagged With: garment care, kreussler, Miele, updates in wet cleaning, wet cleaning

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