Dark colored shirts that you don’t want to fade should be washed with cold water. Whites and light colors can use hot water.
If the shirt is made from a heavier duty fabric, or is particularly dirty you may opt for the Normal cycle.
Set up your washing machine: To minimize wear on a fine or lightweight dress shirt, use the Delicate cycle. Pre-treat any stains by carefully working a little detergent into them, or better yet spot-cleaning them with a stain remover pen. Remove any collar stays if it has them and put them in a safe place. Unbutton all of the buttons, including cuff buttons and any collar buttons. We really like this option, but to do so properly requires a bit of time and care on your part. If you don’t trust your dry cleaner, or if you’d just like a little more control over how your shirts are washed, you may want to wash your dress shirts at home. Method 2: Wash the shirt yourself at home Finally, in the process of bringing the shirts from the cleaners to your closet collars will often be smashed in some way, requiring additional ironing for optimal appearance. If the shirt torso or sleeve is stretched over the press when it is steamed dry it can cause this part of the shirt to become wider in these areas. The slamming of the press over the front of the shirt can cause buttons to chip or shatter. Pros: Convenient, (relatively) inexpensive.Ĭons: Some cleaners will be too hard on the shirts. They pull the damp shirt onto an industrial shirt press that closes over the shirt and simultaneously irons the garment while removing all of the moisture. They remove most of the water from the shirt with the spin cycle in the washing machine. They wash your shirt in a normal washing machine using water and detergent. At most cleaners, here’s what the process involves: At just a few bucks per shirt, this cleaning method is relatively affordable, easy, and it keeps the shirts looking great. Even though you take your shirt to the “dry-cleaners”, they are most likely doing wash and press unless you are expressly asking them to dry clean ). This is our first choice. Wash and press is the “normal” way to clean dress shirts when you take them to the cleaners. Method 1: “Wash and press” at the cleaners
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