dry cleaner needed!!

[R.S.L. Kiltwearer]

ok first i have read all threads on care and Maintenance, i know i can do just about all of the stuff my self, but i just dont have time this week.
so to any of the rable in UT, more over the SLC, area of UT, anyone have a Dry cleaner that they trust. i called a few today and none of them knew how to handle a kilt (also i didnt trust them to after talking with them), so if you know of a good place let me know thanks

[Mael Coluim]

Here's my advice. Contact Brandon at Burnett & Struths here on this forum to have your kilt cleaned. Right he is in Canada, not Utah. You won't be sorry.

[R.S.L. Kiltwearer]

thank you but i have..... had a time crunch and shipping to Canada would not work for me, but thank you anyway

[NorCalPiper]

When I take a kilt to the cleaners, I baste the kilt pleats as well as the apron. We have a cleaners who has a "eco-low chemical-blah-blah-blah" that has worked out great for me. Needless to say though-BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS PROCESS. BAsting your pleats is a the first step though to ensure there will be no mispressed pleats.

[Cowher]

I guess I'm lucky. I have a drycleaner in town that does a ton of kilts from the local catholic academy. So they do a great job on my kilts.

[Standard]

I just had a great experience here at our local dry cleaners. The girl behind the counter knew exactly what I had brought in, and assured me that the pleats would be pressed properly. I picked up my kilt 3 days later, clean and well pressed. The did a wonderful job, and all for only $10.

[pauljsharp]

Basting pleats is the most important thing. Further, if you can call the cleaner and find out when they switch out the chemicals (generally done once a week.) You can get your kilt in to be cleaned on the day that the new chems are used. This means that you are not having your kilt being washed with everyone else's dirt from the previous week.

I seem to remember that canyon dry cleaners (here in the SLC valley) put new chems in on wednesday so I make sure my stuff is in on Wednesday morning. Hope this helps. I have never had my kilt cleaned so I can't help you with who to send it to. Maybe you could contact a pipe major/band manager from one of the local pipe bands and see how they go about cleaning their kilts. I would contact wasatch district and salt lake scots and see what they say.

Good luck!

[R.S.L. Kiltwearer]

Maybe you could contact a pipe major/band manager from one of the local pipe bands and see how they go about cleaning their kilts. I would contact wasatch district and salt lake scots and see what they say.

Good luck!

Paul thats a great idea, i should have thought of doing that........ and its what i am going to do Tuesday.

[RICHARD DUNCAN]

I have talked with the owners of Heritage Dry Cleaners in Salt Lake City, 27th South, about cleaning mine and I would have no problems in taking it there. They are very knowledgable in their business.