Shrinkage during dry cleaning happens during the pressing. I just steam iron dry-cleanable fabric at home, from the wrong side, putting a needle board or some pile fabric under the right side if the fabric crushes when pressed. I go over it two or three times just to make sure to get all the shrinking done, and also to make sure I haven't missed any areas.
None of the garments whose fabrics I have pretreated that way have shrunk during dry cleaning. Fran Lavolta Press Books on Historic Costuming http://www.lavoltapress.com Saragrace Knauf wrote: > Hi, I am about to get some chenille/tapestry like fabric drycleaned before I > cut it out. > They want $25 apiece to clean each piece. I have two 50"X4.5 yards of the > tapestry and 45"X4Yard of the silk lining. > > That's $75 Just to pre-treat it! Cripes! What would you do? > > Sg > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
