How to Clean Military Uniforms
Military uniforms need to be kept neat and clean in order to portray a professional appearance. Cleaning a military uniform requires special techniques and attention to fine detail. This process is best left to a professional dry cleaner that is experienced in cleaning and pressing military uniforms.
- Remove all pins and embellishments from the uniform and store these items in a safe place until the uniform has been cleaned.
- Look in the phone book's yellow pages section under "Dry Cleaners" to locate the dry cleaning companies in the area where you live.
- Write down the names and numbers of the dry cleaners that you find so that you can call each one individually to ensure that they are able to clean a military uniform, as well as to find out the cost of this service.
- Call each dry cleaner in the area and ask them if they have experience cleaning military uniforms. If they do not have experience in cleaning uniforms then you should not choose this company.
- Ask each dry cleaning company how much they charge to clean a military uniform. The price will vary by company.
- Determine which dry cleaner has the most experience in cleaning military uniforms as well as the best price for the dry cleaning services that you need.
- Bring the military uniform that is in need of cleaning into the dry cleaner that you have determined offers the most competitive rates along with the knowledge and expertise needed to clean a military uniform.
- Pick up the uniform on the day and time designated by the dry cleaning company.
- Replace all pins and embellishments onto the uniform that were removed prior to cleaning.