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Back to School Dry Cleaning Tips

 

 

 

The time of back to school stress, anxiety, excitement, and mayhem is fast approaching and parents are frantically shopping for school supplies and clothing. Fortunately, with a few helpful tips, parents can prepare themselves for unexpected clothing related emergencies and salvage children’s clothing with the help of alterations and stain treatments. With Model Cleaners on your side with tailoring and dry cleaning services, back to school can be easier on everyone as you save time and money.

 

Stains

When children return to school, they’re susceptible to all sorts of new stains they don’t usually deal with during the summer. Knowing how to treat and remove stains including glue, markers, pen, and pencil helps parents preserve and protect their children’s clothing so they at least last one whole season. To treat pen stains, soaking items in a stain treatment overnight may help. For pencil marks, sometimes an eraser will get them out prior to soaking, but parents need to make sure they use a clean eraser to avoid making the stain worse. School related stains can be especially challenging to deal with and if you’re unsure how to proceed, bring the item to Model Cleaners for professional stain removal and cleaning.

Alterations

Children grow quickly and this often means hand-me-downs for multiple-children families. Even without passed down clothing from older siblings, children may be able to wear their clothing through a growth spurt with the help of professional alterations. Alterations are a good alternative to buying a new wardrobe every few months and can even be used to make hand-me-downs fit their new owners better. Tailors can alter pants that children have outgrown into shorts for summer and modify long sleeve shirts that no longer reach the wrist into short sleeve shirts.

Ripped or torn clothing

It’s frustrating when children come home with rips in their new clothing from something that happened at school. Fortunately, tailoring and alterations can repair tears and rips in some items and extend their life instead of condemning them to the trash or rag pile.

Set-in stains

Sometimes when you store school clothing from one year to the next, you can miss stains on items as you’re packing them away. Finding these stains months later doesn’t mean they’re untreatable even though they’ve had time to incorporate in the clothing fibers. Dry cleaning is the best option for removing old, set-in stains as cleaning experts have the knowledge to analyze the stain and effectively remove it if possible. Make sure you point out any stains when dropping off your children’s dry cleaning items.

Back to school can be less stressful as far as clothing is concerned when you know you have the expertise of Model Cleaners to clean and bring out the best in your clothing.

 

Pick-Up & Delivery Options

With our Pick-Up & Delivery options, Model Cleaners can help with your long to do list this school year. To learn more about our Pick-Up & Delivery, click here!

 

 

Jersey Stain Removal

With The Pittsburgh Penguins going into their 2018 season, everyone will be sporting their favorite jersey this year! Model Cleaners thought it would be a great idea to let you in on some jersey upkeep and maintenance. This Jersey Stain Removal guide may be useful for any avid sports fan. We have had a positive experience in the past with these tips, and hope you do as well. Model Cleaners suggest you test each method on a small area of the jersey just to make sure it won’t have a negative effect on the jersey. If anyone else has any other advice, we would love to hear your feedback!

Laundering:

Turn your jersey inside out to prevent any damage to the crest, patches, nameplate, or numbers. Use the most delicate cycle and the coldest setting on your washing machine. We suggest adding about 2 TBSP of OxiClean for each jersey you’re washing, but don’t add any other detergent.

As a general rule with jersey stain removal, most people hang their jerseys to dry. This not only prevents any heat pressed logo issues, but it also ensures that if there is a stain that you missed when you decided to wash it, it won’t set into the fabric as much. In our experience, once a jersey is dried with heat, it becomes a lot harder to get the stain out.

Stains:

Method 1 – Using Household Products for Jersey Stain Removal

This method can be used on both White and colored jerseys.50% Baking Soda25% Hydrogen Peroxide25% Dawn Dish Soap

Mix these together in a small container until combined. Using a toothbrush, scrub the stained area with the mixture. Don’t be afraid of using too much of the mixture, it will wash out easily. Depending on the severity of the stain, we will scrub anywhere from 1-5 minutes. Once all areas of the stains are scrubbed, we hang the jersey up for 1-2 hours, or until the mixture has dried onto the jersey. Rinse the jerseys either in a sink or using a clean bucket until there are no more suds. From here you can hang the jersey up and allow it to dry or you can launder it. We typically launder it even if the stains are no longer there because extra soap may still be in the jersey and stains can be harder to see when wet.

Method 2 – Using OxiClean for Jersey Stain Removal

This method can be used on both white and colored jerseys.Following the directions on the container of Oxiclean, soak the stained jersey for up to 6 hours. Once soaked, you can wash the jersey as mentioned above.Alternatively, you can mix the OxiClean with water to form a paste similar to toothpaste. You can lightly scrub this paste on the stain with a toothbrush and allow for the paste to dry onto the jersey. Once dry, wash the jersey as mentioned above, but without the added OxiClean.

Method 3 – Using Dry Cleaning for Jersey Stain Removal

Let the professionals handle it. Our garment specialists have over 50 years of experience and will decide the best method to handle your jersey. We clean thousands of jerseys each year and have professional grade Green Earth chemicals, as well as dedicated machines for stain removal.

Method 4 – Using Bleach for Jersey Stain Removal

This method is ONLY for white parts of jerseys.Model Cleaners only recommends this method if you have tried other methods before and have had no success. We don’t recommend this method for thin white strips on a colored jersey. Combine bleach and baking soda into a thick paste, similar to toothpaste. Place something in between the front of the jersey and the back as well as the surface you’re working on to prevent any damage to the other side of the jersey or the surface. Very carefully place a thin layer of this paste onto the stain and allow it to completely dry. Once dried, scrape off any excess dried bleach and launder as mentioned above.

Removing Smoke Smell

Soak the jersey in vinegar overnight and put it through the wash. Might need a couple vinegar soaks to completely get rid of the smell, but it works.

Removing Grease Stains

Soak the stain in cold water. Take some standard original blue Dawn dish detergent and put some on the stain. Work the detergent into the stain either by rubbing or using an old toothbrush. You should see the stain disappear before your eyes if A. It’s grease and B. It hasn’t been set in for too long.

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Model Cleaners Tips For Busy People

Are you tired of stepping on your children’s toys?

With our Model Cleaners Tips, we hope to make your hectic life just a little easier. With that said, we know kids tend to have a lot of toys. Most of those toys live everywhere but the toy box. You can utilize the giant zippered bags to keep toys organized. The bag allows kids to transport their trucks, dolls, and stuffed animals wherever they want to play. The portable toy bag is also a great way to travel with toys. Kids can easily see what’s in the bag and perhaps resist the urge to dig everything out of the bag and spread it all over the back of your minivan.

What to do with my winter garments?

Coming in at number two for our Model Cleaners Tips, hacking our comforter bags.  The Model Cleaners comforter bag can help store your winter garments. Winter items like your snowsuits, boots, gloves, hats, and scarves fit perfectly in the plastic zippered bag. Thus making your garments easily located for next winter. You can allow your children to decorate their own bags for a fun family activity. This way it allows them to easily distinguish their own bag when it comes time to retrieve them from the attic. The plastic comforter bags will also keep dust and moths from invading your winter gear.

Who has room for all these sheets!?

If you’re like everyone else and have spare bedsheets for guests and lack closet space, try using one of our comforter bags. By using a Model Cleaners comforter bag as a storage center for extra sheets and pillowcases you can fit a lot of sheet sets in one bag, and you’ll protect the sheets from dirt until you need to use them again. As an added bonus, if you toss in a dryer sheet before sealing up your bag, your fresh clean linens will smell as fresh as the day you put them away.

 

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Holiday Hours for 2015 Posted

Store Holiday Hours:

Memorial Day 05/25/15: Closed

Fourth of July 07/04/15: Closed

Labor Day 09/07/15: Closed

Thanksgiving 11/26/15: Closed
Black Friday 11/27/15: 8am-6pm

Christmas Eve 12/24/15: Close early at noon
Christmas Day 12/25/15: Closed
Day After 12/26/14: 10am-2pm

New Years Eve 12/31/15: Close early at 4pm
New Years Day 01/01/16: Closed
Day After 01/02/16: Normal Hours


Route Service Schedule:

Memorial Day: Week of May 24th

Monday-Thursday routes will instead run on Tuesday-Thursday
Tuesday-Friday routes will instead run on Wednesday-Friday
All Model routes and stores will be closed Monday, May 25th

Labor Day: Week of September 6th

Monday-Thursday routes will instead run on Tuesday-Thursday
Tuesday-Friday routes will instead run on Wednesday-Friday
All Model routes and stores will be closed Monday, September 7th

Thanksgiving: Week of November 22nd

Monday-Thursday routes will instead run on Monday-Wednesday
Tuesday-Friday routes will remain the same
All Model routes and stores will be closed Thursday, November 26th

Christmas: Week of December 20th

Monday-Thursday routes will instead run on Monday-Wednesday
Tuesday-Friday routes will instead run on Tuesday-Thursday
All Model routes and stores will be closed Friday, December 25th

New Years: Week of December 27th

Monday-Thursday routes will instead run on Monday-Wednesday
Tuesday-Friday routes will instead run on Tuesday-Thursday
All Model routes and stores will be closed Friday, January 1st

Grand Opening of Model Cleaners’ 13th Location in Cranberry, PA

May 18, 2015

Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber and Model Cleaners announce the ribbon cutting and grand opening of Model Cleaners 13th facility in Cranberry, PA

The Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber and Model Cleaners will host a ribbon cutting and grand opening at the Model Cleaners newest facility in Cranberry on Thursday, May 21st from 4:00pm–5:30pm.  The state of the art GreenEarth environmentally friendly fabric care center offers same day dry-cleaning service, free pickup and delivery service and is located at 1187 Freedom Road, Cranberry.

“I would like to thank the Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber of Commerce for co-hosting the grand opening event and being a good partner for local businesses. We are excited to be opening our second facility in this region and furthering our commitment to care for our customers and community” said Dan Lacarte, Executive Vice President of Model Cleaners.

Founded in 1986, Model Cleaners is Pittsburgh’s largest family owned dry- cleaning operation with 13 dry-cleaning locations and free pickup and delivery services to 70 communities in Western Pennsylvania. Model Cleaners is the leading provider of home/office pickup and delivery service in the region, with half of their business coming from their free pickup and delivery service.

Model Cleaners has built their business on family values since Jack LaCarte opened their first store 30 years ago. Raised on a cattle farm in Indiana, PA, Jack has always worked seven days a week to support his family. It was always Jacks vision to own a family business, and he first executed this vision by putting his family to work on their farm. Due to the economic instability of the 1970’s, the farm was forced to shut down and Jack moved his family to Charleroi, PA to seek other opportunities. Jack continued with his goal and opened a small dry cleaning shop in Charleroi, naming it Model Cleaners.

Jack continues the tradition through his five sons, John, Mike, Dave, Joe and Dan who are now all part owners of the business. You can also find wives, cousins, sisters and brothers alike all working to help better the family business. Model started with 5 employees and now   employs over 300 people across their 13 facilities and home delivery service.

Today, Model is a much diversified company along with the dry-cleaning division, Model operates a Uniform Rental division (www.modeluniforms.com), a Model Apparel division (www.modelapparel.com) for companies looking to enhance the image of their employees along with a real estate development division.

Not only does Model Cleaners value family and their customers, but they also value the environment, and work hard to ensure they have an eco-friendly and green presence in the community. Model Cleaners utilizes GreenEarth Cleaning Technology at their new state of the art environmentally friendly facility in Cranberry.  GreenEarth is an exclusive dry cleaning process that replaces petrochemical solvents traditionally used in dry cleaning with liquid silicone. The liquid silicone is derived from natural sand byproducts and is an odorless, colorless, solution that has ideal properties for fabric care. The EPA also recognizes the product as safe for air, soil and water. In addition to being environmentally safe, the solution is non-allergenic and non-irritating to your skin and can be found in common household shampoos and lotions.

Model Cleaners believes in supporting the community that supports them.  Models company mission statement is to” Care for our Customers, Community and Each other like Family”.  Model Cleaners has joined the Pittsburgh North Regional Chamber including supporting their student scholarship program.  Model has donated over 50,000 coats to Salvation Army through the “Share the Warmth” coat drive campaign.

For more information on Model Cleaners including finding a the location nearest you or for sign up for Model Award Winning Free Home/Office pick-up and delivery service for your dry-cleaning needs go to www.modelcleaners.com or call 1-888-99Model.

About the North Pittsburgh Regional Chamber of Commerce – Formerly Known as The Chamber of Commerce, Inc. was established on January 1, 2010 as a newly managed organization of the Cranberry Area chamber of Commerce and the Northern Allegheny County chamber of Commerce.  Our membership consists of 1,100 business owners and business representatives.  The footprint of The Pitts burgh North Regional Chamber of Commerce covers three counties.  Allegheny, Beaver and Butler and 16 municipalities.  Their membership ranges from sale proprietors to large corporations, nonprofits and individuals who are interested in supporting our business community.  They offer a variety of business and social networking events, programs, training, legislative and economic development activities.  Our signature events include a Business Expo, Drive to Thrive Golf Outing, Food and Wine Classic, Pittsburgh North Regional Career Fair and Taste of Cranberry.

 

Contact:

Dan LaCarte
(724)565-2032
Dan@modelcleaners.com

John M. Swiatek
(412)298-2716
John@SwiatekMeloneGroup.com

Megan Julius
(724)034-9700 ext. 15
MJulius@PghNorthChamber.com

Model “gives back” on this Thanksgiving!

You all are truly amazing!!! Model Cleaners is proud to announce,that through the generosity of our customers and the hard work of our employees, we donated over 1,100 pounds of food to the Greater Pittsburgh Area Food Bank.

In addition, Model also donated $1,017 from the Customer Appreciation Days at our various locations in September, October, and November to the Greater Pittsburgh Area Food Bank. Model Cleaners donates $1 for every piece of clothing brought into our stores during the Customer Appreciation day at our various store locations. The donation will go a long way to help those who are need of a warm meal this holiday season. We appreciate your business and generosity in helping us fulfill our mission statement. “ To Care for our Customers, Community, and Others like Family!!!”.

Model Cleaners is truly blessed to be able to serve our wonderful customers.

 

Christmas and New Year’s Holiday Schedules set

We hope you and your family have a safe and happy Holiday season! Below is Model Cleaners holiday schedule during the weeks of Christmas and New Years.

Our store locations will be closing early on Monday December 24th, 2012 (Christmas Eve) at noon and Monday December 31st, New Year’s Eve at 3 p.m.  Model Cleaners will be closed on Tuesday December 25th (Christmas day) and Tuesday, January 1st ( New Year’s day) [Read more…]

6th Annual Model Cleaners Tip Off Classic Set

Model Cleaners family owned and community focused is set to kick off the  2012 Boys High School Basketball season at Upper St Clair High School in the 6th Annual Model Cleaners Tip Off Classic on Friday December 7th and Saturday December 8th.

The teams participating in the 2012 Model Cleaners Tip Off Classic are host team Upper St Clair, Franklin Regional, Chartiers-Valley and Monessen. Good Luck players and coaches! Many dry-cleaning prizes and other giveaways will be given away during the 2 day event.

Share the Warmth with Your Neighbors in Need this Winter!

Share the Warmth with your neighbors in need of a coat this winter and receive our gift of Savings! Come into any of our 13 Model Cleaner locations and donate a coat to the Salvavation Army in the provided bins at our store. In appreciation, we will clean your coat for 40% off.  (Excludes furs, leathers, suedes and down coats)

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