7 Tips for Ensuring Your
Wedding Dress Lasts as
Long as the Memories
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You invest a lot of time and energy
into finding just the perfect wedding
dress for your special day.
More than just the garb you will don
on this day, your gown represents the
magic of the moment that is to be
treasured for a lifetime. For most
people, preserving the wedding dress
is a way of preserving the innocent
and pure love that it represents.
Whether you want to create a
keepsake from your wedding day or
you are imagining an heirloom to pass
down through the generations, here
are some tips for preserving your
wedding dress with confidence.
1. Timing is Everything.
A common mistake that many brides
make is to wait to take their wedding
dress in to be dry cleaned and
preserved.
In fact, some people wait as long as six
weeks before having this service
completed. This lapse in time allows
stains that may otherwise seem
invisible to set in and begin damaging
the materials.
Over time you will notice dark
discoloration and brittle fabric spots
occurring. These problems eventually
become irreversible.
It is recommended that you take your
wedding gown off as soon as your
reception has concluded. This will
prevent additional stains and damage
from occurring. Create a plan of
action for getting your wedding dress
to the dry cleaners within 48 hours
following your wedding day.
This gives the professional cleaner the
ability to start working on any stains
that may have occurred during the
festivities without them being locked
into the fabric for ever and always.
If you are unable to take the gown in,
you may be able to work with your
dry cleaner to have someone else get
the dress to them in the
recommended time period.
2. Don’t Treat Stains Yourself.
No matter how much care you put
into protecting your wedding dress
from spills or dirt exposure, there are
always stains that appear. Don’t try to
treat these stains yourself, as you can
cause more damage than intended.
Chemical cleaners can lock the stains
deep into the fabric and deteriorate
the fibers of the gown.
Your dry cleaner has the ability to
remove the stains with specialized
solvents that condition the fabric and
restore the beauty of your gown to its
original state.
3. Choose a Dry Cleaner with
Preservation Experience.
There is a big difference between
standard dry cleaning and
preservation services for a wedding
dress. You should select a professional
that has experience preserving
wedding dresses.
These experts know how to preserve a
wedding dress and will prepare a
cleaning and preservation plan that is
specifically designed for your gown’s
care in mind.
If you pre-schedule your wedding
dress preservation service before your
wedding, you may need to take the
gown in with you when meeting with
the dry cleaning and preservation
specialist.
This will give them the ability to take
the stitching, fabric and other design
details into consideration when
making a care plan for your dress.
4. Read the Dress Label.
Regardless of the different types of
expert tips you find for preserving
your wedding dress, nothing
compares to the actual care
instructions included on your dress’s
label.
You should always read these care
instructions thoroughly before
attempting to have any cleaning
services performed on the wedding
dress.
Your dry cleaner will take these
details into account when creating a
preservation plan for you.
5. Ensure the Dry Cleaner Uses a
Virgin Solvent.
Dry cleaning services utilize either
recycled cleaning solutions or virgin
solvents for removing dirt, odors and
stains that get into the fabrics of your
clothing.
Recycled cleaning solutions can be
broken down, causing a weakening in
their cleaning abilities.
This is not a risk you want to take with
something as treasured as your
wedding gown.
Talk with the dry-cleaning
professional to see what type of
cleaning solvent they use in their
services. Ask that they use virgin
solvents when cleaning and
preserving your gown.

6. Box or Bag Used for Storing a
Wedding Dress Should Be Airtight.
The storage box or bag used for
storing a wedding dress once it is
cleaned and prepared for
preservation should be crafted in a
manner that doesn’t allow air to seep
in.
Ensuring that the storage box or bag is
airtight will prevent unwanted
discoloration, molding or odors from
occurring regardless of how long you
keep the gown tucked away.
Speak with your dry cleaning and
preservation specialist about the
storage products that will be used.
7. Protect Your Dress from
Elements
Once your wedding dress is cleaned
and properly preserved, the rest falls
on you.
Always store your wedding dress out
of the sunlight and away from any
types of heat sources. Keeping the
dress in its storage container, you will
want to find a dark, cool and dry
location to keep it tucked away.
To learn more about how you can
prepare for preserving your wedding
prior to your special day, speak with
one of our expert dry cleaners in
Pagosa.
You are sure to find their level of
expertise and knowledge related to
wedding dress preservation to be of
great value.
We look forward to working with you
helping to safeguard your priceless
memories one wedding dress at a
time.
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