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Fur Coat Cleaning Expert Advice
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Fur Coat Cleaning & Fur Glazing
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If you would like more information on our the fur cleaning
facilities and services, please feel free to contact us at cservice@franksfurs.com or call us toll free at 1-800-663-3877.
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Fur Cleaning
Fur garments should be cleaned and conditioned every year to keep them looking
their best. If you really don't wear your fur more than three or five times each
winter, clean it at least every other year. With the possible exception of
shearling and chinchillas, furs love the professional furrier cleaning method, and
there's no reason not to do it. Your coat is at the furrier's anyway, and cleaning
is not expensive, so just do it. Your fur will repay you by making you look
fabulous.
Typically furs go through an eight-step
process:
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1.
Examination
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They are examined for age and
condition, to see if there are any rips or tears that need repairing and to see if
they are strong enough to go into the fur-cleaning drum.
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2. Spot &
Linings
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Linings are hand-cleaned, and spots
are removed from the fur.
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3. Tumble
Treated
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Coats are placed in a large drum
with sawdust and tumble treated with an environmentally safe cleaning solution.
Sometimes instead of sawdust, walnut shells or pumice are used.
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4. Removing
sawdust
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They're placed in a cage with a
vacuum attached, to tumble the furs and remove the sawdust.
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5.
Hand-steamed
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They're removed from the cage and
hand-steamed to remove further sawdust from hems and other hiding
places.
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6. Glazing the
fur
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They go through a process called
ironing, glazing or electrifying. They are placed by hand into a machine that
irons it with rollers. Instead of flattening the fur, as it would appear to, the
hairs are lifted, separated and returned to a uniform direction. Think of what
static electricity does to your own hair.
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7. Double
checked
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Finishers examine the coat, checking
it yet again for any problem spots, which are repaired.
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8. Coat is steamed
and linings checked
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Coats are steamed and linings
checked one more time before they're handed over to their owners.
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If you would like more information on our the fur cleaning
facilities and services, please feel free to contact us at cservice@franksfurs.com
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