Austin

HOW IT WORKS

From wedding dresses and accessories, to christening and first communion gowns, wet cleaning and proper preservation is the best way to preserve your memories. Eco-Clean uses the safest most eco-friendly process that avoids chemicals and leaves your heirlooms residue free. The best part? Whether you’re in Austin or across the US, we make it easy. Here’s how:

1. You pick a package and place your order
2. We send you a mailing kit (box included!)
3. You pack up your dress and accessories and mail them to us
4. We clean your dress, do a quality inspection and final boxing
5. You receive your cleaned dress that is preserved for generations to come

PERSONAL TOUCH, PREMIUM PROCESS

At EcoClean, our wet cleaning and pressing teams have over 80 years of combined experience in garment care. Your Austin wedding was one to remember, and we are excited to return your dress back to its original beauty. Our team uses our unique eco-friendly process and handles your gown as if it was our own.

Here are the unique steps our team takes to ensure your wedding gown is properly preserved:

• We start by accessing each gown to identify unique fabrics, embellishments, construction and cleaning needed.
• Our team then hand treats stains and removes debris before placing your dress in a specially designed protective mesh bag.
• Dresses are then washed alone with gentle chemical-free detergents and specialized conditioners and hang dried to avoid damaging heat.
• We then meticulous steam and hand press your gown back to it’s pre Austin wedding look and send photos to document the garment before preservation.
• Dresses are then placed in a preservation box to minimize wrinkling and ensure an optimal environment for storage.
• The preserved wedding gown is shipped back to the bride and will arrive on their doorstep in a special shipping box.

FAQ’s

Questions about our Austin wedding gown preservation services? Check out our bride’s most frequently asked questions.

WHAT IS WEDDING DRESS PRESERVATION?

Wedding dress preservation is the process of cleaning and boxing a gown to prepare it for long-term storage and protect it from deterioration. All fabrics can be harmed by tensile stress (from hanging), moisture, UV Rays, pests, heat, chemical residue, and long-term exposure to foreign substances. Proper preservation starts with stain treatment and washing in a wet cleaning process. After a dress is thoroughly cleaned, it is hand pressed and delicately arranged in a museum quality storage box. Different from dry cleaning, wet cleaning eliminates the possibility of yellowing through time because no chemical based petroleum solvents are used to clean the fabric.

WHAT IS WEDDING DRESS RESTORATION? HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM WEDDING DRESS CLEANING?

Wedding dress restoration typically refers to wedding dresses that require additional effort to return them to a pre-wedding condition. Outdoor Texas weddings often leave dresses with excessive stains or soil. This type of stain along with old stains normally require wedding dress restoration instead of wedding dress preservation.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO PRESERVE A WEDDING DRESS?

The best way to preserve a wedding dress is to have it professionally cleaned by a wet cleaner. Preservation involves stain removal, cleaning, hand-pressing and careful placement in a wedding gown preservation box. Proper preservation requires untreated muslin and acid/lignan-free tissue, bust form, and box that support the garment to protect from permanent fold lines. The delicate fabrics and construction of wedding dresses make cleaning and preserving at home highly risky.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO STORE WEDDING DRESS?

A wedding dress should be stored in an acid free museum quality preservation box after it has been properly cleaned and pressed. The best way to do this is to take it to a professional wet cleaner who will make sure to remove all stains and debris and use a cleaning method that will leave the fabric residue free. The storage box should be placed in an environment with no direct sunlight, moisture, or extreme temperatures.

WHERE DO I GET MY WEDDING DRESS CLEANED?

A wedding dress should be cleaned and preserved by an experienced wet cleaner. Many local Austin dry cleaners send their wedding dresses away to be cleaned by other companies. Wedding dress cleaning by mail is now a very popular option and it allows the bride to deal directly with the company cleaning the dress. This option also allows brides in Texas and across the country to have access to high quality wedding dress preservation.

WHO ARE THE BEST WEDDING DRESS CLEANERS?

EcoClean is one of the largest wet cleaners in the United States. We have been wet cleaning wedding gowns for over 20 years and are regularly voted the best cleaner in Austin. Our wedding dress cleaning and preservation mail order service brings the advantages of wet cleaning wedding dresses to brides throughout the US.

WHERE CAN I FIND WEDDING GOWN PRESERVATION KIT REVIEWS OR WEDDING DRESS PRESERVATION REVIEWS FOR ECOCLEAN?

You can read what EcoClean customers have to say here!

“HOW DO I CLEAN MY WEDDING SHOES?”

Shoes are one of the many wedding accessories we are happy to clean and preserve along with your gown. It is important to properly remove the scuff marks and soil as soon as possible after the wedding. Choose the package that includes the right number of accessories for you.

HOW CAN I STORE MY ENTIRE WEDDING OUTFIT?

We get it, your wedding look is more than just the dress! EcoClean’s Mail Order Wedding Dress and Preservation Packages include options to clean and preserve as many accessories as you like so that all of your wedding attire can be stored together as a keepsake.

THE BOTTOM OF MY WEDDING DRESS IS VERY DIRTY, WHAT CAN I DO?

With outdoor weddings and photos, heavy soil on the bottom six inches of a wedding gown is common. Make the most of your Austin wedding and don’t worry though! EcoClean can remove dirt from wedding dress hems. Our wet cleaning process is the very best way to get your entire dress back to pre-wedding perfection.

If you have other questions, please reach out to us at info@ecocleanaustin.com.