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Our process

How we clean your laundry and dry cleaning

Whether it's a bag of everyday laundry or a suit for a wedding, every order goes through the same careful process at our Saddle Brook store.

Attendant folding clean laundry at the counter

1. Intake

Every bag or garment is checked in at the counter, tagged with your name, and inspected for stains, damage or special instructions you've given us.

2. Sorting

Wash & fold loads are sorted by color and fabric type to protect lighter items and keep colors from bleeding. Dry cleaning items are separated by fabric and cleaning method — some pieces need solvent cleaning, others just careful pressing.

3. Washing or dry cleaning

Wash & fold loads go into our large-capacity washers on the right water temperature and cycle for the fabric. Dry cleaning items are cleaned on premises in our dry cleaning machines using solvent instead of water — see our full explanation of how dry cleaning works.

4. Drying

Wash & fold loads are dried on appropriate heat settings by fabric type. Dry cleaned garments go through a controlled, low-heat cycle that removes the remaining solvent without damaging the fabric.

5. Inspection

Before anything is folded, pressed or bagged, it's inspected again — this is where a missed stain or a loose button gets caught.

6. Finishing

Wash & fold is folded by hand at the counter. Dry cleaning is pressed or steamed on forms to restore the garment's shape and crease.

7. Packaging

Folded laundry is bagged; dry cleaning goes on hangers in protective covers. Everything is labeled with your name and ready for pickup — or loaded up for delivery if you booked pickup & delivery.

Life is busy. We'll handle the laundry.

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