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| Knowing the Proper care for your dress shirts is | | | | your white shirts whiter, use bleach like Clorox. For |
| essential in keeping your shirts crisp and in good | | | | colors, use a diluted solution or special bleach for |
| condition, while projecting a well-groomed | | | | colors. As for your dark colored shirts, avoid bleaching |
| appearance. | | | | all together. |
| Many men ask "how do I clean and take care of my | | | | Check for stains and clean before pressing. Heat |
| custom shirts" | | | | from an iron will permanently set the stain into the |
| Tips on how to care and extend the life of your | | | | fabric. |
| dress shirts: | | | | Unless you have a great steam iron, it’s best |
| Wash your brand new custom dress shirt before | | | | to iron your custom dress shirts while the fabric is |
| wearing to, remove any toxic chemicals and to make | | | | damp, so you do not scorch or damage the fabric. It |
| the material softer. | | | | will also make it easier to get out all the wrinkles. |
| To avoid embarrassing moments and the nuisance of | | | | Tips for Ironing your custom dress shirts: |
| loosing a button. Routinely check your custom shirt | | | | Collar - To iron the collar, starting from its underside. |
| to see if the buttons are secure, or if there are any | | | | Iron away from the collar points toward the back of |
| loose threads. | | | | the neck area. Then turn the shirt over and iron the |
| To preserve the fabric and color, machine wash your | | | | same way for the front of the collar. |
| custom dress shirts using a gentle cycle with | | | | Yoke - Iron the yoke area starting from the neck |
| luke-warm water. | | | | outwards to the center of the shirt. If there are |
| Do not dry-clean your shirts! The chemicals in dry | | | | pleats at the yoke, iron the pleats flat in the direction |
| cleaning fluid will destroy the fabric or even turn your | | | | of the fold. |
| custom shirts yellow. Instead, request that your | | | | Cuff - Similar to the collars, iron the cuffs inside out. |
| shirts be laundered. | | | | Always remember to lay the sleeves flat and start |
| Starching while pressing causes cotton fibers in | | | | from the cuff upward, then iron the other side as |
| custom dress shirts to weaken. To keep a crisp look, | | | | well. |
| buy a custom shirt with a high thread count. | | | | Shirt body - Iron the torso starting from the |
| To avoid antiperspirant stains, spray your deodorant | | | | shoulders down to the shirt ends. Do it step by step |
| or cologne on your body and wait for it to dry | | | | starting from the right torso panel then to the left |
| before wearing the dress shirt. | | | | panel. This will keep each side equally well-ironed. |
| To prevent permanent staining, promptly wash your | | | | Remember to iron in-between the buttons as well |
| custom dress shirt before the stain sets and is | | | | with the iron tip. |
| absorbed in the fabric. | | | | Hanging your Custom shirts: |
| To avoid lifting the color out of your shirts or "color | | | | To keep your custom dress shirts in a nice shape, |
| runs", separate your shirts before laundering into | | | | use wooden or plastic hangers with firm shoulders. |