Dry Cleaners or Dry Shrinkers

[SupremeFarms]

The two jackets in the picture are the same size and the same name brand.

The difference: The black one recently came back from the dry cleaners.

Lesson: The dry cleaners that I used this time do not know how to dry clean boiled wool; but as a clothes shrinker, they might be a tremendous success.

[turkey feather]

Looks like it was washed.  In our area dry cleaners are all closing due to retirement or loss of business. But some things do need to be dry cleaner.

[manureseller]

Whoa!!!  I would be a bit peeved if that happened to me.  I don't have a lot of dry clean stuff but do like to take my wool comforters in at least once a year. 

[farm160]

Bummer about the jacket.  Were there special cleaning instructions they didn't follow?  

Regarding lack of dry cleaners, same thing happening here.  I took a couple winter coats in to local store to have picked up for dry cleaning and due to limited use, they are no longer a pick up spot.  Next option is drive the 40 miles to dry cleaner, drop off and then come back a week later.  I have one of those dryel kits that I purchased a year ago and only used once.  May try that again.   They're not really dirty, just want them freshened up. 

[SupremeFarms]

I agree, it looks like the dry cleaners washed it instead of dry cleaning it.  At least I was able to get a good laugh out of how funny the jacket looked.

[SupremeFarms]

The cleaning instructions in the jacket say to "dry clean."  The jacket had been dry cleaned at a different cleaners successfully many times.  The cleaners I used this time are more convenient, but definitely not the correct choice for cleaning boiled wool.