How We Remove Stains from Clothing

At Page the Cleaner we encounter a wide variety of stains on garments every day, from small spots and spills to underarm discolouring and heavily soiled hems on pants and long dresses. While we can’t guarantee results, as sometimes there has been permanent discolouration or damage to an item, we have a proven set up that gives us great odds at succeeding when it comes to restoring your favourite item to wearable condition, even after heavy soiling or a big spill.

The Spotting Station

Once our eagle eyed team spots a stain in need of attention, it is sent over to our spotting station. This is a special station in our cleaning plant with full spectrum lighting and a special spotting table (knowns as the “spotting board”). The spotting board is equipped with a suction unit, steam, air pressure and water, as well as a range of hand tools to assist in physically agitating the stained area and lifting the stain. This is not just a “spray and wash” kind of operation!

Highly Experienced & Trained Team

When your garment hits the spotting board, it is put in the hands of a cleaner who is professionally trained and experienced in spot & stain removal, and in recognition of different types of stains. Often we don’t know exactly what caused a particular stain or there is a combination of issues, so a combination of products and techniques must be used to address your specific problem. Spot & stain treatment is a labour intensive, very careful process, and is done by a skilled professional.

The Stain Removal Products

Our cleaner has access to a range of professional grade spotting agents to target your specific problem. We have a variety of alkaline, neutral and acidic spotters, which will be selected depending on the source (and even age!) of your stain.

Technique

There are a lot of different techniques involved in professional stain removal – the spotting agents are applied in very small quantities, and the different tools are employed, depending on the size, age of stain, type of stain and type of fabric. The rule of thumb is to take time and test, to ensure the greatest chances of success.