Keep your school uniforms looking great year 'round. |
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Uniform Care
All our uniforms are designed to be machine washable with the exception of blazers, ties and wool blend skirts, kilts and jumpers. While uniforms tend to be more rugged than regular store clothes following the laundry instructions on the garment label and taking note of the points below will help them look their best throughout the school year. |
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General care
• Do not bleach any white shirt with an embroidered or imprinted school logo. We recommend spot cleaning only or try using a bleach pen to make sure bleach only goes where you need it. • The use of a color safe bleach on plain white shirts will avoid the possible yellowing of the polyester threads in the material. • Sweaters should be washed inside out without using a fabric softener. • Gymwear, sweatshirts and sweatpants WILL SHRINK. Using a warm wash cycle and tumble drying on low will keep the shrinkage to a minimum. • If you must tumble dry skirts, kilts or pleated jumpers please remove
them from the dryer before they are completely dry, press the pleats
back in with a warm iron and hang them up to air dry. |
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Stains
• Blood stains should be pre-soaked in cold water and pre-treated with detergent before laundering. Hot water will set the stain and make it difficult to remove. • Pizza sauce is particulary difficult. Dampen the stain with hot water and pre-treat with detergent then wash in the hottest water that is safe for the fabric. • Ink stains can be removed with rubbing alcohol before washing if the ink uses an alcohol based solvent. Regular ball point pens fit into this category. • Soiled shirt collars are best pre-treated with shampoo before laundering. • An old, clean toothbrush is your best friend when dealing with stains. When pretreating a stain gently work in the detergent with the toothbrush, do not scrub at the stain. The idea is to work the detergent into the stain so the detergent can get rid of the stain for you. As we have no direct control over your laundry we cannot be responsible for stains and soiling due to day to day wear. We have avoided giving advice that uses any potentially dangerous or damaging chemicals. |
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