Ah, the lazy days of summer. Hanging out at the beach, the smell of salt and fish in the air, the cries of gulls overhead, the breeze that begs you to sail over the rim of the world, the hot steam from the iron.... It's false economy to spend your own precious time ironing when you can have clothing professionally finished -- and much better than you can do it yourself. Why waste a minute of summer with an iron in your hand, sweating over the board? Bring 'em to us, and think of it as buying time for FUN! See you soon, Quote of the Week If the shelves are dusty and the pots don't shine it's because I have better things to do with my time. Fun in the Sun COUPON! It wouldn't be summer without Hawaiian shirts! You know you're living in them... so get them cleaned and professionally finished and keep that snappy look going. Have $10 in regular drycleaning done and we'll do a Hawaiian shirt at no charge. (Include first page of this e-mail with your order. Offer expires July 30, 2005. Cannot be combined with other offers.) Buying TIME! If you were to make a list of all the chores you'd gladly pay someone else to do for you rather than do them yourself, ironing would probably make the list. Let's face it, it's not a glamorous chore. There's the heat, the potential for burning or steaming a stray finger, the inconvenience of getting out the ironing board and heating the iron (not to mention worrying if you turned it off when you left the house), the mixed results you get with spray starch... the whole thing is not a good use of your valuable time. Why is it so difficult? It seems like a very simple thing -- take a garment and get all the wrinkles out, give it nice body with some starch, and look great wearing it. Yet it's not easy. Irons for home use don't hold a candle to the sophisticated machines we use to put creases where they belong and banish them from other areas. Professional pressing machines combine heat, steam, and pressure into the perfect recipe for fine finishing. Just look at the graphic and you'll see this is nothing you can fold up and put in your closet! The fact is, any garment we finish will be processed on several different pieces of equipment, each performing a specific part of the finishing. Well, starch my shorts! Summer is a great season to wear cottons and other natural fibers to keep you cooler. The problem is that they tend to wrinkle easily. The answer to some of that is proper "sizing" -- which has nothing to do with a 10 or a 12. Sizing is the term for adding products to a garment to stiffen the fabric so that it will drape in an attractive way. Try these facts on for size: Natural fibers are hollow, so they absorb sizing well. We introduce it while the garment is in the cleaning machine to ensure even distribution. For some garments, sizings are best applied during finishing. They are applied in a fine mist over the garment far more uniformly than you can at home with the old bottle of spray starch that jams and spits. Home-use spray starches are a natural starch product. That sounds good... however it means that the starch will behave like any natural item and will yellow with age, temperature, light (think of an apple left on the counter and how it turns brown over time.) Call us crazy, but we get a kick out of taking a soiled garment, cleaning it, and then finishing it so that we'd be proud to stand next to you at any party this summer. (We're always open for invitations, too!) Spend your time in the pool, at the beach, planning that road trip, or wandering the bazaars of some exotic locale. With so much to see and do, you've got better things to do than waste time on chores we'repleased to perform for you. Have a wonderful, carefree summer!       Info@iriscitycleaners.com 211 W Washington St. Mount Pleasant, IA 52641-2147 phone: (319) 385-9707 Privacy Policy/Terms of Service Copyright 2000-2006 by Iris City Cleaners and Laundering Company.. You must obtain written permission to use any content on this page.