Packaging
You have a substantial investment in a high quality wardrobe, or
in a few prized garments. At RAVE FabriCARE, our packaging is
designed to protect your investment, and reflects the extraordinary
care and attention to detail we invest in the cleaning, finishing
and inspecting process.
Specifically, we protect your garments by only using
- Heavy duty clip and contoured hangers
- Acid-free tissue
- Extra wide, heavy gauge poly
- Breathable sweater bags
- Breathable suit, dress and gown bags
- Flat necktie and scarf boxes
- Acid-free rollers
Heavy duty clip and contoured hangers
Garments can easily loose their shape and drape when hung on
wire hangers; develop holes when hung with metal pins or metal
clips; and loose their shape and/or exhibit deep impressions when
hung on plastic, wood or chrome hangers that are non-contoured and
non-supportive in the shoulder area.
At RAVE FabriCARE, we never use metal pins or metal clips on
your shorts, slacks, trousers or skirts. Nor do we use plastic,
wood or chrome hangers with metal clips.
Instead, your shorts, slacks, trousers and skirts are hung on a
white, heavy duty, molded plastic clip hanger with wide,
soft, rubber padded clips. Unlike hangers with short
plastic or metal clips, these hangers won't leave impressions on
your garments.
All blazers, sports coats, suit jackets and overcoats are
returned on white, heavy duty, contoured, molded plastic
hangers with a wide shoulder surface area that contour the
neck and support the shoulders. These contoured hangers help
maintain the shape and drape of the garment while simultaneously
preventing wrinkling.
At RAVE FabriCARE, we never use straight wood
hangers.
Acid-free tissue
Another way we ensure safety is by only using soft, white,
acid-free tissue for packaging your garments and household
textiles. We don't use acidic, logo printed
tissue.
Why is acid-free important?
Because acids cause whites and creams to yellow and fabrics to
deteriorate prematurely. RAVE FabriCARE's acid-free tissue will not
acidify your garments and household textiles. Which means you can
safely leave our tissue in your garments and household textiles
over the long term.
Extra wide, heavy gauge poly
At RAVE FabriCARE, we'd rather be safe than sorry. That's why we
take extra care to wrap your garments and household textiles in
extra wide, heavy gauge poly -- one drycleaned garment per poly bag
and a maximum of two laundered shirts per poly bag.
This temporary packaging is designed solely to
keep your garments and household textiles wrinkle free. And
protected against dirt, damage and shuffling from our fabricare
facility to your home. Whether we deliver them or you pick them up
yourself. It's just one way we work to maintain the pristine
condition of your garments and household textiles.
However, once you get home, we strongly suggest that you
remove the plastic covering. For three reasons: first, all
fabrics must "breathe". Second, plastic tends to trap moisture and
promote mold and mildew. And, most importantly, this type of
plastic will degrade over time, acidifying your garments and
household textiles. Which, in turn, can cause them to discolor and
deteriorate prematurely.
Breathable sweater bags
Most ordinary cleaners offer a sweater bag completely
constructed of cheap plastic.
At RAVE FabriCARE, our custom-made sweater bags are made from a
breathable, non-woven material. They come in three
different sizes ... small, medium and large. These reusable,
breathable sweater bags, designed primarily for sweaters and knits,
are safe for long-term storage because they allow for proper air
circulation.
Additionally, they enable you to
- easily view your sweaters and knits
- protect the shape of your sweaters and knits
- store your sweaters and knits flat
- stack them vertically on a shelf or in a drawer or chest.
We encourage you to make good use of these bags. Use them for
storing your sweaters. Or use them for storing table and bed
linens, or other fine fabrics not often used.
To separately purchase these custom-made bags, please click
here.
Breathable suit, dress and gown bags
Plastic and vinyl suit, dress and gown bags are detrimental to
your garments over the long-term. So are canvas storage bags that
are coated with starch to provide added "body" (starch is the
perfect food for feeding month larvae!).
Like our sweater bags, our suit, dress and gown bags are made
from a breathable, non-woven material. They're safe for long-term
storage because they allow for proper air circulation, they won't
trap moisture and promote mold and mildew, and they won't acidify
over time.
To separately purchase these custom-made bags, please click
here.
Flat necktie and scarf boxes
At RAVE FabriCARE, we package your neckties and scarves in
custom designed boxes, interleaved with acid-free tissue. Each box
has a clear, see-through acetate lid so they're easy to store and
easy to find.
Why do we package your neckties and scarfs in this manner?
Because neckties and scarfs are best stored flat. This helps
prevent rippling, and maintains the fullness and rolled edges of
your neckties and scarfs.
Acid-free rollers
Our reusable, acid-free rollers are perfect for storing your
fine table linens when you want to achieve a creaseless
presentation. And because our acid-free rollers come in various
lengths, we can accommodate table linens of almost any size.
Our rollers are made from acid-free, lignin-free tan paperboard,
are buffered to a pH of 8.5 (slightly alkaline), and are bonded
with a neutral pH PVA adhesive. The archival purity of our rollers
will ensure that your fine table linens won't yellow or embrittle
over time because of direct contact with acidic packaging
materials.
Tell us your preferences
If you'd like us to package any or all of your garments or
household textiles in a particular manner, we'll enter your request
in our RAVEtrac computer system. That way we can return your
garments and household textiles packaged according to your personal
preference. Every time.