A new kilt owner needs kilt cleaning help!

[RamsayClanCommish]

So..I am preparing to officiate a wedding and I will be kilted..I would like to freshen up the kilt.

So how do I go about it? Dry cleaning? Any tips on ironing and getting the pleasts sharpened up? There is no kilt service anywhere close. ANd forgive my ignorance, but I am a bit leary of doing anything as i hat eto think of my kilt getting ruined.

Thanks in advance.

[george7]

Look here...
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...9&postcount=31

[Highlander31]

This will help with the pressing.
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/b...190/index.html

[Thunderbolt]

If all that sounds like a larger undertaking than you'd like, (It really isn't that bad doing it yourself) then I suggest contacting the kiltmaker. They often have basting, cleaning and pressing for a reasonable fee. Of course this usually means boxing it up and shipping it off to them and probably a few weeks kilt-less. But it's the best way, I think.

T.

[RamsayClanCommish]

Interesting.

ANd how often do you lads and lassies have them cleaned?

[Thunderbolt]

I'm not being cryptic, but whenever it needs it.

If you can shake it out like fluffing a towel, and dust flies out of it...too late.

Really though, it depends on how often you wear it and where, like any other piece of clothing.

When I was playing with the band during the comp season, wearing it quite a lot, I took it in every month or so. But that's in the southwest heat, sweating all the time.

In Washington State, it was only once or twice a year, but I didn't wear it much.

Of course, YMMV.

T.

[David Dalglish]

I clean my kilts with a small kettle type steam cleaner. To press them I lay a cloth on the floor & the kilt on top of the cloth when I carefully place the pleats the same distance apart, then with a damp cloth on top, use a steam Iron, from the top to the bottom of the pleats( laying & lifting) I press them. This, if done carefully, does a great job & make the kilt like new.

[Rob MacDonald]

this is what I tell my customers:
http://westcoastkilts.com/kilt-cleaning.php

[Riverkilt]

I'm a big fan of steamers. Much easier than ironing and the pleats steam back into place well. Either a portable steamer from a big box store or a fancy one from someone like Jiffy Steamer.

Ron

[george7]

There's the college student method... febreeze!