Brilliant Whites Restoration

White can be simply brilliant

The color white is truly timeless. White is classic, sophisticated, distinctive, versatile and soothing. All at the same time.

To put it bluntly, white – with all it’s countless variations in hues and intensity – is simply brilliant.

To many of our clients, nothing beats white for those cool, breezy weekend getaways at the coast or a fun night out on the town.

More importantly, no ordinary dry cleaner should stand between you and your quest to look your radiant best in your summer whites.

It's important to understand why your brilliant whites turn dingy, grayish and yellow -- despite your attempts to "wash them back to white."

Lets start with this fact: White is a color. Your white fabrics didn't start off as white. White fabrics have been dyed white and, over time, the white color will fade. Poor wet cleaning and/or poor dry cleaning are contributing factors to your assessment that "my whites are no longer white".

While you can't restore a garment or household textile to the exact, original Pantone shade of white, there are professional techniques available that can return your garments and household textiles to a shade of white that's perceptively pretty close to the original shade of white.

At RAVE FabriCARE, we pride ourselves on our national reputation for restoring your dingy, grayish and yellowish whites to brilliant white – a reputation enhanced by being featured in a New York Times Sunday Styles article on the cleaning, restoration and preservation of modern and vintage bridal gowns.

When it comes to white garments, whites typically don’t come any whiter than most bridal gowns!

And we can do this (in most cases) even if your white garments have been contaminated by fire, smoke, soot, water, mold, mildew and/or humidity as a result of a fire or flood.

Restoring a white 2 or 3 piece ensemble that has differing color tones

If any of your 2 or 3 piece white ensembles with no trim (beads, rhinestones, sequins, pailettes, etc.) have become yellow, grey, dull or stained due to improper cleaning or storage – and they currently exhibit a clear variation in color from one piece to the other – we might still be able to employ our special whitening and/or brightening processes to bring them back to life.

Because of the pre-existing variations in color, the processes required are more time consuming and the outcome less predictable.

For two or three piece ensembles, we must be able to treat all pieces of the ensemble at the same time to stand any chance of achieving consistency of color across all pieces.

Please understand that:

• Your ensemble might comprise “dry clean only” garments.
• Our whitening and/or brightening processes may involve soaking in water-based processes, hand rinsing, flat drying, dry cleaning to restore the texture and feel, and re-blocking to as close to original measurements as possible.
• It might not be possible to remove all oxidized or caramelized yellow or brown stains, particularly if the garment(s) has been cleaned multiple times in the past without any attempt on the part of the previous cleaner to treat and remove those stains prior to dry cleaning.

It's important to understand that there are risks. So it’s not possible to guarantee perfect results on every ensemble.

That being said, we’ve been able to produce excellent results on many ensembles.

At RAVE FabriCARE, our strength is our personalized advisory service. We welcome the opportunity to discuss your options, advise you as to the risks associated with each option, and identify the results you can or cannot expect from each.