Nettoyeur Écologique Royal uses a Professional Wet Cleaning or SMART Wet Cleaning to dry clean your clothes. It is a solvent-free technology using mainly water plus 100% bio-degradable organic soaps along with state of the art washing, drying and finishing machines. No toxic ingredients are used at all.

When clothes are dry-cleaned elsewhere, stains are pre-treated and the clothing is thrown into a washing/drying machine filled with chemical solvent. About 90% of dry cleaners use the chemical solvent called PERC (perchloroethylene). Perc has been seen to damage the nervous and reproductive systems (per the U.S. EPA), and is designated a hazardous air pollutant by the Federal government. After the year 2000, in Canada, perc emission-free machines can only be installed. When used, Perc remains in your clothing.

Nettoyeur Écologique Royal Eco-cleaner can healthily clean clothing, bedspreads, curtains, duvets, pillows, table cloths and napkins, as well as area rugs and carpets.

They can clean and detail your favorite handbags and restores them to their showroom look. They can developed techniques for UGG boots too. Specializing in hockey equipment, using their German-made machines, it too can be used for soccer, baseball or other sporting gear.

The  in-house seamstress can fix wedding, evening, prom and mother-of-the-bride dresses, and almost any kind of women’s and men’s formal wear. Tailoring can be done for minor or major alterations to clothes including  zippers, lining change, leather and suede, costumes, curtains and cushions.

Nettoyeur Écologique Royal can preserve your wedding gown as a keepsake  and placed in an acid-free preservation chest (with a viewing window!).

Location: 5866 Sherbrooke St. W Montreal QC H4A  1X5
Corner: rue Clifton
Hours: Mon-Fri 7-6:30, Sat 9-5
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Q: 1 – At this time of the year, we are putting away all of our winter clothes and thinking about what has to go to the dry cleaners, yet we hesitate because of environmental concerns.

A: The dry cleaning industry has been hit hard by stricter environmental laws. Dry cleaners spend thousands of dollars   installing containment tanks so there are no chemical leaks that could get into the sewer systems and they doubly treat the water for the same reason. Excess waste is avoided in polyethylene dry-cleaning bags by using new bagging machines with robotic arms. A magic eye is designed to size up a garment and cut the bag off 2″ below the garment.

Q: 2 – Is there a way to save on dry cleaning bills or to use less chemicals?

At Western Cleaners if you bring in a minimum of 10 lbs. of clothes, they can be bulk dry cleaned at only $1.89 per lb. Sweaters  are the most popular, but blankets, coats and even suits  can be cleaned this way. An inexpensive service  to quickly remove stains on suits is the “while-you-wait spot, sponge and press”. The stain is removed, the jacket or pants are refreshed and all are given back to you in under 10 min.  Knitters bring their sweaters here to be blocked, or to get holes repaired or sleeves shortened.

Q: 3 – What other special services do dry cleaners offer?

Miss Brown and Bellingham Cleaners and Tailors, can both empty and old feather pillow, sanitize it, deodorize it and even replace the ticking with a new one. A good dry-cleaning can also remove dust mites from area rugs. Miss Brown can even get skunk odors out of your house.

Q: 4 – Does dry cleaning affect the repellency of raincoats with repeated cleanings?

Yes, it removes the water repellency. You can have them re-coated; They are placed in a spray booth and get a water repellent shower. If you didn’t know how to properly stash away your wedding gown, these cleaners can do an expert cleaning job and then pack the gown in an acid-free box for storage.

Q: 5- What about cleaning our leather and suede coats?
These are now washed rather than dry-cleaned. Hides are tanned these days with water-proof dyes so this method is less harsh on the skins, and the jackets come out less stiff.

Bellingham Cleaners and Tailors  2655 Bates Rd. at Wilderton Ave.
Tel: 514-733-4444.
Also offers a drive-thru service and a 24-hour night deposit box using VIP bags.

Western Cleaners, 4460 Ste-Catherine St. West at Metcalfe St., Westmount.
Tel: 514-935-2000.

Miss Brown, 67 Provost St.
Tel: 514-637-6741;
4930 Sherbrooke St. West at Claremont Ave., Westmount.
Tel: 514-489-7669.