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"Ring around the collar" or cuffs is caused by a combination of body oil and daily soil. To prevent ring around the collar, avoid using too much cosmetics or fragrances around your neck.  Use products that are designed to prevent dirty collars, such as collar guards and adhesive absorbent tape which act as a physical barrier between the neck and the collar. You can also wear mock neck undershirts to avoid contact with the shirt collar.

Wash your shirts after each wearing, especially white and pastel color shirts. If you wear your shirts multiple times between washes, the body heat generated from the second wearing can set in stains from the first wearing.  Collars may look clean after the first wearing but oils may be invisible until heat is applied. 

Many sprays and pretreaters are available in the stores for removing ring around the collar.  Since the ring may contain sweat, colognes, grease and whatever else, no one product is good for all. Some pretreaters may even set in the stain. That is why you should bring it to Sarni Cleaners. We will pretreat the ring with one or more formulas that will either remove or lighten, but definitely not set in the stain. 

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We all have our own preferences for how much starch we like in our shirts. By choosing no starch, light or heavy starch, we can choose how our clothing looks and feels. Starch offers a host of bonuses and drawbacks. The major benefits to starching are a cleaner, crisper look and improved resistance to stains and wrinkles.

However, the price we pay for this resistance is a possible reduction in the shirt’s wearlife due to a decreased resistance to bending and straightening. Light starch may be the answer to limiting the negative effects while gaining the benefits of starch. This way you’ll get a crisper shirt that’s got some stain protection, but won’t wear out quite as easily as a heavily starched shirt.

Here are some of the pluses and minuses to having your shirts starched:

• Starch can build up after repeated washings, often resulting in an undesirable stiffness. There is no method to prevent this or remove the build-up.
• Starch prevents stains from penetrating the fabric, making them easier to remove.
• Starch increases your clothes' resistance to wear from rubbing and helps your whites stay white more readily.
• Shirts using heavy starch will wear quicker in areas where they are repeatedly bent and straightened (elbows in particular).
• Starch reduces the fabric’s ability to stretch, making the collar feel tighter as though it has shrunk.
• The life expectancy of the average shirt is 35–50 washings. This will fluctuate depending on the amount of abrasion and strain you place on your shirts during wear. Other factors include the fiber content, type of fabric, degree of starching and sizing, and laundering procedures used.

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