We Can Restore Your Smoke Damaged Clothing In Your Wilmington Home After A Fire

5/3/2022 (Permalink)

Give our SERVPRO of Hockessin / Elsmere fire restoration specialists a call anytime at (302) 992-0104.

Dry Cleaning Smoke-Damaged Clothing In Wilmington Homes

Fire recovery is an involved process, even when the fire itself is not widespread or structurally compromising your Wilmington property. Often homeowners want to do what they can to improve the way their home looks and smells after a minor flare-up. Odor removal can be a complicated obstacle to overcome, but there are some practices that you can expect from professional restorers in your house. The more you understand about these approaches, the more you can trust the process and help to get your home to a pre-damaged condition as promptly as possible.

While fire damage in Wilmington homes requires multiple machines, products, and practices to overcome, deodorization is a priority to making fire loss “Like it never even happened.” Our SERVPRO professionals have invested substantial time in training and money in our inventory of recovery tools to provide our customers with the ideal approach for eliminating harsh smoke odors every time. As leaders in restoration, we are happy to share some techniques that can protect your clothes when you do not feel you need the full measure of professional recovery service.

Dry cleaning is always a great option because many of these locations use oxidation or ozone to remove odors at a molecular level. This cleaning process is often gentler on your clothes, reducing the possibility of irreparable damages from excessive scrubbing when particulates on the fabric are set into the material. With many of these clothing items enduring excessive smoke exposure, dry-cleaning is often the ideal approach. Even our SERVPRO team has dry-cleaning equipment for fabrics for this reason.

Depending on the damage, you can also potentially protect and recover your clothes on your own. This process involves spraying these damaged fabrics thoroughly with a vinegar and water solution. While the items are still damp, put them into your washing machine along with a cup of vinegar and a cup of baking soda. Before you put them in the dryer, run them through the washing machine a second time with your regular detergent of choice.

You might still encounter smoke smells throughout your house, and often these do not go away independently. We have sophisticated tools and practices to address odor removal in materials and open areas of your property. Give our SERVPRO of Hockessin / Elsmere fire restoration specialists a call anytime at (302) 992-0104.