<p>Would like son to do his own laundry, but there are certain items, especially dry clean, that will have to be professionally done.</p>
<p>Since many on this forum have posted the need to bring a suit, and those items are dry clean only, usually, was wondering if any of you have used this service to get your suit cleaned.</p>
<p>Not to be sexist, but I’m sure ladies have dresses that require dry clean only as well.</p>
<p>Just got back from jury duty and couldn’t believe what I saw on the table. Immediately informed my S he was doing his own laundry, at least at school he’ll have a washing machine, unlike boy scouts, hand wash in a bucket. That being said I too would like to hear about any cleaner for those dress shirts and suits. I had planned to do a quick search on move-in weekend but any recommendations would be great.</p>
<p>LOL, socal. He had that waiting for you, huh? </p>
<p>We saw a table for doing laundry on other college visits, which the men immediately wanted to check out, and I quickly steered them away. </p>
<p>But as I am getting ready to invest in a business casual/business wardrobe for my son who has worn uniforms his entire life, I would like a professional to take care of those “high priced” items.</p>
<p>Tshirts, shorts, sheets, towels, undies, socks, yes, he can definitely do those himself.
I’m assuming that’s the stuff included in the per semester price for Bama Laundry. It looks like the dry cleaning is a la carte.</p>
<p>So, if there is a cleaners walking distance from campus that you can drop off and pick up on your own schedule, that sounds like a good option.</p>
<p>Feenotype, is University Cleaners walking distance from Riverside, or on the Crimson Ride route?</p>
<p>No, it’s little beyond walking distance, especially from Riverside. It may be about a 1/2 mile from the Aquatic Center, which is as close as Crimson Ride will get to it. That’s the closest place I know to campus to get dry cleaning done.</p>
<p>The laundromat feeno mentioned is a short walk from the Hotel Capstone (take the bus to the baseball field, drop off laundry, and pick up pizza at Papa John’s across the street). There is also a laundromat near Publix that might have dry cleaning services and I know that it has drop off laundry service. Doing 2 loads of laundry a week in the dorms plus detergent and dryer sheets cost me around $160. With washers and dryers right in the dorms, it really doesn’t take much time to do laundry, especially since you can use the down time to do productive things and either have a text message sent or check the internet to see if your laundry is done.</p>
<p>Edit: I’ve walked from Ridgecrest to that laundromat a couple times and while it takes about 20 minutes, it’s a pretty easy walk.</p>
<p>Got the same flyer in the mail. Crunched the numbers. Son prefers to do his own laundry on his own time. He figures he spends about $16 to $20 a month, depending on the time of year. As for dry cleaning, he had one jacket. He sent it home at Easter with me. It’s already to return to Alabama.</p>
<p>D & I enjoyed a laugh at the laundry brochure. It’s in recycling. She doesn’t have many things that need to be dry cleaned so we’ll worry about that on a piece by piece basis.</p>
<p>SEA-tide - will have to print this out for S. If he can get Papa John’s it will not be a “burden”. I couldn’t keep from pointing out to him the luxury of “knowing” when laundry was done. I had to go down 9 floors, through the lobby to center building and down to basement. Needless to say we’d spend most of the time sitting on the folding counters.</p>
<p>I always enjoyed laundry time in college for socialization and studying, so if you can take a positive outlook, it can be less of a chore.</p>
<p>Sea, I like your suggestion. Son will likely do the Papa John’s trek, his favorite, as a reward for walking to the cleaners. Is it a 20 minute walk to the laundromat by Publix or the one by Papa John’s?</p>
<p>Husband just got home and chimed in about the service. He actually used it as a freshman, not at Bama, in college. He said it was a major pain, and he did not continue it later years. Although it’s probably more flexible now, in his time, you had a window of three hours to drop off and pick up your laundry, or you’d be stuck with dirty sheets for another week. He washed his dress shirts himself, and only brought his suit jacket and ties to the cleaners. And he did actually use dress clothes when there were job fairs on campus, so there were occasions when he did have to “dress nice”.</p>
<p>There is one habit I never broke my husband of, that’s taking his dress shirts to the cleaners, I hate ironing those and he swears they last nice for a longer time. Who was I to argue, it’s been 22 happy years. I figure S will continue that tradition. How soon do you figure freshman go before needing to use them?</p>
<p>If they need ironing, they definitely go to the cleaners.</p>
<p>While we’re on the subject, been hearing lots of talk on these 3-in-1 sheets. Don’t know if we can use a brand name on CC, so I’ll leave it at that.</p>
<p>Any current students, moms, future students have experience with them?</p>
<p>Was looking for travel size detergent and reading online reviews. Saw one review that mentioned that they left oily looking stains on their clothes, so only used for towels and sheets. Need to find a detergent for all types of clothes, but that won’t take up son’s whole dorm room!</p>
<p>There is a laundromat on Hackberry next to Papa John’s now that I think about it, but University Cleaners (the one I was referring to) is further south on Hackberry, next to the Shell gas station. I don’t know if the one next to Papa John’s does dry cleaning.</p>
<p>[Cleansing</a> Tide Laundromats Laundry – Tuscaloosa, Alabama](<a href=“http://www.cleansingtide.com/]Cleansing”>http://www.cleansingtide.com/) - That’s the website of both the laundromat on the Strip and the one next to Papa John’s (they’re owned by the same people - who knew?). Doesn’t look like either offers dry cleaning services.</p>
<p>Oh, crud. Will need a dry cleaner for the suit. But may still want to use the Cleansing Tide people for the “nice” stuff. Maybe will call the Bama Laundry people about their Classic Cleaners service. But I’ll make a phone call to Cleansing Tide as well.</p>
<p>My son and his girlfriend use the 3 in 1 sheets from Purex. They love them. They are convenient, but they do an excellent job of cleaning the clothing. </p>
<p>BTW, my son does not iron. He owns a steamer. He loves it. He uses it on his dress pants as well as his dress shirts and polos.</p>
<p>Detergent-wise, I just bought a couple bottles of All Laundry Detergent (30-40 loads for $3-$4) and some dryer sheets and stored them under the bathroom sink. It seems that students usually use liquid detergent rather than the powder.</p>
<p>Montegut, the $160 was for the whole year. I do think that the Dry Cleaner you found is somewhat close and apparently they accept Bama Cash.</p>
<p>While I attend many events that have at least a business casual dress code, the clothes I wear tend to be of the non-iron type that you can wash with other clothes. That said, I always meet or exceed the dress code). Additionally, a black North Face jacket works very well when dressing business casual.</p>
<p>montegut, i doubt your son will need a suit until it is time to interview. IMO khakis and a sportcoat should be suitable for most college dress up occasions aside from interviewing. the khakis could be machine washable and the sportcoat can be worn a few times before needing to be cleaned.</p>