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How to Use Commercial Laundry Machines

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As we are now in the age of the smartest technology, there are now robots to fold and sort your laundry. All these come at a very expensive price. It finally happens that there are robotic multiple arms, artificial intelligence, and a neural network to determine how to hold your laundry and fold it, but washing it remains a human task that needs to be endured.

The good thing is that there is forward-thinking progress in the commercial laundry industry, but the price point for something like the Laundroid is probably out of reach for most hotels or other laundry business facilities.

Unfortunately, laundry machine technology isn’t always on the headlines, so it can be easy to miss the changes that are coming to the industry and the opportunities that are available for commercial laundry businesses. 

Instructions:

Similar to operating a hotel shower, working some commercial laundry machines can be intimidating. Before diving into how each type of laundry machine works,  here’s a helpful checklist that Lucy’s Team has gathered to consider before using any type of common commercial laundry machine.

  • Check for left-behind clothes or coins and return to a lost and found
  • Wipe down the inside of the machine with a disinfectant wipe to kill any germs left behind
  • Smell inside the drum for bleach – some people overuse bleach and you don’t want to find that out after your wash cycle

Before selecting a unique cycle option, Speed Queen, Electrolux, UniMac, Wascomat, UniMac, Maytag, and Whirlpool machines operate using a standard set of payment controls. Operating these machines is simple. Follow the instructions for each machine type and you’ll have clean clothes in no time.

Card Operated Front-Load Washers and Dryers

  1. Toss clothes in the washer – make sure to not overpack the washer, instead loosely place clothes until the washer drum is between 75 and 80 percent full.
  2. Place detergent, fabric softener, or bleach in the correct tray.
  3. Insert your credit or laundry card into the slot. You can fill your laundry card online or at a pay station in the laundry room. Select the preferred wash cycle.
  4. After the wash removes clothes and place in the dryer.
  5. Clean the lint drawer.
  6. Insert your credit or laundry card into the slot. You can fill your laundry card online or at a pay station in the laundry room. Select the preferred dryer time.

Coin Operated Front-Load Washers and Dryers

  1. Once you’ve sorted clothes toss the load into the washer until the drum is roughly 75% or 80% full.
  2. Fill the detergent, fabric softener, or bleach trays with your preferred cleaning solution.
  3. Insert coins into the machine, choose the cycle, and start the wash.
  4. Remove clothes and place loosely in the dryer.
  5. Remove all lint from the lint drawer.
  6. Insert coins, select a dry time, and start the dryer.

Card Operated Top-Load Washers

  1. Open the top of the washer and drop in detergent and fill the washer drum about 75% to 80% with clothes – you can let the detergent and water mix while placing clothes in the machine.
  2. Insert the laundry card and select your preferred wash cycle and press start.

Card Operated Dryers

  1. Always remember to clean the lint filter – not only is a dirty lint filter a fire hazard but it also clogs the airway to the dryer resulting in poor performance.
  2. Insert your credit card or laundry card – you can fill your LaundryEye card with money online or at a pay station in your laundry room.
  3. Select the dryer cycle and press the start button.

Coin-Operated Top-Load Washers

  1. Open the washer lid and pour in detergent.
  2. Load the washing machine with clothes – roughly 75% to 80% full leaving enough room for the detergent to reach all of the clothes and space for the clothes to properly soak and spin.
  3. Insert coins, select your cycle, and start the machine.

Coin Operated Dryer

  1. The most important thing about operating a dryer is cleaning the lint filter before use. This is extremely important because a clogged lint filter is a fire hazard and negatively affects the performance of the machine.
  2. Insert coins into the machine.
  3. Select your preferred drying cycle and start the machine.

Lucy’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning offers commercial laundry to commercial businesses including hotels, restaurants, spas, hair and nail salons, churches, medical/dental practices, and fitness clubs all at competitive prices. In addition to that, we also service corporate businesses for employee concierge laundry and dry cleaning.

We offer this service with a big NO to the following: 

  • No contracts
  • No lost laundry
  • No extra charges
  • No Fuel Surcharge On Delivery
  • No Harsh Chemicals And Smells

We wash your laundry separately. We also offer flat press ironing work. You can try our service free of charge (25lbs) and without obligation. We welcome small businesses. You will pay by the pound and not by the piece. We also have a special offer on new commercial accounts, receiving a 10% discount on our regular price for 3 months.

 Lucy’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning has a team of trained laundry experts who know how to handle with care every kind of garment.  

We are the #1 laundry service for busy parents and professionals. We pick up, wash, dry, fold, and deliver all in 24 hours so you can get back to doing the things you love!

>>>https://bit.ly/LucysLaundry

Keeping Your Laundry Clean In this Crucial Time

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Keeping your laundry clean is the primary goal of Lucy’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning. Most especially in these challenging times while dealing with a serious virus. 

It’s surreal with so many changes currently happening in our world. The team at Lucy’s Laundry is doing all that we can to comply with all safety regulations and protect our valued customers.

  • We are doing our part to support the fight against COVID19. 
  • Lucy’s Laundry Team makes sure your laundry is being cleaned and sanitized. 
  • We have been taking extra precautions to ensure that we create a clean and safe environment for both our customers and our employees. 

Your safety and the safety of others all depends on us coming together as a community. Our cooperation with one another is important to avoid the spread of viruses. 

It is our responsibility, to our community, to place guidelines that will help you and those surrounding you to properly wash your clothing in a way to help eliminate and prevent spreading viruses.

Regular cleaning of clothes will help in the prevention of spreading diseases. Thus, we have gathered several guidelines for you to help prevent the spread of the virus.

Here are Lucy’s Laundry Guidelines:

  • Do not shake dirty laundry. This minimizes the possibility of dispersing the virus through the air. Wash items in accordance with the directions. 
  • If possible, launder items using the warmest appropriate water setting for the items, and dry items completely. (Please note that dirty laundry that has been in contact with an infected person can safely be washed with other people’s items).
  • The hotter the wash, the better! (The CDC recommends washing items in a temperature of at least 140 degrees).
  • Use the dryer. According to research, viruses hate heat. Therefore, drying clothes will further prevent the spread of the disease.
  • Use the right amount of soap. Too much soap creates excess suds that enable dirt and grime to remain trapped inside the fabric. The right amount of soap will properly clean and then be rinsed from the clothing. 
  • Clean and disinfect clothes baskets, carts, and hampers. Clean these items as often as possible and use a bag liner, if available.

  • Above all, Wash your hands! 
    1. Wet your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold)
    2. Lather your hands by rubbing them together with the soap. Lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails.
    3. Scrub your hands for at least 20 seconds. I suggest humming the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice. 
    4. Rinse your hands well under clean, running water. 
    5. Dry your hands using a clean towel or air dry them.

We will also be doing our part in helping prevent the spread of viruses with the following actions:

High Touch Sanitizing 

  • Lucy’s Laundry team is sanitizing high-touch surfaces every 2 hours for your safety. High touch surfaces including wash buttons, dials, and X-Changers.

Attendant Shifts & Gloves

  • Lucy’s Laundry team will be wearing gloves during all interactions with each other and customers.  
  • Attendant shifts will abide by social distancing to reduce attendant-to-attendant contact. 
  • All attendants will require doctor clearance if they display signs of sickness.

Wash Cycles & Detergent

  • We have confirmed with our vendors that our fluff- n- fold detergent is effective against viruses.  
  • Where possible, we will be moving to high-heat wash and high-heat dry.

Self-Serve Customers 

  • As a precaution, if a customer is displaying any signs of illness, we will be kindly asking them to leave the laundry in order to protect fellow customers, and employees. 

Lucy’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning offers different services:

  • Fluff n Fold Laundry Service
  • Commercial Laundry Service
  • Dry Cleaning Service
  • Self-Service Laundromat

Lucy’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning recognizes the importance of serving the community in these difficult times. That is why we are committed to helping and support you in this battle. 

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or comments.  Our hours of operation will remain consistent.  Any changes will be announced promptly as we follow the recommendations of the CDC and the American Government. 

We are the #1 full service residential and commercial laundry facility serving LA, OC, and the Inland Empire. Above all, we will continue to do so during this difficult time.

On behalf of Lucy’s Laundry team, we appreciate our community and look forward to working together to get through this challenging time. Together, we will heal as one,

Schedule your appointment today. https://bit.ly/fluffNfold

Lucy’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning Commitment to Serve

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Lucy’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning is committed to serving you, especially in these difficult times. 

We are doing our part in helping to prevent the spread of the virus. The safety of our laundry team, clients, and customers is our highest priority. 

We offer different services that will definitely give you many reasons to choose Lucy’s Laundry when it comes to your laundry. 

Lucy’s Team makes sure we are providing you convenient high-quality service and a one-stop laundry service along with dry cleaning to your front door. We will happily pick up, wash, dry, and deliver in 24 hours at your home, hotel, or office. 

Lucy’s Laundry and Dry Cleaning 4 Core Services:

Fluff n Fold Laundry 

  1. When Lucy’s Laundry driver picks up your clothes, they will label it and place it in the vehicle. 
  2. As soon as your laundry is brought to our facility, it is weighed and retagged using our computer system. 
  3. Lucy’s Laundry attendant is assigned to your laundry from start to finish. Through each step in the process, your laundry is tagged. 
  4. Using high-tech front load washers and our custom engineered detergents, we keep your whites white and your colors bright. 
  5. We fold and sort your garments just as if they were presented to you by the retailer you bought them from. 
  6. We match socks and turn them right side out. 
  7. We then seal and package the groups for storage, or travel, or for the ease of putting away when they arrive. 
  8. We even hang collared shirts and pants that are ready to wear or can be kept directly in your closet. 
  9. We want you to feel like you are bringing home new clothes every time you open your laundry. 
  10. Before your laundry goes out for delivery, we reweigh it and check against the incoming weights for our final quality control check.

Commercial Laundry 

We service commercial businesses including hotels, restaurants, spas, hair and nail salons, churches, medical/dental practices, and fitness clubs all at competitive prices. In addition to that, we also service corporate businesses for employee concierge laundry and dry cleaning.

We offer this service with a big NO to the following: 

  • No contracts
  • No lost laundry
  • No extra charges
  • No Fuel Surcharge On Delivery
  • No Harsh Chemicals And Smells

We wash your laundry separately. We also offer flat press ironing work. You can try our service free of charge (25 lbs) and without obligation. We welcome small businesses. You will pay by the pound and not by the piece. 

Dry Cleaning Service

Lucy’s Laundry team is GREEN. This means that we make sure that the products and processes we provide are environmentally friendly. As a result, we provide GREEN (no harsh smelly chemicals) dry cleaning services for a one-stop service for all your laundry needs. 

Here are a few other things we are doing to provide Eco-friendly services to our customers:

  • We have new energy-efficient state of the art commercial washing machines in our facility that save on energy and water consumption
  • We use an environmentally-safe laundry detergent that does not pollute the environment. 
  •  Tank-less energy-efficient heaters supplied our filtered hot water
  • We recycle our wire hangers.
  • Electric delivery vehicles are one of our future plans.

Self-service Laundromat 

This service offers coin-operated washing machines and dryers for public use.  We offer a 10% cash bonus. We have a new state of the art on technology in our washers and dryers. 

The laundromat area is always clean and well-lighted. It has an abundant supply of filtered water with a tank-less hot water heater. 

The security cameras will definitely make you feel secured.  In addition to that, we provide free WiFi and 3 flat-screen TV’ to watch your favorite shows or movies while doing laundry.  This makes Lucy’s Laundry facility a perfect place to bring your kids with you while doing laundry. As a result, the laundry will never be a boring chore. 

We use the Vulcan water conditioner which is a high technology water treatment that cleans water-born solids.  You will notice the difference in that you use less detergent and your clothes will feel softer, clearer, and brighter.

We are the #1 full service residential and commercial laundry facility serving LA and OC. Above all, we are committed to serving you. Click here to schedule today to set up your  laundry service.