Laundry Shirts & Jeans

Cleaned & Starched

Our laundry service is just for standard business button-down shirts and jeans, the items that hold up best and come back looking crisp every time.

When you drop off your laundry, we take a close look first and mark down any spots, stains, or damage we spot.

From there, we sort everything by color and by how much starch you like.

Everything gets washed in our professional-grade machines, then pressed on our hot irons to lock in that starch and smooth out every wrinkle. We double-check buttons and collars before pressing so nothing gets missed. Once it’s done, we’ll hang it up or fold it neatly, whatever works best for you.

Have polos, t-shirts, or shorts?

Those actually fall under dry cleaning, not laundry, even though they’re casual pieces. Since they need a steam press instead of a hot iron finish, we treat them as dry cleaning here.

Check out our Dry Cleaning process here

What is Starch

Clothing starch is a carbohydrate-based polymer (usually derived from corn or potatoes) that forms a thin film on fabric fibers, increasing their bonding and rigidity.

Starch is like a helper that tells your clothes how to behave. It gives the fabric “muscles” so it can stand up straight instead of flopping around. When we add more starch, the clothes get firmer and feel crisper, like paper instead of cloth. Less starch means the clothes stay softer and more flexible.

We offer 4 different starch options:

A tiny bit of starch is added to keep a clean look, but it allows plenty of flexibility, allowing you to move freely throughout the day.

Most common & recommended option.

More starch is added to make clothes feel slightly stiff, but still comfortable and flexible to wear.

Heavy starch is added to achieve a very crisp look. Clothing feels stiff but holds its shape well.

Clothes become very stiff and firm, almost like cardboard. Shape holds very well and achieves a super-crisp look.

Only recommended if you want to achieve a “cowboy” look, or if you are in a labor/manual-intensive field.

Complimentary Collar & Cuff Scrub

With the Texas heat, it’s almost impossible not leave stains on your collars & cuffs. That’s why at Zesty Cleaners, every laundered shirt receives a complimentary collar & cuff scrub before it’s washed!