Fur Care

Better Fur Care Means Longer Wear

This information has been prepared to help you protect you precious fur investment. Proper care during the winter season, storage season and having fully qualified furriers work on your furs insures longer wear from your beautiful garment.

A fine, well cared for fur, will give many years of lasting pleasure. Only if you make cold storage and expert cleaning a yearly habit can you be certain that your furs will have the longest possible life. Customers from all points of the U.S. have found that nowhere else can the experience and care of USA FOXX & Furs' organization be duplicated in the proper servicing of furs. We provide the best prices, while also giving our customers so much more with USA FOXX & FURS' fur care.

Making Fur Storage Arrangements

Please call us at 218-722-7742 for shipping instructions.

Fur Storage Schedule

At the first signs of spring, send your furs to your qualified furrier for scientifically controlled cold storage in spacious vaults, preferably USA FOXX & Furs. At USA FOXX & Furs your fur garment undergoes an inspection for needed repairs, a gas-sterilization process to prevent moth damage, maintains constant temperature and humidity control, and includes up to $2,000 insurance coverage protection from the fire or theft. USA FOXX & Furs "COLD" storage facilities give you all of the advantages to keeping your furs beautiful for years to come.

Costs
2010 Special Prices - $69.00
Price includes:
1. Fur cleaning and glazing
2. Cold vault storage
3. Secured alarmed fur vault protection
4. Up to $2000 insurance while in our possession
5. Minor repairs, rips closures etc.

Additional Services & Fees
$39.00 - Garment storage and insurance only
$39.00 - Garment cleaning & glazing
$7.50 - Hat/stole storage
$7.50 - Fur garment pickup from your location
$7.50 - Fur garment delivery in the fall to your location
$129 Blanket Cleaning and new backing

Annual Fur Cleaning

No matter how much or little your fur was worn, be sure to have it cleaned at least once a year. Dust and grime collect between the furs hair and if not removed permanent damage will be done to your garment reducing its life span. A qualified furrier has the knowledge and equipment to correctly clean furs and synthetic fur fabrics. Dry cleaning or immersion will rob the furs of their natural oils, dry them out causing them to shed. Linings can be cleaned in the coat, or removed and cleaned separately.

Do not permit dry cleaning methods or immersion to be used on your precious furs, which rob them from their natural luster-oils and cause them to shed and become dried out. Linings can be cleaned in the coat or removed and cleaned separately.

Avoid Friction/Static Electricity

Avoid Friction from other clothing, sliding in and out of car seats. Don't stroke fur, as static electricity and continuous friction from the hand will singe delicate guard hairs.

Avoid Crowding

Hang furs in a cool, uncrowded place on contour wooden or plastic hangers. Never on a hook or a wire hanger.

Don't Sun Your Furs

Long exposure to hot sun or strong light tends to fade anything. Heat dries the oils out of the leather and makes the fur brittle.

Shake Furs

Shake furs gently before and after wearing.

Avoid Bags for Storage

Covers or garment bags, whether plastic, cloth or paper should be used strictly for temporary protection of your furs. Your furs need freely circulating air to prevent the hairs from drying and the tips from getting crushed and breaking off.

Accidental Damage

Any minor repairs should be corrected before they become serious defects. Repairs should be entrusted to experienced, reliable furrier. A qualified furrier who maintains year round service facilities can expertly repair any type of damage, without it showing in the finished garment.

Stoles, Capes and Scarves

The intimacy of these furs and their year round wear, they will be subjected to greater amounts of dust, grit, soot, heat, sunlight and dampness. All of these will shorten the lifetime of your furs without the proper care and service. To insure lasting beauty and to prevent imbedded dirt from damaging the fur, it is important to have your smaller furs cleaned at least once if not twice a year by a qualified furrier.