I mean, where the person you talk to actually does it herself, or at least is the supervisor and is willing to take the time (for extra of course) to clarify precise instructions. Where you aren't looking for cheap, you're looking for *good* (adequete soap, no weird after-aromas, properly sun-dried, IRONED, and at a different temperature for silk vs. rayon vs. cotton etc)

I have some Hawaiian shirts to launder and pack with some special instructions. I am NOT going to go to a 30 baht a kilo place in Khao Sarn. But I am also not keen on dry-cleaning except for some of the finer silk pieces.

TIP: Those travel folders for keeping garments neat while stashed for six months in Thailand are NOT designed for southeast asia. One must also enclose in say one of those extra large ziplock bags to keep mildew out.

I know this isn't Indonesia, Cambodia or India, so I won't compare. I will bite my tongue and say something positive--it's much easier to find a laundry than in China.

Staff is not an option because I am just passing through. Of course, doing it oneself is an option, but I don't travel with an iron. There is hotels, but for all I know they sub-contract it out and thus have less than ideal quality control.

You may want to specify a neighborhood, or range, that you consider reasonably accessible as you are no doubt aware, metropolitan Bangkok is quite large.

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Repeat: I expect to pay a premium price. I just want to cut out extra middlemen where instructions get lost in translation. I don't care where it is on the MRT/BTS line. Sukhumvit would be ideal.But evening hours more important than location. In my experience it is problematic to find a laundress with machines with a closely supervised staff who is willing to do extra work for extra pay. It's a complicated order. And they are not $200 shirts. I just like them and am storing them.

Four folders of shirts (X18?) and a Bangla kurta outfit THB 1920. Ouch! Reminds me BKK is closer to TPE than BOM. OK, so I was cautious and elected to have five pieces sent out for dry-cleaning.

Mai, the proprietor (?) was nothing if not attentive, patient and seeming interested in doing the job exactly as specified. Her tasks include properly folding according to illustrated instructions (or whatever works).

No time to shop around so took the first shop I found (recommended by

a previous poster on this forum). Soi 8, first laundry shop on right coming in from Sukhumvit. No phone given. Hours: 9 a.m. to 10 pm.

Four hour service or next day possible.

Now able to go out on town unencumbered, but had to cancel as prepaid and now close to busted. The services I could hire in BKK for 2000 in Bangkok. Well, maybe not these days...

Correction: 24 garments, mostly shirts for that whopping price. Cheaper to buy and wear for a few months.

So, I am starting, as an alternative, to buy throw away clothes. When my bag gets too full, give to beggars

Three shirts is enough to live with--ne drying, one on back, and one ready.