Aldi supermarket wedding dress transformation using Aldi Di-San Laundry Soaker

‘I saved $600!’ Aussie bride uses $3 Aldi product to clean her filthy wedding dress

... and she’s very happy with the results! - by Eliza Scanlan

It’s no secret that weddings can be expensive affairs - with the reception, rings, invitations and wedding gowns all costing a pretty penny.

But one enormous expense that many brides don’t factor into their wedding budget is the cost of dry-cleaning their special gown after their big day - and with some specialists charging hundreds and thousands for the service, it can sometimes cost as much as the dress.

‘I saved $600!’ Aussie bride uses $3 Aldi product to clean her filthy wedding dress

Well one Aussie bride has come up with a novel way to give make her wedding gown as good as new - and she did it using a $3.79 Aldi cleaning product. Sharing her story on the Mums Who Clean Facebook group, Jac reveals that she transformed her wedding dress using Aldi’s Di-San Laundry Soaker after receiving a enormous $600 quote to clean her gown.

She writes: ‘I had an epically large flouncy gown that had a train at the back. We had our reception at a winery cellar door so the bottom of the train had all sorts of black dust, also grass stains and some goose poo from the winery grounds.

‘I was quoted $600 to dry clean. I got married 5 years ago and haven't been able to reconcile parting with that much money. A bit of Sard stick, ALDI Di San soaker powder and a handwash cycle in my washing machine and she's a different dress. There is still a small amount of black marks on the bottom but I decided to do this late in the day and didn't leave it to soak very long. ‘The only issue was some very minor damage to a mesh covering over the corset back from the claws of the crystas (which actually already had a bit of damage to it so no big drama there. Over all, very pleased. She can go back into the wardrobe now to live out her days cleanly.’