Before dry cleaning, clothing was washed by dressing up a phalanx of backyard laundry scarecrows just before thunderstorms. Today's deal lets you do away with sopping straw men and clean your clothes the new-fashioned way—with science. For $20, you get $40 worth of laundry, dry cleaning, and more at Sunrise Cleaners, which has two locations in Baton Rouge and one in Prairieville.

The clean-clothing crusaders at Sunrise Cleaners fight fabric foes with an arsenal of apparel-safe ammo. The skilled wardrobe-washing staff can launder a sullied T-shirt ($2.29), a pair of pants ($4.29), or an impolite child's mouth, and even wash and fold laundry by the bulk ($1.75/lb.). Powerful dry-cleaning technology can take on more difficult defilements, such as food-fight residue residing on a blouse ($5.19), formal wear ($12.99+), or a zoot suit ($10.50). Coddle a comforter ($25.99), favorite fur, or leather luxury item with specialized dry-clean care. You can also let the experts sew up tattered attire or minimize overgrown garb with alterations, hemming, and shrink wrap. Sunrise Cleaners adds convenience to chaotic schedules, with pickup, delivery, and next-day services (for an additional fee) for the minority of commercial and residential customers who still believe that time exists.