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What is Dry Cleaning:
In the simplest of terms, Dry Cleaning is a Process of Cleaning Clothes without the use of Water. The Absence of Water in the Process is where the name Dry Cleaning comes from (one mystery solved). Instead, Dry Cleaning uses non-Water based Chemical Solvents to Clean Clothes.
In more Complex terms:
the Dry Cleaning Process has quite a few Steps to it: Inspection and Tagging, Pre-Spotting, The Dry Cleaning Process, Post Spotting, Finishing Touches.
Here are what these Steps Entail:
Inspection and Tagging Process: This is one of the parts that you’re likely most familiar with. You take your Garment into the Cleaner's, and the Dry Cleaner creates a tag for your item. This is also when your Clothes are examined for any Stains, missing buttons, tears, etc.
Pre-spotting:
Here is where things begin to get a little hazier for the average Dry Cleaning customer. Once we’ve dropped off our Garments, Cleaners will typically go through a pre-spotting Process where they will apply a Chemical Solvent, Vacuum, or heat to Stains on your Garment, which helps to remove the stain during the actual Dry Cleaning Process.
The Dry Cleaning Process:
This is the part we never see. Once your Clothes have been pre-spotted, your Clothes are placed into a machine and submerged into a non-Water based Solvent. The Clothes are then rotated in a perforated cylinder where the Cleaning Solvent is released in a steady amount throughout the entire Process. From there, the machine rapidly spins the Clothes to get rid of any excess Solvent and releases warm air. Your Clothes emerge completely Dry.
Post-spotting:
Here your Cleaner will inspect your Clothes for any remaining Stains and residue and remove them using the same Process they did in the pre-spotting stage.
Finishing:
Once your Clothes have gone through the complete Dry Cleaning Process, they are pressed, steamed, or ironed for presentation. This is the part we love because it makes our Clothes look and feel amazing.
Dry Cleaning can be beneficial for Garments made from Fibers:
that don’t react well when exposed to Water, like Silk and Wool. It’s also good for Garments that shouldn’t be exposed to the heat of a traditional Dryer.
While the Dry Cleaning Process:
is inherently opaque to the average customer since everything happens "behind the scenes," all in all, it’s pretty straight forward once you understand the Steps. If you’re interested in having an item Dry Cleaned, schedule a Rinse, and try our Dry Cleaning/Launder & Press service.
How much does it cost to DryClean:
To Dry-Clean a man's two-piece Wool suit, the range was from $1.99 to $49. To Dry-Clean a woman's Silk blouse, the range was from $1.99 to $39. To launder a man's cotton dress shirt, the range was from 99 cents to $5.95. Fortunately, you don't have to pay a high price to get high-quality work.
What does a Dry Cleaning do:
DryCleaning is very similar to regular home laundering, but a liquid Solvent is used to Clean your Clothes instead of Water and detergent. The Solvent contains little or no Water, hence the term "Dry Cleaning". DryCleaners use very large and technically advanced computer-controlled Dry Cleaning machines.
Is Dry Cleaning as good as washing:
Laundering and Dry Cleaning are both Processes designed to Cleanse and desoil Clothes and other articles. While both Processes have their purposes, in general, Dry Cleaning is better for Clothes, especially delicate items, than conventional washing in a machine.
Does Dry Cleaning get rid of smell:
And thats because Dry Cleaning is a Water-less Process that does not remove odors as readily as general launDry. So Garments that smell of body odor, smoke, mold or even perfume need special attention in addition to the normal Dry Cleaning Process for complete odor removal.
What Chemicals are used in Dry Cleaning:
These include: camphor oil, turpentine spirits, benzene, kerosene, white gasoline, petroleum Solvents (primarily petroleum naphtha blends), chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, Perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene, 1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane, glycol ethers, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, decamethylcylcopentasiloxane.
What does P stand for in Dry Cleaning:
Perchloroethylene Solvent. The international GINETEX launDry symbol for Dry Cleaning is a circle. It may have the letter P inside it to indicate Perchloroethylene Solvent, or the letter F to indicate a Flammable Solvent (Feuergefährliches Schwerbenzin). A bar underneath the circle indicates that only mild Cleaning Processes is recommended.
What does 40 with a line under it mean:
A label that says 30 means a Water temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit, 40 means 104 degrees Fahrenheit, 60 means 140 degrees Fahrenheit and 95 means 203 degrees Fahrenheit.
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