How Dry Cleaning Works

[xXahmfXx]

I heard that the stuff that people use in dry cleaning causes Leukemia. Something called PERC.

[Coreysco1]

@xXahmfXx Its called Perchloroethylene, its a toxic chemical, but you'll never come in contact with it. Even if you do, its less toxic than what people used to clean their pools with. So no worries.

[afrojoeyall]

The king's clothes, the president's clothes, the street hooker's clothes, the murderer's clothes, the fake preacher's clothes, the suicide bomber's clothes and your clothes mingling together in the machines. hahaha. You guys are screwed. I'd rather do wet cleaning. LOL

[keenkennyny]

Wow, after doing a couple of minutes of googling I did not expect this. Sites where saying how dry cleaning was invented in France, and that the cleaning process was dry, hence that's why it's called dry cleaning. I also read that they used to use gas...

Whatever, this video just proves it. Just a glorified washing machine.

[HaloHamstur]

I like how they push the clothes like that after they just ironed them...

[UnboundLegend]

@HaloHamstur Yeah haha! They just throw them like they don't care at all.

[minimusmax]

Finally the mystery is answered!

[rob4b]

loads of ads f@@k off

[dano94]

holy shit kinda reminds me of Charlie and the Chocolate factory where you never know whats going on behind the gates

[iamthe7thwalrus]

Brainy indeed!

[ladicius]

i thought the clothes were immersed in a non-polar liquid called perchloroethane...

[MrRizthekid]

@ladicius been working at a dry cleaners for a while now. some ppl use that method. the method in the vid is also used. many different ways. we r an organic cleaners so we use organic dry solvents. hundreds of ways to do it basically lol. but u r right.

[Peaserist]

you lasst name is brain?

[JustinLCK]

1:24 clothes toaster.

[OboevsSaxophone]

this solvent stuff is awesome... I forgot my watch (really smelly from sweat). It smelled wonderfully when I got it back

[deadcelloo]

So... I can just mod my drycleaner to use solvent?

[iPodLocK3R]

They actually just throw my clothes in with random nut stained clothes???...motherfuckers!

[rok30]

aaaaahhhh fuck....I just paid 12 bucks....motherfuckers!

[grantsdaman01]

do they really just toss my air force blues in a fucking washing machine, mother fuckers

[kylevash]

Sounds like Zach Galifianakis

[beerbeerbear742]

Sometimes you get home and you have something that isn't yours,

And sometimes something of yours gets taken.

That's just the unwritten law of dry cleaning.

[happyjuce]

nice vids

[mcfartson]

Dry cleaning actually is dry..chemically speaking

[RaptorLuv]

@mcfartson thank you!!! i work at a dry cleaners people just dont get it LOL, i love the comments on here if stuf fisnt yours or you get the wrong shirt back then thats a unorganized dry cleaner!!!

[MVAZQUEZ86]

@RaptorLuv totally agree..

[silver760]

They describe two different methods as one on this program.Most dry cleaning machines use Tetrachloroethylene which is disitilled after use and used again,modern machines recover 99.99% of the solvent unlike older machines that polluted.Systems considered environmentaly friendlier use silicone to clean the clothes but these machines are far from common as they cost double the money to own and operate,plus a licence must be bought to use the technique.

[TheBlackNinjaMan]

I wonder what would happen if you Dry Cleaned a new born baby ?

[kbs1212]

@TheBlackNinjaMan LOL best question on here. I'd like to know also.

[scir91]

liquid silicone? silicone always reminds me of real dolls...

[austinCPA]

i had no idea that's "how it works."

thanks

[wjfox2006]

Ha! I thought I recognized that voice. It's the guy who does "Why won't God heal amputees" and GIIVideo :-)

[irocnicoloco1]

of course they mix everyones clothes together lol u think they are gonna clean everyones crap separate...i mean ...they are cleaning it

[Nogard229]

@irocnicoloco1 I know man, what if someone jerked off on there shit. I don't want that in the same load.

[firdauzart]

NOW I KNOW!

[missing77ohowcliched]

yeah that was pretty informative thanks :-)

[Musicposter4you]

So it's not dry at all... THOSE DOUCHE NOZZLES LIED TO ME!!!!

[RaptorLuv]

@Musicposter4you you got ur dry cleaning stuff launder???? hahahhaa its a dry process with the solvents

[darkknight302]

@Musicposter4you lol i know!

[GeGeMus12]

dry creaning 

[MistyOjaiGirl]

Jeez they mix everybodys dirty laundry together?

[hesitation24]

Asians. That's all anyone needs to know.

[xjkill]

Ask your dry cleaner what his solvent clarity rating is...Ask your dry cleaner if they use dry cleaning soap. Believe it or not, you still have to use soap in drycleaning. (special and very expensive soap). So many drycleaners choose not to use it because of the cost. Those cleaners generally are named with a dollar ammount or called discount cleaners.

[Anikaangellove]

that was really interesting

[coralprincess25]

Thanks for posting. I found this interesting and informative.

[mikeokhurtz]

i just got my sweater drycleaned and it smelled like it was never dry cleaned....is this normal or should i be looking at the laundry lady,if she really did dry clean my clothing or not

[monkeypoo1]

@mikeokhurtz New GreenEarth solvent has no odour, and so probably won't smell "clean" like a machine washed garment with scented detergent might. However, it should smell neutral, and as long as it does, it's ok

[1978mtb]

@Coldplay120 40 to 50,000 thousand for a new machine

[mig189189189]

I would like to see a model of a Dry Cleaning Machine to use at home! Why they don't make them?

[monkeypoo1]

@mig189189189 Because of the chemicals used and the health and safety issues involved in using one of these machines, you need to have a licence to use these things.

[mig189189189]

@Coldplay120 - They don't rent them!

[MONOPOLY35]

This reminds me of when Uryu Ishida gets in a silly small talk about his dry cleaning in Bleach.

[NeoFalcon69]

Wow get off the soap box...

What's with the bitchfit? Missed your daily dose of Jesus Cereal?

[ss20goku]

Lol I just thought Jesus Cereal was hilarious. Not being sarcastic, but my Jesus Cereal is stale. Might as well throw it out to the birds.

[NeoFalcon69]

@ss20goku

Stale since the year 2000.

[heysel13]

instead of water, they use organic chemical :)

[sxephlI]

yes but i use detergent (like everobdy) in my wash. how is this different. its pretty much just chemicals in water.

[utubeb14]

Christians like you make us all look bad

[xihakuix]

damn, that sounds like hard work for the employees o_o i'd never get in that line of business

[yeahithasahemi]

thanks a bunch

[professorxox]

I just got my comforter dry cleaned. I guess dry cleaning doesn't make clothes smell "fresh"..just cleans stains? Mine came back smelling like it was never washed.

[imlkrsfn]

Yea it's meant to clean stains, not make it smell better. If it smells bad, ask them if they could deodorize it, or buy it yourself and spray it.

[professorxox]

So the clothes actually get wet then? So why not just wash in regular wash then/

[xXFr0gXx]

Because some clothes arent meant to be washed in water hence "Dry Clean Only"

[kimchijeegeah2]

its a silicon based liquid. the reason why you get it dry cleaned is because its less harsh on the fabrics than the detergents or water that go withe fabrics. the silicon acts as a lubricant toe prevent silks and cashmere to be blemished. When water touches silk or cashmere the clothes shrink drastically and causes the clothes to lose pigment. dry cleaning is more for delicate fabrics such as those. or silken cotton

[blumhrrda]

Hmmm the fact that you call yourself a "Professor" is highly questionable!!

[professorxox]

What is that supposed to mean? Why don't you educate me? Are you saying that my question is a dumb one?

[neoman289151]

what happens behind the clothes?...clothes are dried...people are kiilled :P

[GENERAL1002]

lol, this is better than "How It's Made" man! Pretty much a full lesson in a minute and a half as oppose to a 5 minute explanation packed with info where u can't even remember step 1!

[kahoa]

well this is how it works not how its made. ^^

[LEDFOOT49]

how can i get some liquid silicone i'm a certified carpet cleaner just want to do some research test. i know of a dry solvent is it the same thing?

[arose400]

Liquid silicone? So thats how they do it!

[circusactone]

How did i get from how bullets are made to this?

[kodokwai]

wow a how stuff works video that actually tells you how something works

[kobebryant0824]

Nice!! I always wondered how they did it.

[ultimateearner]

This information is amazing, my life is changed forever.

[johnny2970]

actually you can wash things that only is allowed drycleaning.

i have done that on the wool program(not on 30 but cold) with a very mild soap, and the results is great.

[morongo1950]

Hi guys !! I'm looking for a job in Sacramento ca. ,12 years experience on the spotter board and dry clean machines.Thanks

[yogibear698]

Don't spend 3 dollars to have a shirt dry cleaned. Donate it to the Salvation Army. They'll clean it and put it on a hangar. Next morning you can buy it back for 75 cents. //(^_^)\\

[morongo1950]

Excelent idea !!

[gawshurface7924]

Uh that's rather a foolish idea because once it hit's the racks someone could've already bought it. 2nd, it's a whole room to look into for that piece of clothing you turned in. and 3rd, all that hassle and time waste would be made up just spending that $3 in the first place.

[benjiexy]

i used to repair donini dryclean machine and its wonderful how the perc circulates from the tank, distillator,separator and back to main washer.its like a water cycle..though perc is bad on environment

[zjim377]

finally i find out how this works thanks for posting

[ubigfatnoit]

The reason it's called DRY cleaning is because there's little to no (H2O) moisture in the process ie: moisture free cleaning. Void of water or moisture, hence the word DRY is used in this process.

[douro20]

There is also a system which uses liquid CO2.

[rdbabnick]

@douro20 CO2 doesn't have a liquid state. At -78C it directly sublimates from a solid (dry ice) to a gas. It can be put into an unstable aqueous solution in water, forming carbonic acid (seltzer water), but now you would be back to using essentially water on fabric which isn't really dry cleaning.

[douro20]

@rdbabnick

This is true at normafl atmospheric pressure. CO2 can become a liquid under pressure. At -56.6 degrees Celsius and 518 kPa it will reach a point of equilibrium between solid, liquid and gas phases. At 7.38 MPa it will become what is called a supercritical fluid.

[evillive321]

you'r nuts

[DDeDokter]

@evillive321 you're

[flaznsoe]

I work in a drycleaner, and yes, you are correct micahelc6012. On a care tag, drycleanable items either have a circle or a circle with a p. We don't use silicone, we use perc.

[michaelc6012]

I seem to remeber thats correct 33limes also "p" in a circle

[Shakiralover4ever]

wheres the point if there still soaked in liquid? u might as well just wash them at home

[kenVHYT]

hmm I wonder why it is called DRY cleaning then also.

[ultrazippyjet]

As they said; they don't use water in the cleaning process. I guess "Dry Cleaning" was a Public Relations tool. It sounds a heck of alot better than chemical clean or chem clean. But, believe it or not in the 50's it was better life through or with chemicals! My how times have changed!

[kenVHYT]

umm shakira i'll gladly machinewash your "dry clean only" labeld clothes for ya lol

[Keiichi879]

Dry cleaning uses non-water-based solvents to remove soil and stains from clothes. The potential for using petroleum based solvents in this manner was discovered in the mid-19th century by French dye-works owner Jean Baptiste Jolly, who noticed that his tablecloth became cleaner after his maid spilled kerosene on it, and developed a service cleaning people's clothes in this manner, which he termed "nettoyage à sec," or "dry cleaning" in English.

[Nintencrow]

The silicone/perc. doesn't affect the fibers in the garment in the same way water does :) Water may stretch, shrink or do lots of damage to a nice dress, for instance, whereas the silicne/perc. just cleans it.

[33limes]

I think the narrator made a mistake. Most cleaners do not use liquid silicone, they use perchloroethelyne (perc). Green Earth branded cleaners use silicone.