tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132373250538736091.post-19975495648319703092007-06-19T00:50:00.000-07:002007-06-29T04:51:29.558-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjLCIPKtYQg/RoS8D8nPCGI/AAAAAAAAAPw/cKlhw_HpKgQ/s1600-h/dry+cleaning+process+final+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rjLCIPKtYQg/RoS8D8nPCGI/AAAAAAAAAPw/cKlhw_HpKgQ/s400/dry+cleaning+process+final+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081393055577081954" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Dry cleaning is different to washing</span><br />It's a process that cleans clothes without water. The cleaning fluid that is used is a liquid, and all garments are immersed and cleaned in a liquid solvent -- the fact that there is no water is why the process is called "dry.<br /><br />Like many inventions, dry cleaning came about by accident.<br /> <br />In 1855, Jean Baptiste Jolly, a French dye-works owner, noticed that his table cloth became cleaner after his maid accidentally overturned a kerosene lamp on it. Operating through his dye-works company, Jolly offered a new service and called it "dry cleaning."<br /><br />Early dry cleaners used a variety of solvents -- including gasoline and kerosene -- to clean clothes and fabrics. In the United States, the dry-cleaning industry is fairly new and has developed only during the past 75 years. Since World War II ended, the volatile synthetic solvents carbon tetrachloride and trichlorethylene gave way to a product known as perchlorethylene (perc), which became the overwhelming solvent choice for the industry. It was not only safer and faster, but did a much better job of cleaning, required less massive equipment, less floor space, and could be installed in retail locations offering excellent quality one-hour service.<br /><br />As a result of this innovation, the majority of clothes today are cleaned by perc. A proliferation of cleaning franchises and dry-cleaning businesses offering fast service from convenient, clean, and attractive locations evolved to change the industry into what we see today. <br /><br />With thanks to <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/dry-cleaning5.htm">"How Stuff works"</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-2838624484997814"; google_ad_width = 160; google_ad_height = 600; google_ad_format = "160x600_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel = ""; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4132373250538736091-1997549564831970309?l=pulboroughcleaners.blogspot.com'/></div>Menoreply@blogger.com0