Dry cleaning: What is it?

While you dry-clean your garments, a liquid solvent is used to clean them rather than water and soap like you would while doing laundry at home. The term "dry cleaning" refers to the solvent's low or non-existent water content.

Large, highly sophisticated, computer-controlled dry cleaners are used by Dry Cleaners in Temple Bar. Although the liquid solvent used does dissipate considerably faster than water, your clothes do get wet.  It is not drained and disposed of like a washing machine would with soiled water because solvent is used in place of water. During the whole cleaning procedure, the solvent is recirculated via filters to get rid of any pollutants that loosen up. Before being used again, the solvent is then distilled until it is completely pure and transparent. Compared to "wet" or water-based cleaning, dry cleaning has two key advantages: The fibres swell in water. In many clothing, shrinkage, and dye fading are caused by this swelling action.  Water is far less effective than dry cleaning chemicals at eliminating oily or greasy residues, which are the foundation of many stains.

Your dry cleaner uses specialized finishing equipment to "finish" (press) after they have been thoroughly cleaned.

Depending on the Laundry in Temple Bar being finished, several finishing techniques are employed, but steaming and pressing are included.

Steaming works well to reduce wrinkles, improve pressing, and improve cleaning by cutting any leftover water-soluble components and destroying bacteria.

The suitability of a certain garment or textile item for either a dry cleaning or wet cleaning procedure depends on many factors.