How Dry Cleaning Works

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10 жыл бұрын

Turns out dry cleaning isn't dry at all. We take you inside Meurice Garment Care in the Bronx to see how the dry cleaning process works at a company that has been doing it for over 60 years.
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@chrisocampo6832 4 жыл бұрын

In my 50 yrs of living i have never wondered to ask how dry cleaning works until this morning. This is off my bucket list.

@nithinravi4401 3 жыл бұрын

😂

@tazulislam8247 3 жыл бұрын

It was a long due question to my mind till today and I'm 52. Thanks 😊

@MrH1207 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@alexgriswold6739 3 жыл бұрын

I got here by smoking weed

@evanb1470 3 жыл бұрын

@@alexgriswold6739 same

@TwistedTeaFate 3 жыл бұрын

This dude's a real one for just giving us the answer to our question in like the first 30 seconds.

@danhinckley6127 2 жыл бұрын

I've been wondering about this for years and I found out all about it in literally a minute

@dunnavorry7283 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, twice. Lol

@rockbottomcycles4526 2 жыл бұрын

For real. Another guy started by telling us how some guy pissed on his shirt and cleaned a stain

@donkoltz1 2 жыл бұрын

Most underrated comment.

@blake253 Жыл бұрын

From another era lol. This would be a 12 minute video normally on KZfaq with the same amount of information and an add for a nut trimmer.

@cait. 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been meaning to google this for like 10 years and I finally did it.

@harmony3395 2 жыл бұрын

Try 30 years, lol 😂

@sTOPzTARINGAlright 2 жыл бұрын

ROFL

@fowzi9 2 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂

@user-me5hb2xl1j Жыл бұрын

Same. LOL

@SquinteyedSniper Жыл бұрын

same!

@enzov9772 5 жыл бұрын

The cameraman went crazy with this piece. “Let’s put a camera here, let’s put it in there, here press this camera”

@DanielRodriguez-gm1ih 3 жыл бұрын

I gotta admit the coverage on this piece was pretty entertaining for a really mundane topic.

@joyieee5608 3 жыл бұрын

I was supposed to comment this hahahaha

@Vijimn1 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@nicholasjarrett4480 3 жыл бұрын

Mans even put a camera in the washer xD

@Beaver_Engineers 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@suraj-ram7488 5 жыл бұрын

Plunges nose into the butt area of pants: “smells delicious”

@dealsfromvirginia1773 5 жыл бұрын

He's probably gay.

@SnapDatEntertainment 5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@ruggie.74 5 жыл бұрын

I can't stop laughing. Send help.

@turdferguson8928 5 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: Those pants weren't clean yet

@rgseven6557 4 жыл бұрын

@@turdferguson8928 LOLLLL nasty!

@LaitoChen 6 жыл бұрын

lmao. This man LOVES his job. Who gets that excited over laundry? bless his heart =)

@ThatOneScienceGuy 5 жыл бұрын

Prince Blake He’s the head chief and you know he’s making good money. That’s why he loves it. He is at the top of the operation. Every business owner takes pride in their business even if it’s laundry.

@sanagauhar6538 5 жыл бұрын

Right

@TheWorld_2099 5 жыл бұрын

yes, because $$ and doing a great job...

@elmeromero999 4 жыл бұрын

He loves $$ lol if you were as smart as him, you too could be making it

@aquamarine2416 3 жыл бұрын

indeed

@samuelhopely4853 3 жыл бұрын

I don't want this man touching my clothes unless he can personally guarantee that he will smell them with the same joy and enthusiasm he had for the jacket in this video.

@noddybebetrain9896 2 жыл бұрын

drycleaners have high rates of kidney cancer due to occupational exposure to perchloroethylene, I don't think he or any of his workers should be smelling these clothes

@ohmoflife1 3 ай бұрын

He thought he was a champ!

@RonLarhz 17 күн бұрын

I wouldn't want him smelling my clothes. Only me can smell my clothes!!! Feels creepy n eew.

@clyde15 3 жыл бұрын

They actually put a camera in the machine so we could see it bounce around lmao so immersive

@pokerworld 6 жыл бұрын

I can die now that I know what dry cleaning really is.

@barbarajoseph-adam8337 6 жыл бұрын

pokerworld Please don’t! The world needs you!!

@caroljohnnie7841 4 жыл бұрын

Lol, now go play with your guitar

@Poetry4Peace 4 жыл бұрын

ahahah me, i need to know so much but life aint gr8

@caroljohnnie7841 4 жыл бұрын

@@Poetry4Peace , I'm going back to preschool, I google about how animals sound in different languages, quarantine boredom, Lol

@Poetry4Peace 4 жыл бұрын

@@caroljohnnie7841 lmaoo different languages ahhas that IS A NEW ONE 🤪 xD 👁️👄👁️

@alandpal79 8 жыл бұрын

Always wondered about this. Good explanation.

@sacend1 7 жыл бұрын

same here !!!!

@Mimi89_7 6 жыл бұрын

same lol

@dariolascano9554 4 жыл бұрын

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@Inspower Жыл бұрын

Same

@ahtoshkaa 3 жыл бұрын

In Russian this process is called "Chem cleaning" as in chemical cleaning, which is a lot less misleading than Dry cleaning.

@52flyingbicycles 3 жыл бұрын

Probably a Glasnost policy

@kajmak64bit76 3 жыл бұрын

In Serbian we say Hemijsko čišćenje ( Чишћење ) = Chemical Cleaning Lemme guess... sounds similiar in Russian am i right? The word Čišćenje in russian would be written to sound something like ( Чищенье ) if that makes sense? Xd

@sillyking1991 3 жыл бұрын

i mean...the term is misleading...i guess? but its entirely benign. there are only extremely niche cases in which the difference would come up. largely revolving around someone leaving something in their pockets. but even then there's a good chance it'd be taken out before hte actual cleaning so...

@thomasSchwa 3 жыл бұрын

Dry cleaning term comes from sans water.

@kylefafnis Жыл бұрын

перестройка

@tejinderkaur3641 3 жыл бұрын

"Dry cleaning isn't actually dry" Me :- My whole life has been a lie 👁️👄👁️

@fabhi 3 жыл бұрын

It is dry. Dry is always with respect to water, atleast is chemistry. And this is totally the domain of chemistry.

@kathyschinchillas7334 7 жыл бұрын

Lol they call it organic because hydrocarbons are made up of only hydrogen and carbon. Not because "it comes from the Earth". They are using the word as a chemistry term.

@tipinwings 5 жыл бұрын

Kathy's Chinchillas well by definition it’s a term from organic chemistry.🤔

@swisscorn 5 жыл бұрын

Wow that's embarassing

@yoonjeongsoo9378 5 жыл бұрын

gasoline is a hydrocarbon loll

@baileyrosenstein6688 5 жыл бұрын

Kathy's Chinchillas Hydrocarbons come from oil.....

@felixaponte5685 5 жыл бұрын

It's illegal for them to say Organic now. Carbon is fuel from the earth

@teufel314 3 жыл бұрын

Guy loves his job. Likes to take care of his customers. Has a passion for his work. Got to admire that.

@dazzac74 2 жыл бұрын

He just owns the joint, didnt show you all the illegals he pays $3 an hour too and takes money out of their wage if something isnt perfect lol

@ASLUHLUHCE 9 ай бұрын

It's called being a saleman

@LesTwinsSociety 5 жыл бұрын

I work at a cleaners that doesn’t do the actual cleaning at that location, so this was very helpful for me. Now I can explain it if any of the customers ask how dry cleaning is different from laundering. Thanks 🙂👍🏽

@kevinmars3984 Жыл бұрын

How much sewing/repair work do you guys do?

@LesTwinsSociety Жыл бұрын

@@kevinmars3984 not much. At our particular location, our alterations person worked offsite.

@ChellyBean Жыл бұрын

@@LesTwinsSociety So your store is a cleaners that doesn't do any cleaning and doesn't do any tailoring What's the point of the store then?

@LesTwinsSociety Жыл бұрын

@@ChellyBean pretty much just a drop off and pickup location.

@IAmLeutrimTopalli Жыл бұрын

@@LesTwinsSocietybasically a middle man 😂

@lydiac.1671 3 жыл бұрын

I love how basically everyone has heard of dry cleaning, but until clicking on this video, had no idea it was wet, myself included.

@Angel-nr6qq 8 жыл бұрын

I actually work at a dry cleaner. Our process is a bit different but the actual dry cleaning is the same. It's pretty fascinating...

@milena14791 Жыл бұрын

Can a mountaineering 60L backpack be washed by dry cleaning? It has a hard back and I don't think I can fold it to make it fit into a washing machine.

@Bonanzaking Жыл бұрын

Would you recommend dry cleaning for vintage black concert tour shirts? Im beyond paranoid about fading. A lot of the shirts I’ve bought for the second time in my life, might not be as easy to find them a third time down the line so I’ve actually begun to consider dry cleaning for my shirt collection.

@denverdanoreno Жыл бұрын

@@Bonanzaking did you find the solution to dry cleaning your black shirts? Hope you're kicking some ass

@Bonanzaking Жыл бұрын

@@denverdanoreno the tabs on most of these shirts that have the garment care instructions appear to all have the no dry cleaning symbol. So I’ve pretty much resorted to hand washing and hang drying my collection.

@scottcrosby-art5490 6 жыл бұрын

My whole life has been a lie!

@Hackanhacker 5 жыл бұрын

yaa

@Hackanhacker 5 жыл бұрын

lol

@purcelllash7177 4 жыл бұрын

Scott Crosby I know right. No such thing as a Santa Claus, no such thing as an Easter bunny, no such thing as a tooth fairy and yet my moms want me to trust her. I think not🤣🤣🤣

@buraburee 2 жыл бұрын

This was one of the things I used to wonder about when I was a curious kid from the third world (there were a lot of "dry cleaning only" labeled salvage clothes). Forgot about it when I grew up and watching a movie just now triggered that old curiosity. Finding out nothing about it being dry was anti-climactic though.

@blackwunk 3 жыл бұрын

When I was a child, my aunt and uncle used to own & operate a dry cleaners in Brooklyn where we lived. Thanks for explaining the mystery to me as to what they were doing down there!

@sameermahajan2202 Жыл бұрын

Peter Parker is it u?

@Christodoulosts 6 жыл бұрын

he has great energy and he definitely loves his job...

@JescoWhiteLightning 5 ай бұрын

I wish everyone could enjoy their work as much. He's a lucky guy.

@jltrack 6 жыл бұрын

The reason it is called "Dry-cleaning" is because the clothes go in dry and come out dry. Home washers are water and detergent based where clothes go in dry, gets wet, and comes out wet.

@abc92800 5 жыл бұрын

Jane Leelavathi the fact that u have to spell this out lawl

@sweetvuvuzela4634 5 жыл бұрын

What the hell they use chemical instead of water

@LesTwinsSociety 5 жыл бұрын

devdas Devdas I would guess it’s because some fabrics that are softer like silk and rayon can easily be damaged by regular washing and pressing.

@r2.b2 5 жыл бұрын

devdas Devdas, yes. They use solvents. Kerosene is one. He implies he is using surfactants as well.

@naijainnit 4 жыл бұрын

Jane Leelavathi This is not why. It is because it does not use water. Some dry cleaners don’t use a 2-in-1 process. Some dry cleaners take them out of the washing machines wet and transfer them to an actual dryer machine - just like most homes. Again, it’s because water is not used, but a solvent.

@jenniferkaplan1956 3 жыл бұрын

One of my first jobs in the early 2000's was as a front-end clerk at a dry cleaner's. I prepared orders in the computer, tagged the individual pieces, and sent them to those who worked the machines. When the clothes returned, I had to manually reassemble orders by searching through all the tags. The crinkled up, deformed, pain in the behind little tags. Then, bagged it up and put it on the front conveyer to wait for pick-up. OMG, I am SO jealous of there being a handheld scanner now!

@lindseysloan8735 3 жыл бұрын

I love this guy. Not only is he a dry cleaner but he's also a good speaker

@richardjones2455 3 жыл бұрын

Desperate much?

@gamingtrailmix4264 8 жыл бұрын

Smells delicious! (Eats shirt)

@bradirv 6 жыл бұрын

1:31 omg this is monsters inc

@W2L5G 5 жыл бұрын

Ya, i see doors as well.

@mijialemijiale2913 5 жыл бұрын

I thought exactly the same thing......

@jonhon 4 жыл бұрын

100%

@imrustyokay 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if this is where Pixar got the inspiration for the doors in monsters inc

@Poetry4Peace 4 жыл бұрын

@@W2L5G where the doorss?

@agentp6621 3 жыл бұрын

The organic solvent he’s talking about is called TCE. There’s another one I think called PERC. They’re the leading cause for contaminated soil and groundwater across the country. It’s carcinogenic. Practice used to be to take filters outside and hose them down with water to clean them. This became runoff into the local soil and waterways.

@jadonlimoges1830 Жыл бұрын

Perc? Percocet?

@agentp6621 Жыл бұрын

Perchlorate. Which is a shortened name for a chemical I can’t remember right now.

@jadonlimoges1830 Жыл бұрын

@@agentp6621 percocet is funnier though

@msvladyslavap Жыл бұрын

Perchloroethylene

@sethc758 11 ай бұрын

@@jadonlimoges1830 lol😂 nah percodan

@Kaydeleon 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, my mind is blown..... I really thought it was a dry process. It’s my chicken of the sea moment...

@DrLumpy 3 жыл бұрын

You thought they wanted tunas with good taste? Oh wait. That was Starkist.

@priyanshusharma380 3 жыл бұрын

‘chicken of the sea’ you said! what does that mean? i google-d but the search results weren’t reliable

@Krucifus 3 жыл бұрын

@@priyanshusharma380 I would assume he's referring to the Newlyweds show with Jessica Simpson where she literally thought the brand "Chicken of the Sea" tuna was chicken. I could be wrong tho.

@kingkong5483 2 жыл бұрын

In the movie, Popeye, starring Robin Williams. Popeye calls Bluto ‘chicken of the sea’, when Bluto is swimming away. That’s the only time I’ve heard the saying.

@i8anapplemac 5 жыл бұрын

No one: Not a soul: “Dry cleaning expert”: smells delicious!

@growingmelancholy8374 5 жыл бұрын

you know he died from cancer

@buggaba 5 жыл бұрын

@drewmantia 4 жыл бұрын

this "nobody:" whatever shit is the dumbest meme ever in existence

@brendakhadambi7461 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀😥

@SahilSharma-mu4yk 4 жыл бұрын

That too after smelling the butt-area of the pant.

@yuukihatake2905 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was younger before internet age, I wondered how dry cleaning works. Then I grew up and forgot about it. And now not only I know the answer, but I was reminded to that forgotten question. What a time and age to be living in..

@mycatiswaysmarterthanmosto8500 3 жыл бұрын

All these years of wondering but not caring enough to look it up...thanks guys.

@jaridkeen123 5 жыл бұрын

Why not water? I never put something that says dry clean only in the wash but what happens if you do? Does it shrink?

@100funnymonkeys 5 жыл бұрын

Depends on the material. Like you wouldn't put a suit jacket in the wash because it would ruin the wool

@kaykay1kc 3 жыл бұрын

i once contracted scabies from wearing a band uniform in college😔. they were supposed to be dry clean only. i suspect it hadnt been cleaned after the previous season\last game or maybe someone with scabies had tried on the uniform during fitting. idk. after that happened, whenever they would give us our uniforms the evening before the game, i washed mine in the washing machine with cold water and regular detergent. the band uniforms are a thick, stiff fabric so it was just fine.

@monav4062 3 жыл бұрын

@@kaykay1kc BTW -- Scabies are tiny microscopic mites that bury themselves at the bottom of your hair follicles in the pores in your skin and they feed off of you and they excrete a chemical that causes you to itch your skin until it bleeds and these microscopic bugs multiply as fast as lice do! Believe me, you're never gonna want to have to deal with something like that. It's a nightmare! And it can become dangerous because the severe itching can turn into an impetigo infection! And, then that can get into your bloodstream and you can die from it!

@kaykay1kc 3 жыл бұрын

@@monav4062 i contracted it. i believe it was from the band uniforms.

@monav4062 3 жыл бұрын

@@kaykay1kc I'm sorry that happened to you. I'm sure it must have been very traumatic and something that you'll never forget. It wasn't anything that you caused. What I can't believe is that all of this time -- I had absolutely no idea that kids that join a school band -- are given a uniform that has been worn numerous times in the past by many different students? Wow. That's shocking! I'm like one of those people -- knowing that someone else has worn the band uniform like ten times before I got to wear it -- I'm like "No, thanks! I'll pass on that one"! I would have just asked my parents to buy me a new one that's never been worn! And, hearing what happened to you, which is just horrible -- I think that it's best that each student who's joining the band to purchase their own!

@LucidDreamer54321 3 жыл бұрын

I used to be an aircraft mechanic, and we were allowed to used dry cleaning solvent to clean some aircraft parts.

@MrsUmbabystaci 6 ай бұрын

I never knew! A question was posed on IG and I thought I would come to KZfaq! 😀

@AshilNFX Жыл бұрын

Finally, I understood how it actually works. A quest of 24 years of my life is over today.

@tshepimphahlele8725 2 жыл бұрын

So I am not the only one who waited my entire life to check how dry cleaning works 😄

@kdes01 Жыл бұрын

Given the number of views, it appears over a million of us wondered how dry cleaning works lol

@tayfunsonmez10001 8 жыл бұрын

he says it smells delicious becouse if you would have smell like that with the old chemical that all dry cleaners used to use which is called perc he would have passed out right there

@GrandMaMaYT 7 жыл бұрын

he's a fucking crackhead dont worry

@texasblaze1016 5 жыл бұрын

Im sure he could take a hit of perc just like any crack head

@felixaponte5685 5 жыл бұрын

Zero waste . or smell. Perc cleans best

@TheWorld_2099 5 жыл бұрын

@@felixaponte5685 - and probably murders the environment...I heard they are working on a banana-based product coming out in the next few years

@amazingabby25 4 жыл бұрын

Lord Raffy are you friends lmao

@chandlerbwilson 5 жыл бұрын

No one: Absolutely no one: Me at 2am: I wonder how dry cleaning works. *pulls up youtube* Wayne: “SMeLLs DeLiCIOUS”

@mtlebay 5 жыл бұрын

2:40am for me 😁😁

@Theorangecrushgamer 4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't just you, also your no one comment is half this section. So yes, some people did.

@brendakhadambi7461 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@mx7712 4 жыл бұрын

2.06am for me... Humans are weird lol

@MasterDragonPaladin 3 жыл бұрын

hahaha me at 4:45am after having a fun chat about it with the boys

@deepeshbasnet1974 6 ай бұрын

Lmao just like everyone else i too had the itch to search this on KZfaq but i always used to forget it. finally after a year i watched it. huge relief. 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

@pickardchloe6950 5 ай бұрын

I’ve always wondered what dry cleaning is… today I finally found the courage to look it up

@MyFortressConstruction 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a Millennial so I've never dry cleaned anything, but when my Nana took in her blouses I always thought it was some sort of powder they "sprayed/soaked" it in like dry carpet cleaning. I am a more well-rounded person after viewing this.

@animalblundetto8440 3 жыл бұрын

You've never dry-cleaned anything? Not even a suit? Not criticizing, just didn't know that millennials don't use dry cleaning.

@MyFortressConstruction 3 жыл бұрын

@@animalblundetto8440 Yeah, I know. I'm so ashamed. 😉 I just haven't ever been in a circle of people that wear suits (besides the few in church). And when I look around, it's typically those that are 40+ years old that are picking up dry-cleaning. Are you Gen. X?

@silvasilvasilva 3 жыл бұрын

Older millennials are now pushing 40, so there's certainly a subset of the group who could be using dry cleaners. I'm one and I have used it a few times (but was never a regular, mind you).

@MyFortressConstruction 3 жыл бұрын

@@silvasilvasilva Yes, though I am being facetious. People enjoy the humor that revolves around a Millennial being somewhat of a dunce, or underachiever (I'm sure you're quite aware of it, being a millennial yourself). As for age actually being related to dry-cleaning: Those that dry clean typically need it for special occasions. Those attending formal events, on a regular occasion, are probably in the "upper class" sector of society. And it typically takes you until your 40s to reach that upper class sector (typically). *We will eventually be the "Boomers" dry cleaning our clothes and Gen Z will marvel at this video. Circle of life.*

@silvasilvasilva 3 жыл бұрын

@@MyFortressConstruction Only too well! But this "social" phase can even happen earlier: For many people, there's a point in your late 20s to early 30s when all of your friends will be getting married, so dry cleaning is the way to go to keep using the same few "occasion" pieces over and over again (where I'm from, you don't expect guests to spend as much for a wedding as I know to be the case in the US, for example).

@Cire-dm5cj Жыл бұрын

Totally agree with the comment under me but for some reason after 33 years of living I had a absolute wild hair up my @ss today to the urge to look up andwatch/ see this process of dry cleaning.. Awesome video

@jenniferk4336 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I did think dry cleaning involved dry cleaning rays! Or vacuums. Or dusting. I never thought there was any actual cleaning involved. "Dry cleaned" clothes seemed gross with accumulated filth so I've avoided them for decades! Wow, thanks for ddropping some knowledge.

@wrightwalther6518 Жыл бұрын

I wondered how dry cleaning was done but set myself a target that I'll watch it only when I get into med scholl and y'all I've done it. 2 months into med school I just remembered this today and it's a dream come true now

@ROONEYguy01252 8 жыл бұрын

"smells delicious" wtf do you eat ur clothes?

@prettyprudent5779 7 жыл бұрын

@Damian Bennett-Melendez: You're not that much of an idiot to really think that,...or are you?

@reesejeffries585 6 жыл бұрын

Damian Bennett-Melendez means good

@robertperez9149 6 жыл бұрын

Damian Bennett-Melendez Llama

@1965Gindy 6 жыл бұрын

He means it smells good.

@MCBYTE886 6 жыл бұрын

Damian Bennett-Melendez 😂🤦🏼‍♂️

@6ftS 10 жыл бұрын

thank you for this very informative video. I always wondered how the hell that worked!!

@JR-ly2pu Жыл бұрын

Lol I had no clue that’s how it’s done. All my time I thought my military uniform were getting done a way different way. That’s super neat

@mezohtaka1637 Жыл бұрын

Just amazing and satisfying to watch. Thanks for this sir. I’ve opened a small pressing of one machine and I believe with time it’ll go miles. The video is very inspiring 😊

@canttReid 5 жыл бұрын

I love the internet. It’s like anytime you put your face in any video or picture be prepared to have people roast every tiny thing you do lmao

@trilliondollarofficial 3 жыл бұрын

Even I think the same, I haven't found a single video on youtube whose comment sction wasn't trying hard to make me laugh.

@bettydamnboop3030 3 жыл бұрын

Holy mother Mary of God I’m soaking in the knowledge. I’m gonna sleep so much better because I now have something other than Covid to analyze.

@HH-vk7xi 23 күн бұрын

Its 3:24 am here, and this high man (me) randomly thought of how dry cleaning works. Turned my phone on (just for this) and now I am here. Life works in mysterious ways.

@littlesnowy98 10 ай бұрын

never expected such comedic element from a video like this , 25yrs late but here i am

@mccrimmonrobert 8 жыл бұрын

Learn something new everyday!

@Techn0forlife 4 жыл бұрын

I never actually knew how dry cleaning works. Thanks for explaining this :)

@jaw-knee-5 17 күн бұрын

I turn 40 this year and finally decided to look up how this works. I always thought it was DRY.🤣

@imnotgaybut6408 4 жыл бұрын

"You, sir, do you know what dry cleaning is?" "No-" "OF COURSE NOT!!!"

@economicgrapevine6607 4 жыл бұрын

I woke up thinking how dry cleaning works. Thanks for explaining

@ashutoshvats3948 3 жыл бұрын

KZfaq: Second wave of covid? Why not recommend this video after 7 years.

@russelsequeira5495 5 ай бұрын

Was re-watching Seinfeld on Netflix and his rant about dry cleaning. And now here I am lol!

@johnfisayo 3 жыл бұрын

Watching videos like this shows the huge gap between Industries in developed countries to developing countries. Here in Nigeria, DRYCLEANING business are mostly small or medium scale, mostly manually handled and not this mechanized , the cost of these equipments over here is a huge barrier. This disparity in scaling/ industrializing tells on the economy as well. We have a long way to go.

@Daniel-vs7qm 2 жыл бұрын

Don't be silly lol there is no dry cleaning in Nigeria! They don't even have laundromats!

@johnfisayo 2 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-vs7qm Your ignorance reeks , and I can smell it from Nigeria....Do you want a tour of Nigeria to fix your preset assumptions?

@Daniel-vs7qm 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnfisayo how many innocent people did you have to scam so you can even have internet connection?

@johnfisayo 2 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel-vs7qm Well, unlike you , I have a working Brain and can compete globally without needing to scam people off their hard earned money.. people pay me for my skills..

@minahthechampionmusic8750 8 жыл бұрын

I didn't know the clothes got wet lo

@m0000ry 8 жыл бұрын

yup..me too :)

@jessicaquansah238 7 жыл бұрын

MINAH THE CHAMPION

@prettyprudent5779 7 жыл бұрын

@MINAH THE CHAMPION: It's nice to educate yourself. I'm sure you believe in gods and angels too....maybe unicorns?

@sweetvuvuzela4634 5 жыл бұрын

MINAH THE CHAMPION then your dumb

@martinassaving3606 4 жыл бұрын

@@prettyprudent5779 There definitely is a God and Angel's. You'll find yourself calling on him sooner than later. No need for a response !!!!!!

@kutie1016 5 жыл бұрын

I remember taking my rotc uniform for dry cleaning and I swear they never washed it. I took into the same place twice and it looked exactly the same. The sweat stains still there and smelled like my perfume still. I felt like I wasted my money. Decided to just take the chance and wash it in my own laundry.

@jackburton5085 2 жыл бұрын

All my life I wonder how dry cleaning happens, everyone wonders, but no one has the courage to ask, or forget to do it. Today for a strange astral conjunction, I had the privilege of joining the club, and knowing how the mythical dry cleaning works ... I feel leveled up.

@heffo96 3 жыл бұрын

"No lint, all buttons" Words to live by

@AlasdairGR 4 жыл бұрын

I always thought the clothes were sprayed with a cleaning chemical (hence all the moving racks). Interesting to see the actual process.

@dreamynights 5 жыл бұрын

I bought this dry cleaning at home kit, where you put you spray the problem areas of your garment with a solution. Then you put the garment in a bag with wet dry sheet like cloth and put it the dryer. I thought this was how clothes was dry cleaned, since it is technically dry. Since I had the at home version, I hardly get stuff dry cleaned at the Laundry mat. Very interesting to learn it’s placed in a solution and maybe it’s good to get it done professionally!

@JescoWhiteLightning 5 ай бұрын

The at home kit is still great for in-between professional cleaning and for items not worn on the skin, like wool coats. Dry cleaning is expensive on the regular.

@Bobaklives 2 ай бұрын

0:42 someone thought this was going to turn into a cool shot and boy were they wrong 😂 “Watch what my GoPro can do! …oh.”

@anuragrokade1322 4 жыл бұрын

Now i can die peacefully

@jamesmacaguiwa8018 3 жыл бұрын

“We don’t use water, just a solvent” Water: am I a joke to you?!!

@36minutesago7 Жыл бұрын

I always thought that dry cleaning involved a special “dry” process, it always boggled my mind. My next video is how does the fridge light turn off when you shut the door, I’m excited.

@TrayLittle 5 жыл бұрын

“ smells delicious.” 😂😂

@TqHaze 8 жыл бұрын

But you didn't mention which hydrocarbon (solvent) you use. For us students learning chemistry it is pretty interesting, even if you give its IUPAC name. XD

@hmj8786 7 жыл бұрын

Ateeque Mohamed Ali is petroleum they get from exxon or chevron

@Wisconsin.pikachu 6 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same im guessing its a pressurized hydrocarbon like butane or propane that could easily evaporate with little to no smell after the excess is taken out of the machine and restored

@prakhartheg 6 жыл бұрын

I don’t think the guy in the video is informed - he said the chemical is called organic because it comes from the earth. How stupid is that. Any high school chemistry student knows organic means the compound is carbon based.

@nekokuro8058 5 жыл бұрын

@@prakhartheg not everyone.

@r2.b2 5 жыл бұрын

Generally kerosene

@bala2harry4 3 жыл бұрын

Cameraman like "Oh DRY cleaning. Here, take my camera and clean it dry"

@treyg2010 11 ай бұрын

Bless his heart he loves his job and it's so apparent and it's is so cute! "Oh it smells delicious" ❤

@tamytonse8337 2 жыл бұрын

It is funny how so many people don't know how dry cleaning works, but it sort of never comes up in casual banter, nor we never experience the sense of urgency to google it in years. I can't believe today is the day I looked it up!

@theotherside931 5 жыл бұрын

*Well, thanks KZfaq for making me realise I had been wrong all my life.*

@Lemurian.Quartz 3 жыл бұрын

If it’s literally just going into a washing machine with something other than detergent why can’t we just buy whatever that shit is and do it in our own machines?...

@asdkotable 3 жыл бұрын

There are home dry cleaning kits that you can buy online. Idk how good they are though

@MaplePanda04 3 жыл бұрын

It’s a bunch of carcinogenic, nasty chemical solvent. Not something you can exactly just run through your domestic washing machine. Half of the appeal of dry cleaning is that you skip all of these laborious steps anyways. You simply drop off the dirty stuff and walk away with the clean.

@eignalegnar4805 9 ай бұрын

Love how we’re all here for the same reason😂 glad I wasn’t the only one curious about this for a while. I said today is going to be the day I finally find out what dry cleaning is

@jme214 9 ай бұрын

You don't know what I'm here for pal

@dyingfyre9688 2 жыл бұрын

A simple easy explanation. Exactly what I was looking for and now I have some trivia if I’m talking to someone

@mizzrita01 6 ай бұрын

Came here because of Hollywood Unlocked 01/14/24

@52flyingbicycles 3 жыл бұрын

“It’s a hydrocarbon. You could call it organic because it comes from the earth” It’s ok you can say oil

@ralphsosan4812 3 жыл бұрын

The explanation of the process was simple and easy to understand. Thanks

@sicario4254 3 жыл бұрын

So that’s how it’s done. Though one can only hope that this same exact detailing is applied to all “Dry Cleaners” out there. Thanks for uncovering the mystery of Dry Cleaning.

@royhart3136 6 жыл бұрын

Ausome video straight to the point

@aprillewis1940 3 жыл бұрын

He said, "And then we remove the solvent". But How do they remove the solvent? Or do they just dry them, leaving solvent in the clothes?

@zoravar.k7904 3 жыл бұрын

They are volatile. They evaporate and are recaptured for more uses.

@aprillewis1940 3 жыл бұрын

@@zoravar.k7904 Oh. Thank you!

@georgewashington7982 2 жыл бұрын

You’re reading this comment because you have thought about youtubing this video for years out of curiosity, but everyday you thought of it you forgot to look it up. Now here you are, fulfilling your wish to see how dry cleaning works.

@lesahenderson7365 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’ve always wondered about this process.

@thebodyshop5714 5 жыл бұрын

I've finally learned everything there is to know in life.

@sydneylawson484 Жыл бұрын

this is all ive ever wanted to know my entire life.

@CarolinaMartinez-hc1if 3 жыл бұрын

My mom was the manager of a dry cleaner for over 20 years. Unless things have changed, the clothes didn't come out smelling good from the machine. They smelled like chemicals.

@ebelesaurus2 Жыл бұрын

How dry cleaning works is one of the random things I tell myself I’ll google whenever my Wi-Fi is out. But whenever it’s back up again, I just forget…. Until today

@dooware6644 3 жыл бұрын

What they don’t tell you is that the solvent actually doesn’t get completely removed and there is potential health hazards associated with perchloroethylene, a carcinogen that dissolves into your home’s air and is even worse for the people working there.

@pauliliatto8200 7 жыл бұрын

Just admit you shrunk it

@JoeRogerArt 6 жыл бұрын

haha! That's gold, Pauli! Gold!

@malooskitty9124 4 жыл бұрын

I searched this video right after I watched that bit!

@wyldeminded 4 жыл бұрын

Nice. That one got me.

@helgenx 4 жыл бұрын

Okay... I shrunk it.

@reinajalana 4 жыл бұрын

@@malooskitty9124 lol same.

@jamjamxox5913 2 жыл бұрын

I run a dry cleaners.. solvent is highly toxic, first rule when dry cleaning is you do not leave that door open as the emissions of solvent can cause dizziness, sickness and in extreme cases death. The fact he smelt them AS soon as they came out shows me he probably doesn’t dry clean himself but managers the store which is fine but smelling it after etc is just so toxic. The machine completely soaks the clothes in solvent which then heats up and the remaining solvent is vaporised. The dry cleaning machine is really smart and if business insider wants a look at dry cleaning further I’m sure Timpson or Johnson Cleaners would be happy to give an in-depth view on how it all operators and how it’s run!☺️

@bashgita 2 жыл бұрын

I finally found out that dry cleaning isn't dry at all, after wondering about it for about 30 years

@PinkFloydrulez 7 жыл бұрын

seinfeld was right

@jrno93 7 жыл бұрын

SERENITY NOW!!!!!!!!

@alexportugal1212 6 жыл бұрын

i came from watching that

@Lashoan_Morris 6 жыл бұрын

Me too

@irvinfortune5638 6 жыл бұрын

Me too

@fredrikedvardsson7089 6 жыл бұрын

Just watched that episode

@ZantherStone 6 жыл бұрын

So if it's wet, that means it's still dried! Which explains why the quality of my dress shirts and fancy flannel shirts starts going down immediately. Now that I know this, I'll wash them myself on gentle and dry them on super low heat to prevent the fuzziness from occurring on the clothes.

@Pois0nIvyy 3 жыл бұрын

I always wondered how dry cleaning works while browsing KZfaq at 0400. I can't fall asleep now! This is very important information! 😴

@excalibur1812 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the thorough and concise explanation. I just got a great deal on a very expensive suit, now I feel relieved to know that the dry cleaning process also sanitizes laundry.