How Does Modern Dry Cleaning Work

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3 жыл бұрын

Dry cleaning is a process of cleaning clothes that uses a solvent instead of water. The solvent is usually a petroleum-based chemical, and the clothes are tumbled in the solvent to remove stains. The solvent is then removed from the clothes, and the clothes are pressed to remove wrinkles.
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@jenqinshi 2 жыл бұрын

I've sat through the whole video, I felt like I just graduated from Laundry Academy. This video was beyond my expectations. Amazing!

@TheCaznut 2 жыл бұрын

Since a child I have been wondering how this is done. So many hours of speculation. This morning I wake up and decide I've had enough. I'm gonna find out today, one way or another. So thank you!

@Mimi89_7 2 жыл бұрын

Same lol

@CPTZK11 2 жыл бұрын

😂 😂

@anujapasandul6969 Жыл бұрын

this is television level documentary🔥

@TylerTheIT Жыл бұрын

My first job was at a laundromat in a small town. I learned a lot there. They did wet and dry cleaning (mostly for hospitals), but used older methods, machines, and technology. Based on what I have learned after watching this video and from what I have heard over the years, they lost a lot of business due to the inability to innovate with modern technology. Customers were not happy with their 'cleaned' garments. Their individual customers and contracts with businesses began to dwindle. They didn't make any changes or learn from the industry of new improvements. In the end, they lost it all. I knew the owner and his wife (sadly no longer with us) as well as his family. Sad to see it happen, but also interesting to see what the modern industry is like today.

@science-channel Жыл бұрын

thanks for the comment

@bethestandardallday 11 ай бұрын

What was their main issue exactly? They weren’t cleaning clothes well enough?

@TylerTheIT 11 ай бұрын

@@bethestandardallday A combination of things. Not using enough chemicals and stuffing too many clothes in the washers resulted in many complaints. They still weren't clean. Another is it was in a small town. Not a lot of businesses to offer your services to. And finally, many companies started doing their own washing in-house.

@hootinouts Жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation. I have always had a fascination with all technology. This video gives me a whole new level of respect and admiration for all those involved with this amazing cleaning process. The scientists, chemists, engineers, craftsmen, and the dry cleaning industry workers all have my deepest respect.

@Isaharif 2 жыл бұрын

This education is worth paying for. Brilliant.

@niles8102 4 ай бұрын

Thank you cameraman for going back in time to get the clips and information for us!

@lionsmane4468 2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT: THOMAS JENNINGS invented a process called 'dry scouring,' a forerunner of modern dry cleaning. He patented the process in 1821, making him likely the first black person in America to receive a patent. Get it Correct..

@MistressOZ 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for pointing this out!!

@NovemberChristine 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting!

@d0d0dededada Жыл бұрын

I would like to thank the camera for working so hard to driver this piece of art

@dougwbenson 3 жыл бұрын

This was amazingly in depth education about Dry Cleaning. Wow!

@rezagrans1296 2 жыл бұрын

;) u hav NOo iydeuh hhheeehheeh

@rezagrans1296 2 жыл бұрын

Niysly duBbD oWver the ruussKi

@user-qk2iy8ke3d 2 жыл бұрын

I really liked the info on Clothes labels and the difference between Organic (hydrocarbon) Solvents and TetraChloroEtheline.

@mrmonroe9143 Жыл бұрын

This might actually be the best educational video I have ever seen. Really outstanding work, this is an achievement!

@geneliasmith1070 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing the whole process with us! It was worth watching! I've noticed that many companies, such as OXXO Care Cleaners, are now adopting eco-friendly technology and discontinuing the use of harsh chemicals in their cleaning processes. They're also providing 24/7 pick-up and drop-off services, as well as same-day laundry services.

@science-channel Жыл бұрын

thanks for the comment

@brnoprague 27 күн бұрын

Excellent presentation with great know how of the dry cleaning - I never thought, this is such a complex process. Wonderful !

@lilblackduc7312 9 ай бұрын

I expected to watch a show about just cleaning garments in solvents like Naptha. I was very pleasantly surprised. Thank you...

@erjusik Жыл бұрын

I can't believe they removed the buttons from the items 😮

@JasonSpitzMI50 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for translating this video into English because the characters in the video lips are not synchronizing with the video. That's an indication that this video was recorded in it's original non english language.🤔.

@erjusik Жыл бұрын

It was originally in Russian

@sthirumoorthy9600 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent & fantastic 👍👍 experience & explanation 👍

@sattaraljumeli7163 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent service 👏

@chickennugget3143 Жыл бұрын

I love this video so brilliantly made ☺️

@aniketsoni2228 14 күн бұрын

This is enough information for dryclean and all Merci beaucoup ❤😊

@sabbirahmed6587 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent and very good learning experience for me outstanding

@blogshagify Жыл бұрын

So the clothes basically get tumble soaked in harsh solvents?

@joshuabrown3525 3 ай бұрын

Sort of. Some solvents are much less harsh. It depends on the clothes really on how dry cleaners clean them.

@joshuabrown3525 3 ай бұрын

Dry cleaners today use starch and Perchloroethylene or "Perc" as it's know in the Dry Cleaning industry. Sometimes, they will use Natural Gas as a cleaner in the machine. Also, dry cleaners use a ton of steam too. So much in fact, they use a massive boiler, like 10 to 20 ton boilers. I have been inside so many boiler rooms, and every single one of them gets really hot. In the winter time, it's not so bad. In the summertime, however, its awful. It gets up to 140 degrees, (or 60C.), in there. They also have water heaters in that room too. You only get 15 minutes inside so whatever you're repairing better get done quick in those hot summer days.

@TheMightyKinkle 5 ай бұрын

1:53 Still dry cleaning the clothes from Chernobyl I see 😅

@marifeshimada7476 2 жыл бұрын

Wow amazing video👍

@basicreader9263 Жыл бұрын

very very informational and funny too👏

@TONE11111 11 күн бұрын

What are the negative effects of dry cleaning? Perchloroethylene (PERC), a potential human carcinogen, is the most commonly used dry cleaning solvent. Symptoms associated with exposure include: depression of the central nervous system; damage to the liver and kidneys; impaired memory; confusion; dizziness; headache; drowsiness; and eye, nose, and throat irritation.

@sarahajoh799 Жыл бұрын

Am very interested to do it in my home town but I don't actually know much it will cost me to start and getting all those machines may you help me please.

@user-ze1yf1hr2j Жыл бұрын

a very professional and attractive video production.

@science-channel Жыл бұрын

thank you

@user-jx5jm2ry9v 2 жыл бұрын

I want to visit this shop

@tgp-rq2wi 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think my dry cleaners does all of this. It seems they throw it in, put it on a hanger, and call it a day. lol

@joshuabrown3525 3 ай бұрын

Actually, it's a ton more involved than you might think. First, it gets sorted, and tagged so it doesn't get lost in the process. Second, we clean it in either wet or dry cleaning machines. Third, the product is steam pressed, folded, and ironed. After that, the clothes are bagged, placed on the racks, and you pick it up. All these processes use employees, and a ton of manual work.

@manishsubedi7840 2 жыл бұрын

How can I find it ....

@str8dollaz Жыл бұрын

Incredible video in nigga my opinion very informative

@dimik3855 2 ай бұрын

This is really an excellent (Russian?) presentation. The details, processes and people involved in dry cleaning are complicated to someone like me who just throws his laundry in the washer and dryer. Is the solvent used repeatedly or just once? It would seem that dry cleaners would have to work with large volumes of clothes to be commercially viable. Thank you

@Mooon8888 3 ай бұрын

Were did u get all this machines from ???

@bladeRoller Жыл бұрын

I love listening to this well tuned ai. It's hilarious to hear it attempt to sound like documentary narrator.

@doktoredebala 8 ай бұрын

thats not ai !

@Greenbearls 3 жыл бұрын

I'm impressed

@Dandelion_flight 2 ай бұрын

ahhhhh labels... nowadays I tend to cut off all the labels because they are stiff, long and a few layers of them! I hate it! It makes it uncomfortable to wear especially when the labels are where I tuck in my blouse or shirt!!!

@natefidalgo7625 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video , a bit curious why we don't make regular home laundry machines. Drywash safe with that chemical tetrachloroethylene. Then just sell tetrachloroethylene so you can drywash at home in the rare cases you need to do a few suits.

@Daniel092004 Жыл бұрын

The chemicals and technology involved require distilling machinery, which are both difficult to maintain and dangerous. A customer friendly micro-distiller haven't been figured out yet.

@cleophusfowler Жыл бұрын

Because the solvent is highly, highly regulated by the EPA and every state in the union along with some cities and counties. We have inspectors that visit the cleaners regularly to keep an eye out that we have no violations such as spills or solvent vapors in the air. Some states have banned it altogether. If you've used it presently or previously you have to have a phase 1 and phase 2 environmental study done before you can sell your property. So this is why you can't use it at home. I've worked in the industry for 40 plus years.

@Daniel092004 Жыл бұрын

@@cleophusfowler This is correct. And I'm only a 5 year operator at the moment. All our machines require frequently changed carbon to reduce vapor, constant changing of the filters, all kinds of stuff. It's hard to imagine any way a home consumer could safely or reliably perform even a single clean and waste disposal of the leftover solvent. And then there'd be a whole other waste disposal industry surrounding that for consumers that would be extremely headache inducing.

@chardelraconner7324 Жыл бұрын

sound of torque oscillations once crunk balances not outweighs beard strums in audio

@i8764theKevassitant Жыл бұрын

I had a cotton welding jacket that you couldn't wash as it would ruin the flame retardance.

@SuperCabrito14 2 ай бұрын

Lol retardance

@bettyrodriguez9235 8 ай бұрын

Hello , I would love to start a dry-cleaning business, Anyone knows where can I get this machine?

@7thavedrycleaners178 5 ай бұрын

everywhere they aren't ceap

@FNofAK Ай бұрын

Nice video 👌👍

@science-channel Ай бұрын

Thanks

@user-sx2hy8zf5r 2 жыл бұрын

So you get the hangers for free or you have to give them back?

@toopsyked6267 2 жыл бұрын

You get em for free

@kamranbigdely 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know there are still people who bring their shirts or pants for wet cleaning to such as high-end large cleaning facility. With newer generation fewer people would do that.

@OneAdam12Adam Жыл бұрын

It's a hotel

@imnotdavidxnsx Жыл бұрын

Wikipedia says faraday is falsely credited with the synthesis of tetrachloroethylene

@OneAdam12Adam Жыл бұрын

Bullshit Wikipedia. Who invented it then?

@imnotdavidxnsx Жыл бұрын

@@OneAdam12Adam sounds like you've already made up your mind that it was Faraday. Have fun with that. *shrug*

@weezyf775 11 ай бұрын

The mommy milkers were an unexpected but welcomed surprise.

@warriornex 2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@AntiWanted 4 ай бұрын

Nice

@science-channel 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

@Travelingwithabbc Жыл бұрын

The intro was a bit annoying, but great information given throughout. Thanks

@wwondertwin Жыл бұрын

I feel cheated. In my native language there's shops that are called "chemical launderettes" and I've always assumed it was something different from the Anglophone dry cleaners.

@Csilva857 11 ай бұрын

What language, what is the word ?

@natefidalgo7625 2 жыл бұрын

Basically what I am getting at is what makes a dry cleaning washing machine so different then a home or regular washing machine other then the detergent/ solvent you add ? Is temp regulation an issue , disposal of the solvent not down a sewer pipe ,... ??? What makes it impractical for homes ?

@yogiontour Жыл бұрын

You don't want consumers handling those chemicals. If they somehow get into the water course they can cause havoc

@blogshagify Жыл бұрын

@@yogiontour You don't want some people handling dishwashing liquid. They do stupid things like putting it in an automatic dishwasher

@heleneshomes 11 ай бұрын

How can these items go through so many processes and hands and still be remembered which owners they each belong to?

@natefidalgo7625 2 жыл бұрын

Not going to try this but a bit curious what would happen if you dump either mineral spirit , turpentine, kerosene ,...etc into you washing machine and just shut off the water supply lines to the washing machine. Humm apart from not disposing properly into the sewer ,would it work like a dry cleaning home machine. Obviously toxic , not safe , and flammable but if you can succeed with those I image you should be able just to get tetrachloroethylene and do it with that. Which would be non-flammable, safer , ...

@Daniel092004 Жыл бұрын

Improper disposal of the chemicals and ruining your washing machine would be the most likely issues. You might be able to air dry the clothes after a few days on a line, but putting them in a dryer would be hazardous. Just a bad idea in general.

@OA0708 2 жыл бұрын

7:22 8:21 13:50 25:36

@jacquelinek 8 ай бұрын

skip to two minutes when he actually started answering the questions

@DineshKumar-po7ez Жыл бұрын

Sir i am perc operator 10 your experience in India your country job

@charlesyohanaa 10 ай бұрын

In Tanzania 🇹🇿 naitaji mashine kubwa ya kufua na kukamua na kukausha nguo.

@silvermountainman2562 3 жыл бұрын

Yankee is that you?

@worldshighestcurrency Жыл бұрын

How about the maid? I want to know what happened to her…

@joshuaupham5993 2 жыл бұрын

I survived 27 years.........glad to be done.

@mrmonroe9143 Жыл бұрын

What didn't you like about the business? I'm thinking of getting a job in the field.

@joshuaupham5993 Жыл бұрын

@@mrmonroe9143 The 27 years part. 😆 But keeping and knowing your machines are running propery was always stressful.

@roseballerine4395 2 ай бұрын

This can be a 3 mins video

@Null834 2 жыл бұрын

Is that Yuri Lowenthal doing the VO for this? 😂

@victoriaramos-pj1wl Жыл бұрын

I agree with last comment from one year ago

@monkeybusinessasusuall5467 10 ай бұрын

His words don’t match up 🔝 to his moth.

@syel2219 3 жыл бұрын

“Less provocatively” because she has a lower cut top? 🤣 grow up

@CalvinJustarc 2 ай бұрын

Can I ask you for job opportunities

@MegaAirtel123 2 жыл бұрын

What was the original language ?

@TheMennoXD Жыл бұрын

Something Eastern-European

@revokdaryl1 Жыл бұрын

10:50 The look on this kid's face says "The guy that owns this garment makes more in one day than I do in a whole year."

@sharonchandler4185 Жыл бұрын

Glossed over and not really true. The dangers and huge health risks of modern dry cleaning are horrendous, and are all very real. You've never dealt with carcinogens like the ones shown here. Aqua cleaning, and brand new forms of dry cleaning are safer, but not completely healthy.

@bethestandardallday 11 ай бұрын

What are the dangers of aqua cleaning?

@MNasid 2 жыл бұрын

Time wasting

@lisadran7960 2 жыл бұрын

It was actually a slave that invented dry cleaning, Look it up, he just stole his invention.

@hasanturkovic9049 2 жыл бұрын

If my cow makes milk, is it not my milk? You own what your property produces.

@crimsontortoise5298 2 жыл бұрын

@@hasanturkovic9049 stfu! humans shouldn’t be owned nor their ideas should be stolen

@TheMennoXD Жыл бұрын

@@hasanturkovic9049 No, you are stealing their milk. That milk was meant for their calf. But props for recognising animal slavery.

@jasonpez3294 23 күн бұрын

“HOW DOES MODERN DRY CLEANING WORK” is the name of the video… I saw 40 minutes of brain numbing RUBBISH aimed at very young children, and the video went deep into great detail about everything that is NOT RELATED TO DRY CLEANING. A COMPLETE waste of time, content creators need to USE ACCURATE VIDEO TITLES!!!!

@science-channel 22 күн бұрын

Sorry, but what is the correct title in your opinion?