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2. CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION
• REAGENTS USED IN DRY CLEANING
• DRY CLEANING BY FAT SOLVENT
• DRY CLEANING BY FAT ABSORBENT
• ADVANTAGES OF DRY CLEANING
• DISADVANTAGES OF DRY CLEANING
3. INTRODUCTION
• Dry cleaning is any cleaning
process for clothing and textiles
using a solvent other than water.
• Dry cleaning is use of solvents to
remove soil and stains from fabrics.
4. REAGENTS USED IN DRY CLEANING
Fat solvent
• Benzene, petrol, ether,
acetone, carbon tetra chloride,
turpentine oil etc are mainly
used as fat solvent.
• Among these benzene, petrol,
ether, acetone are intensely
flammable substance while the
vapours of turpentine oil and
carbon tetra chloride are
strong and toxic.
• They should be used carefully.
Fat absorbent
• French chalk, bread powder,
magnesium powder, moongdal
powder, gram flour, telecom
powder and other commercial
powders are used as fat
absorbents.
• The absorbents in the form of
dry powder.
• They are not very powerful and
effective cleaners.
5. Dry cleaning by fat solvent
• By dipping in
petrol
• By sponging with
petrol
11. Advantages of
dry cleaning
• Expensive woollen coats, shawls, sweaters,
banarasi saries, blankets etc should be washed
by dry cleaning only.
• The colour, shine, attractiveness, freshness and
beauty of clothes remain intact for a long time
due to dry cleaning.
• The clothes remain soft.
• Pleats etc are not destroyed on clothes.
• The fur and felt fabrics is not suppressed.
12. Disadvantages
of dry cleaning
• This is an expensive method.
• Some fat solutions are highly
flammable.
• The smell of fat solutions on woollen
clothes remains for a long time.
• Dry cleaning is not done by all
people. It is mandatory for a person
to be skilled and experienced.
