dry cleaning, n.Trivia

Dry cleaners want you to keep that label on your clothes. Absent this tag, you might be forced into "at owner's risk" dry-cleaning

Dry cleaning was controlled by the government because many dry cleaners used highly flammable gasoline and kerosene.

Dry cleaning was discovered in 1825 when a scientist his maid accidentally spilled kerosene from a lamp onto a tablecloth and he noticed that, when it dried, it had removed the stains.

Dry cleaners don't so much lose your clothes; rather they accidentally send your clothes to someone else.

Dry cleaning sees a lot of people who intentionally never come to pick up their clothes, using dry cleaning services as a proxy Salvation Army.

Dry cleaning is not new --- Ancient Romans took their dirty togas to commercial dry cleaners.

Dry cleaning can be traced back to the Romans who used the ammonia in urine along with clay to clean their woolen togas.

If you have garments without a care label, they would be cleaned at what’s called “owners risk”.

Dry cleaning is actually not a ‘dry’ process because it uses chemical solvents which don’t penetrate the fibres as water does.