Besides the silcone based cleaning system, other alternatives to petroleum based dry cleaning exist as well, including, amazingly, a method which uses a compressed liquid form of carbon dioxide in a sealed system. Currently the equipment for this is too costly for small businesses, and so is not available in most places. A friend tipped me off to a place in LA using it, that picks up and delivers … [Read more...]

I had a tour of a drycleaning facility this week, and found the education alternately depressing and encouraging. So you can artfully skip around, or just read on. First, it is not  "dry" cleaning, just waterless.  Clothes have been tumbling around with petroleum based chemical solvents and detergent for over a hundred years, with the result being that the items were cleansed and the … [Read more...]