Dry cleaning is a mystery to most customers and the general public.
There is nothing “dry” about dry cleaning….it is just a term used to clean clothing/garments in a solvent, not water.
This special solvent is lighter than water, so it doesn’t penetrate clothing and swell fibers like water tends to do. Therefore, there is significantly less shrinkage and color loss when you dry clean items instead of washing them!
At Total Laundry Services, we are the only dry cleaner on the Emerald Coast that uses an earth friendly, environmentally safe, silicone solvent. It is gentle on clothing, safe for our employees, and won’t leave any strong odors behind!
The other reason it is called “Dry” Cleaning is because the garments enter the machine dry and dirty, and come out dry and clean. The special dry cleaning machine not only cleans the clothing in solvent, it dries them as well. Each cycle lasts 50 minutes, then onto our commercial steam presses it goes!