The Dry Cleaning Process Part 3

Part #3: Remove the water-soluble soils from the garments.

Since water-soluble soil removal does not begin to occur until well into the cleaning cycle
(8 minutes into the wash cycle), removal of an acceptable amount of water-soluble soil takes the full cleaning cycle of at least 12 minutes. Anything less would run the risk of poor water-soluble soil
removal.

Some Choices which can cause poor results:

• Insufficient amount of moisture present in the system
• Water is needed to remove water-soluble soil

• Incorrect type or insufficient detergent concentration
• Will not allow the water present in the system to work effectively

• Cleaning cycle cut too short (less than 12 min.)
• Not enough time for water-soluble soil removal to occur

• Overloading the drum
• Reduced mechanical action