How Do Dry Cleaners Clean Clothing

[@TodayIFoundOut]

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[@wizbangIWD]

So in short, dry cleaners take it apart, make it wet (WET) and then put it back together ! Gotcha ! ; )

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Please do a video explaining what a VPN is and why or why not we should use one or not use one.

[@dennisvdk6079]

dim it with the ads, this is to much...

[@barakoniner1644]

Thia doesn't show me shit. Thanks for nothing

[@reneekittycat]

I worked in the dry cleaning industry for 23 years and this was very accurate. Great job.

[@nickkuttian4143]

Renee Leighton so can i dry clean my shirt by pouring gas on it

[@CharlieUlivarri]

The big question for me is how do you press out the clothes so well. Do you use a gallon of starch per shirt?

[@abhinavkhare8081]

Ma'am can you tell me how to dryclean the white shirts professionally...while doing the white shirts the results are not satisfactory

[@asavlogsalltruthrevealed7483]

Are u from uk?Ive just bought a paded jacket for my son says dry clean.But ive heard people stil use in machine.From the video ive just watched if dry cleaning is done in machine.Surely wont matter if i put jacket in washing machine

[@ryanbrundige7238]

So why are you watching a video on how dry cleaning works

[@RandomAmerican3000]

And here I thought it was called "dry cleaning" because there were no liquids involved. Kind of a let down really.

[@RicardoSanchez-es5wl]

Random American I agree. It should be called something different such as solvent cleaning or something.

[@CybershamanX]

Because that would make a great advertising campaign: "We get your clothes clean...with SOLVENTS!" heheheheh ;) :P

[@CologneCarter]

Chemists consider only water to be a wet liquid, as far as I remember. That's why it is chemical cleaning in Germany and other European countries. Makes more sense, I think and we don't have to think about whether or not our clothes were dry or wet cleaned.

[@thomasmacgruber6701]

Having owned a day cleaning service, you would be surprised how many people thought the clothes just went around on the hangers and came back cleaned and pressed. The process is very labor intensive and tedious.

[@Steve_in_NJ]

@@thomasmacgruber6701 I always thought the process was an "ancient Chinese secret" but then all the dry cleaners around my town are run by Koreans so it must be an "ancient Korean secret"??? LOL

[@Amvndanicole]

Skip to 5:10 to actually see how dry cleaning works lol

[@esharenee4186]

Thank you girl, because nobody asked the history.

[@cherokeegotti4903]

Thanks because he was talking too damn much

[@Omerasupreme]

Thank you!!!

[@lissamak2405]

Jesus I wanted to know how it works not the history since the beginning of time. "... it all began in 1322AD....."

[@Joetrout]

Thanks i was already gonna stop watching. Who cares how the romans cleaned their clothes

[@MrVvulf]

Michael Faraday is under appreciated. Seriously, his inventions are some of the most important in human history (especially the method of converting mechanical energy to electrical and vice versa), and yet many don't recognize his name.

[@DATA-EXPUNGED]

something I've always wondered but always forgot to look up myself, thanks dudes.

[@EvilPaladin11]

Suddenly the disclaimers in dry cleaners about missing buttons make sense. The extra buttons inside of button up shirts, are now even more genius.

[@60secondsuccess39]

As a fellow video creator, I respect the amount of research that must go into these videos. Believe me, the time spent definitely shows in the end product!

[@malachicorvin9329]

60 Second Success 10 minutes on wikipedia

[@colhingars7019]

60 Second Success dad?

[@briansouth9325]

60 Second Success and yet they still get many things wrong

[@ignignoktthemooninite3679]

60 Second Success yeah Simon Whistler is a fraud

[@Mawsy-rg8gh]

nute VG video must take hours & hours of research,fact checking & double/cross checking as the number of time Simon has got something wrong compared to the no of vids made is minuscule

[@RolodexEnigma]

I've gotta say I usually click off during the sponsorship stuff but Simon is so good at talking and being interesting that I actually stay to listen. He should be some kinda salesman or politician or something.

[@michahermann7869]

RolodexEnigma yeah politician would be great. He proves over and over again that he has no fear in digging deep into a topic until he really understands it. And he doesn't fear morning briefings that are long and don't contain images or his name (I'm looking at you, Mr. Drumpf). Furthermore, he's really good at speaking

[@TechGorilla1987]

Simon, I think it may be time for you to look in to creating some sound absorbing pads for the room where you make these videos. If you were able to absorb some of the echo you have, it would really enhance your voice which I personally think is excellent for conveying information. This is one mans opinion.

[@CybershamanX]

I once bought a bunch (a...bushel? no...a bail? man...I don't know. heheheh :P ) of pulp paper egg cartons for just such a purpose. I cut the lids off and stapled them to the wall behind the listening position in my room to help deaden the sound reflections when listening to my HiFi audio system. It really made a big difference! :)

[@hoodyboody]

Feel free to unsubscribe and never be bothered by one of his errors again.

[@Wysiwyg43]

Chris Pridmore::: BAM! Your comment needs to be followed by "drops mic". (^_^)

[@hoodyboody]

wysiwyg43 I think the original comment I replied to has been deleted, so.. don't think it's for Tech Gorilla.

[@mikeelmira]

laser325 he was born and raised in the UK

[@cpufreak101]

Once you notice that the green screen makes part of his glasses go invisible when he turns his head enough, you'll never unsee it

[@jonaskunnen7504]

And it becomes super annoying.

[@coffeefrog]

I'm not looking to make a website right now, but that was one of the most honest and revealing ads about website creation companies. If I ever make my own website, you sold me on this.

[@sethgrasse9082]

3:33 *When you realize there's somebody out there whose job is to take pictures of every single dictionary entry.*

[@bigdaddy2372]

came to learn how dry cleaning works... gave a a fkn history lesson...

[@elicharlton6397]

Big Daddy 😂😂 thanks

[@faithkings310]

Good y'all need it

[@MimiKeel]

1:46 First African American patent in America. 5:08 How dry cleaning works.

[@rippawallet]

Lmao

[@andrewkovnat]

Wow, this is a rather interesting coincidence. Last night, I was reworking the lyrics of Ra Ra Rasputin to fit a funny version that I can scream into my mic and hopefully make a KZbin video of. I looked up words that rhymed with Rasputin, and I decided to use Tetrachloroethylene. This was the first time I had heard of this molecule in my life, but it was long and comedic in the situation I used it in. Then, TIFO made this video, and as I read the title, I wondered as to whether or not they would mention this molecule. They ended up doing so.

[@hezechiahjones8365]

Andrew Kovnat I'm interested....

[@LARAUJO_0]

So if you peed your pants in 80 AD you could pee on them again to clean them.

[@cup_check_official]

am i the only one who noticed he changed his under shirt from 0:06 to 0:17? My eyes were like theres something wrong O_O

[@meganeko7248]

He dropped them off to the dry cleaners of course

[@ownerfate]

cannot be unseen.

[@ownerfate]

also... don't most of the videos have some sort of background music...?

[@maxcorrice9499]

It changes back later, towards the end

[@TristanSmith99]

the beginning and end of the video were made separately like most ads

[@LucidAnomalies_]

already knew about dry cleaning but I'm soooo glad you guys made this channel. a lot of your videos have helped me answer questions I've always had in the back of my mind!

The Anomaly thanks for pointing out this atrocity I'll get the pitchforks you get the Torches I'll meet you at the Town Square

[@MahoganyDesk]

Thank you so much for making this video! I work at a dry cleaners and customers ask me this a lot. We use a chemical called "Green Earth," which is environment friendly, doesn't leave a smell, and is safer and gentler (a lot of "do not dry clean" clothes can be dry cleaned with us). The process is still the same, so I'm going to point my customers to your video every time they look at me confused after I've explained it. . . . You're going to get a lot of views.

[@longforgotten4823]

MahoganyDesk thank you for being Green!

[@nesirsitsir]

The world's most mysterious mystery, mysteriously revealed...

[@unkleRucker21]

I needed to comment on this😂😂😂😂😭😭😭🤣🤣

[@deanallenjones]

nice seeing someone being upfront about sponsorship but actually CHECKING OUT their sponsor to make sure they're actually worth promoting. Kudos to the team

[@jy4266]

I can't believe I'm watching a 9+ minute video about dry cleaning. Im supposed to prepare for my business presentation tonight.

[@DC-hn9jc]

Actually over 3min is all ad for squarespace, so just waste of time from 6:16 onwards for most of us!

[@CaroCrossing]

Best ad for sqaurespace I've ever seen tbh. I know a lot of KZbinrs promote it, but this is the first time I actually thought that it's probably a great product. He advocated it, rather than just have it as a paid plug

[@macbuff81]

so dry cleaning isn't really dry, it just uses liquids other than water. Good to know. I learned something today :)

[@storungz]

Simon, you certainly do your sponsors justice when you give your more personal experiences even when you are discussing issues you have had and how the sponsor helped to alleviate them. Gives us something to relate to! Fantastic job as always!

[@gaboandro21]

This video is 45% history lesson, 45% an ad for square space, and 10% what we all actually came here for.

[@nikkoallen474]

Wow your the first KZbinr to sell me on using squarespace. Thank you just thank you.

[@yami7339]

I'm so stupid I didn't realize that DRY cleaning actually meant that the clean it without water.🤦🏾‍♀️

[@IfYouMeetAWolf]

In Swedish we call it "Chem-cleaning". Very figuratively too.

[@bdnugget]

Wet is a reserved word for water, at least from a chemist's point of view. I use a lot of solvents, like dichloromethane and THF, and we often dry them over stuff like sodium (reacts with water) to make them completely water-free for some moisture sensitive reactions. We call those ' dry solvents' while when it just comes out of the bottle without any treatment they are wet solvents.

[@CrashKinkaide]

Seriously, I was well into my LATE 20's before I bothered to ask my cleaner. I literally thought they used caustic powders, brushes, Et. Al.

[@falcon-eu1wu]

Rip

[@oppressedindividual5615]

MelaninPoppin same 😂

[@Cinderbloom]

Seen a couple of adds from Squarespace from youtubers, and I actually think that this is my favourite. He seems really genuine about it, instead of just reading up from a script. So that's nice.

[@ryandowney8743]

Me: "I can't believe they used to use gasoline to clean clothes, that's ridiculous!" TIFO: "Originally they used urine."

[@wJeffG1966]

Ads for square space are all over the web, but yours was the most compelling and informative. Definitely going to check it out now.

[@DivideByZeroGetCake]

Oh PCE toxicity is the least of the problems with it! It biodegrades into vinyl chloride eventually, and that shit is even more toxic than the comments section

[@wakrusgumbo]

Can I just go somewhere for a second? I actually really like the way you handle ads. It's so earnest, I can tell you actually use what you are pitching, and believe in it. It's refreshing. This is one of my favorite channels.

[@MyFoodTrek]

This is one of those things I always was curious about, but never bothered looking up. Thank you!

[@DisstonDave]

I don't need to make a website. I love your videos, educational and interesting, & I really like how personable you are in your videos. This is one of the highest quality channels I know of on KZbin.

[@scottster8858]

Something I hoped would be covered in the video was a fad in in the 50s in the US. People began using gasoline in their homes to dry clean themselves. This led to a lot of deadly fires.

[@highlandoutsider]

along with wren from corridor simon is one of the few who seam genuine when they do any ad stuff, i really like that.

[@ROBYNMARKOW]

Love how Simon says(no pun intended) Process( PRO-cess) 😍

[@RyTrapp0]

Definitely one of the better Square Space ads I've seen, so much so that I actually watched the whole thing - well done, good sir!

[@joshhuysamen2755]

The advert at the end was almost more interesting that the actual video

[@matthewbeeler3354]

9 minute video, 5 minute history lesson, 3.5 minutes of an add for Square Space, 30 seconds of how dry cleaning works....great, got it.

[@KasperCarti]

I work at a cleaners, it's not exciting whatsoever hahaha

[@tohopes]

It's rather dry?

[@TheOutZZ]

tohopes That joke was so dry, I choked.

[@wavecast64]

Kasper Same here. The carousel is the highlight of my job

[@Wysiwyg43]

Art Keighn::: I love the carousel and secretly wish that a fully dressed corpse, draped in plastic, is on for the ride. *Imagination overload*

[@violeta6846]

Kasper Is it a hard job to learn when you don't know much about sewing or clothes??

[@stavrosgazis5824]

I learnt more about Squarespace than how dry cleaning works.

[@MrEYTheInternational]

Stavros Gazis right I got tired of having to listen and to look at him. Why so many of these people on yt think we want to see them as they condescendingly yammer endlessly is incredible. And lazy.

[@iam1264]

thanks for mentioning degree centigrade along side Fahrenheit

[@TheIxFa]

I've heard the squarespace ad from a lot of different youtubers but none were nearly as convincing as yours. Good job, well-pitched

[@nesirsitsir]

Ratio: Amount of people who have asked this question : People that know the answer 13404235023750735903570237502375023508932809:1 1 = Simon Whistler.

[@colinrussell2857]

James Bone That's more than the amount of people on the earth

[@sirturtle5188]

colin russell , aliens are people too.

[@torokk21]

Are you saying the dry cleaners have no fucking clue what they're doing and are just winging it?

[@RAM3NOV3RLORD]

Yes, Simon is a god

[@PierceCuredCanna]

Colin Russell it may be more people than are currently alive on earth, but not more than how many people have existed through out history.

[@ZaneDaMagicPufferDragon]

Bizarre sponsor spot but I love your full on honesty regarding crap web hosting!!! ;)

[@nnedianya]

omg. he's so cute jut rambling about square space. he just seems like someone making a speech for the first time when he is trying to advertise. like that nervous energy

[@SeXiMoNkEy95]

"that's not how you do ads" lmfao! I love how his voice changes drastically from when Simon's doing a video to when he's just talking.

[@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis]

I've heard that liquid CO2 is now being used as a solvent for dry cleaning as well.

[@allisterjackson6916]

Very few, a few still use perc. But most have gone to a hydrocarbon solvent such as df.2000. some are even using a silicone based solvent.

[@kurtlawrence4879]

I'll admit that I did not click into this video for the ad thing, yet I learned from it hahaha, thanks bruh

[@MaxContagion]

so dry cleaning has little to do with keeping the clothes dry. never knew. one of those names that totally don't explain the actual process. guess saying "taking the clothes in for a chemical bath" just isn't catchy.

[@sweetie1027]

Even though I don't need a website, I kept watching your "pitch" anyway. Simon, you listed awesome reasons to get a squarespace. I kinda felt like a proud sister watching that!! 💗👏🏼

[@starshipfantastica]

Funny how when he starts talking about Square Space and all the tech his accent shifts slightly to more of a Californian American sound with a lighter British twang. Almost could pass for born in the USA. That is an Honest ad. Probably a lot of late nights with local friends saying, "dude what happened to my website"

[@janeramos9472]

Thanks for sharing such great information. It is really helpful to me. I always search to watch the quality content and finally I found your KZbin video. Keep it up, keep posting!

[@lesliemoiseauthor]

Thank you for solving this mystery, Today I Found Out.

[@TodayIFoundOut]

You're very welcome :-)

[@elliotmcdeville1117]

This is the best ad I have seen for a really long time.

[@aarontheblackfox]

It's 3:45 Am and I'm watching a video on how dry cleaning works... what am I doing with my life..

[@EweChewBrrr01]

You're living the dream. That's what you're doing.

[@TNTMans]

That's one hell of a title, the father of modern dry cleaning

[@whuzzzup]

I know you can see what part of a video viewers watched in your analytics. Can I skip the ad part and close the video or do the ad companies want the analytics data for your payout? If so I'd keep it running in the background.

[@christkandosii3337]

I respect how much work and quality you put into this. It is very informative and helpful.

[@amartin6255]

4.5 minute video and 4.5 minute ad to equal the total 9 min.

[@BrianWiese0]

great feedback and support about Squarespace and _alternative_ website hosts!

[@TheKlabim]

9 minut video, 3 if which are promotions. nice work

[@Huntracony]

As someone who does know something about coding, building simple sites (like those sample sites) are incredibly easy to make. Like, it's scary how easy it is. So I'd advice anyone wanting to build a site, especially people who already know any programming language, just try doing it with html and css. Javascript and php are not required until you want to do some more complex stuff.

[@radry100]

Why is it called DRY cleaning when they use WET chemicals? Also agitating it in a rotating machine can also damage the fabrics, so why is this more delicate than normal (hand) washing? So many questions but none of them answered. DISAPPOINTED.

[@MKahn84]

"Dry" means without water - it's an adjective used in other circumstances as well, such as the name of the Dry Tortugas, which are 7 small islands 70 miles west of Key West. They're little islands surrounded by the sea with frequent rain, yet tey are called "dry" because they are without any source of fresh water. The fact that no water is used, that that is the source of the name "dry," and the temperature is lower than in normal laundering was covered in the video. The gentler agitation is not obvious unless you noticed they used front-loading machines and realize that front-loaders are gentler than top-loaders.

[@peterwelsh6975]

radry100 you have to understand that the common washing methods of the old days included boiling clothes in a caustic solution, literally beating them on a reed or tin mat, twisting them to get rid of excess water and speed drying. None of these things are good for say.... silk, or lace, or any other thin/delicate material.

[@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis]

Peter Welsh by the way, those methods were necessary to remove fleas, ticks and bedbugs from garments.

[@damien4197]

Dry can also mean a town without alcohol... the point is, without context it is a misuse of the word, because no official definition means "without water" but rather "without liquid".

[@chloegilbert647]

My wedding dress said dry clean only by an experienced professional....I wasn't paying hundreds of dollars for this process so I put it in my front loader large capacity wash machine on delicate cycle low temperature and it turned out beautifully.

[@Bajeffrey]

As a laundress, you missed a step. After the cloths are dried, they are pressed by someone. How they are press depends on what type of equipment the plant has

[@AlergicToSnow]

So ‘dry’ doesn’t mean no liquid. Just no water.

[@Icosan20]

The last part about Squarespace was so fun to listen to and made you wonderful sympatic. You should do this more often

[@RealJonDoe]

Great subject, great presentation, ad was far too long.

[@kovaxim]

Nice video. Now I know everything I wanted to know. This has to be the most honest ad I've ever seen.

[@RamblinRick_]

Suggestion for future video: where the phrase, "Blow Smoke Up Your Ass" comes from. Yes, it's literal, a British medical treatment: gizmodo.com/blowing-smoke-up-your-ass-used-to-be-literal-1578620709

[@shuushirakawa]

Not gonna go to that website but thanks for the trivia.

[@JdotCarver]

That ad spot felt really sincere. You're either a great actor or a really cool pointy-headed guy. :)

[@MrTuffarts]

He seems faster than usual

[@tarunathya4296]

seemed to be Johnny Sins for a moment 😂

[@zacharylagler242]

removing buttons would take too many man hours would it not, and what if they lose a button, miss a button or you get the wrong buttons entirely?

[@acbthr3840]

Then.... that's what happens? My local dry cleaners do remove them if they need to. They have a thing that just pops off the buttons and puts them in a little container that gets set aside. Not exactly labor intensive

[@raraavis7782]

Zachary Lagler Hm, dry cleaners around here definitely don't do it. Either clothes say 'dry clean' on the label, in which case the buttons are suitable also, or you have to sign a waver, that they are not responsible for any damage.

[@digger105337]

I just wanted to compliment your videos. They all seem professionally done by a large company and I thought you were a hired professional actor.👍👏

[@leonardbrown8414]

I've always wondered this!

[@MariposaRedimida]

I really appreciated the history lesson, that was fascinating to learn. A free man invented something revolutionary, made enough money to buy his family back. Awesome victory in such a difficult time. I would watch a movie about that, freedom baby!

[@James-wv1ns]

so dry cleaning is actually not dry

[@MKahn84]

And yet it is, because it doesn't use water and that is a definition of dry. Saying it's not dry is like saying that, regardless of weight, no black object can be called "light" because it is dark-colored.

[@JamesPhillipsOfficial]

dry refers to it goes in dry and finishes dry. plus any use of water such as steam is sparse in molecules of water used so the evaporation is quick meaning it gets dry quickly. if you are expecting to clean stuff using a hair dryer then you are lacking cognitive thinking ability lol

[@jhendkap.2340]

With a mil subs (congrats btw) it is time to upgrade some acoustic treatments in your room. The sound will be improved! There are many easy and cheap options worth looking into. Much Love!

[@Taneth]

Is this why expensive shirts lose their buttons really easily? Just pull on that little loose thread that appears after a while and the whole thing unravels and the button pops off. It's done deliberately for dry cleaners?

[@ariaalexandria3324]

Buttons are usually sewn on by machine, and the method used doesn't result in any ends being tied off, which means buttons fall off. I always check my buttons when getting something new, and usually end up resewing them all.

[@jczlcheeze]

Wow this video about what dry cleaning is is so much more informative than the so called business insider one. Well done lol

[@valour8510]

So we just gonna ignore the fact that almost half of this video was an ad?

[@MisterMasterMuffinMa]

Valour He still answered the question though.

[@IronMaiden1164]

It's funny seeing Dimon talk semi candidly like he did at the end

[@jordanbachynski8054]

Holy hell a nine min video that should have been at most a 3 min video. I didn't click for the history for dry cleaning, I clicked to find out how dry cleaners clean my clothes!!!

[@RobG001]

What an amazingly varied channel, well done to Simon and (presumably) his team for all the hours of research that goes into it.

[@dwarf365]

video ends at 6:15

[@Kataa887]

Rammstein dry cleaners: willst du es nie wieder sehen..? lass es schwimmen in benzin!!

[@NotQuiteFirst]

"Turpenteen"

[@Kaalyn_HOW]

Honestly, that was such a thoroguh but silly ad slot ;) But, in all seriousness I effing love squarespace for the site I make. I look like I know what I'm doing and am complimented all the time....annnnd it's really just a SquareSpace compliment.

[@rickysmyth]

6:11 video ends. Misleading length

[@thedudeabides3294]

rickysmyth Thanks

[@yarloo]

eah, but i was sent a usb from fam in prattsville for a website, and it didn't work and was a pain in the ass. relate

[@THX-2208]

Another great video, anytime I go to the dry cleaners I always thought "How are they able to clean a suit without water?" It always seemed counterintuitive to me. Got to say I love Squarespace too and only wish it was around in the late 90s.

[@leightonelliott3140]

Drop the damn in video ads. I realize you get income from them but its annoying even when I pay for youtube red.

[@hezechiahjones8365]

Leighton Elliott They're at the end of the video and you can ignore them. Just go to a different video after they're done.

[@todddougherty8883]

It's how they support the channel and themselves. The content is great and even the ad at the end, which u don't like, is fun to watch because Simon is so honest in his presentation. You can stop watching whenever you want, especially since you are a KZbin Red user. Congrats on that, btw. I'll save my $$ and just skip the ads after 5 sec since they pay for a channel that I'm a fan of. Or go ahead and complain if that's what you like to do. Enjoy and good luck!! 🙂

[@ariaalexandria3324]

Quite often, the ads are too long. We can actually blame KZbin Red for this. When there are no ads, the creators get nothing. KZbin doesn't split that money with them. So they resort to in-video ads to make money instead.

[@lordelliott42]

6:11 That was the best Squarespace ad ever!

[@StreakyBaconMan]

C'mon, over 3 minutes of the video was an ad. That's a bit much.

[@binaryquantum]

At the end, he pitched SquareSpace so good, that despite having no interest in making a website, now I want to make my own website for no reason. 🌝

[@ViviBlue-db2br]

Stop using outdated Celsius use Kelvin

[@dobypilgrim6160]

Removing and the sewing the buttons back on...well that explains why dry cleaning is so much more expensive than laundering. Today I found that out. Thanks, lol.