Dry cleaning is any cleaning process forclothing and textiles using an organic solvent rather than water. The solventused is typically tetrachloroethylene perchloroethylene, Abbreviated perc across the field and dry, Cleaning fluid by thepublic. Dry cleaning is necessary for cleaning items which would otherwise bedamaged by water and soap or detergent. There's a chance it is used if hand washing neededfor some delicate fabrics is excessively laborious. Contents dry cleaning uses non, Water, Based solventsto remove soil and stains from clothes. The potential for using petroleum basedsolvents in this manner was discovered in the mid, 19th century by frenchdye, Works owner jean who noticed, Baptiste jolly that his tablecloth becamecleaner after his maid spilled kerosene paraffin and developed, On it aservice cleaning people s clothes in this manner, Which he termed or dry, Nettoyage sec cleaning in english. 1 early dry cleaners used petroleum, Basedsolvents, Such as gasoline and kerosene. Flammability concerns led keithanderson a dry, Of westquarter cleaner from laurieston to develop stoddardsolvent as a slightly less flammable alternative to gasoline, Based solvents. The application of highly flammable petroleum solvents caused many fires andexplosions, Resulting in government regulation of dry cleaners. After world dry cleaners, War i began usingchlorinated solvents. These solvents were much less flammable than petroleumsolvents and had improved cleaning power. By the mid, 1930s the dry cleaning