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Dry cleaning
It uses solvent to remove soils and stains from fabric in specially designed machines. It is called dry cleaning because the solvent contains little or no water and does not penetrate the fibres as water does. Among the advantages of dry cleaning is its ability to dissolve greases and oils in a way that water cannot.
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