Established in 1927, DLI’s School of Drycleaning Technology shares drycleaning and laundry best practices with cleaners from all around the world several times each year in Laurel, Maryland.
Introduction to Drycleaning: March 6-10
The five-day Introduction Course is geared toward individuals new to the industry or who have less than one year of experience. Course covers:
- Sorting loads for dry cleaning
- Cleaning silk, satin and other fabrics
- Operating a dry cleaning machine
- Removing coffee, ink, grease and other stains from clothing
- Pressing pants, coats, skirts
- Using tensioning equipment to improve finishing quality.
Advanced Drycleaning: March 13 – 24
This ten-day Course is for individuals who have completed the Introduction Course or have hands-on production experience and knowledge of basic stain removal and finishing techniques. The advanced course covers:
- Identifying cotton, silk, polyester and other fabrics
- Using bleaches without damaging the fabric color
- Pressing blouses, dresses, ties, pleated garments, silks, velvets, corduroy
- Wetcleaning wool, silk, and more
- Maintaining and changing filters
- Troubleshooting problems with the dry cleaning machine
- Using tensioning equipment to improve finishing quality
- Understand the difference between solvents.
