# Dryel vs. regular dry cleaning

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dryel-vs-regular-dry-cleaning/7932>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 1, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dryel-vs-regular-dry-cleaning/7932 "2000-03-01T19:18:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dryel-vs-regular-dry-cleaning/7932/1 "2000-03-01T19:18:00Z")

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I’ve used both. I like the Dryel cause it’s definately cheaper than taking all your stuff to the cleaners but here’s my question: does it do anything other than make them smell clean?

Does a regular dry cleaner do anything other than make them smell clean (other than the obvious pre-spotting and pressing)?

Enlighten me!

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**Author:** ![J\_Blues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c89c15/32.png) [@J\_Blues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Blues)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dryel-vs-regular-dry-cleaning/7932/2 "2000-03-01T19:24:00Z")

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I’m not a dry cleaner and i have never used Dryel, but I do work in the household cleaning dept. of a Zellers here in Kitchener (you may remember me from such question topics as : anti-bacterial soap)and I can tell you that this Dryel thing is pretty big right now, people are buying it for whatever reasons so i have to assume it works well. I have nothing to back that opinion, just big sales is all. From what i understand though, Dryel is essentially the same process that dry cleaners use, i could be wrong but I do believe it’s basically the same thing.

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