# Where do you put your dirty dry cleaning? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714 "2011-12-01T16:24:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/1 "2011-12-01T16:24:37Z")
Do you mix it in with the general population of your dirty laundry only to fish it out later? Separate hamper? Hung on special hangers? Drapped over furniture, much like I do? ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/2 "2011-12-01T16:45:36Z")
I used a laundry bag just for dry cleaning. I’d just toss it in the back of the closet til I needed to take it in. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/3 "2011-12-01T17:02:11Z")
The only “dry cleaning” I’ve ever owned I have thrown in the wash with other stuff. If it doesn’t survive, I take it as a sign. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/4 "2011-12-01T17:18:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > The only “dry cleaning” I’ve ever owned I have thrown in the wash with other stuff. If it doesn’t survive, I take it as a sign. I put in enough effort to find some really great shirts that that’s not an option for me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/5 "2011-12-01T17:20:19Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Separate hamper? In theory > [@](#): > > Draped over furniture In reality. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/6 "2011-12-01T17:21:50Z")
I have a separate hamper for dry cleaning. Also, my husband has uniforms that get laundered by his company. He has another hamper for those. Plus my triple hamper on wheels, so colors get separated as they are tossed in. I’m nothing if not efficient. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/7 "2011-12-01T17:29:04Z")
We have so little that when an item needs to be dry cleaned, we put it by the front door so we can take it in right away. This happens maybe twice a year. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/8 "2011-12-01T17:42:49Z")
When I was working I had a fair bit of dry cleaning. We put it in a bag in the front hall. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/9 "2011-12-01T17:51:14Z")
Special bag provided by my cleaner. I leave it outside on my porch twice per week, and my clothes are returned within a few days. They bill my credit card directly. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/10 "2011-12-01T17:54:09Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > The only “dry cleaning” I’ve ever owned I have thrown in the wash with other stuff. If it doesn’t survive, I take it as a sign. You and me both. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/11 "2011-12-01T17:56:53Z")
I thought that’s what exercise bikes and treadmills were for. My lifestyle now only requires that I visit dry cleaners about once a quarter. If I’m going to take something to the cleaner’s I’ll hang it on a hook in my bedroom. When I had to look a little more posh I kept a separate laundry bag next to the hamper. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/12 "2011-12-01T18:00:58Z")
I have a couple of ruanas that need to be dry cleaned. Otherwise, if something needs to be dry cleaned, it doesn’t get purchased. It’s one of my requirements…I don’t buy dishes or pots and pans that need to be hand washed, either. One of the ruanas was a gift, and considering that it’s lasted about 30 years so far, I’d say that dry cleaning it once a year, or as needed, is a good investment. But I wouldn’t want to dry clean something that needs to be cleaned after every wearing. I mean, if I was pulling down a great salary, maybe it would be worth it. But I generally don’t buy stuff that even needs to be washed on the delicate cycle. Anyway, I have four cats. Garments need to be able to withstand some pretty vigorous loving from them. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/13 "2011-12-01T18:04:37Z")
I use this [tote bag](http://www.capspirit.com/Angelstore/images/RaphaelAngelToteBag.jpg). Someone gave it to me as a gift, and since I didn’t really feel like carrying it around, it became the dry cleaning bag. The dry cleaner is a block away, so I carry the bag over there as needed. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/14 "2011-12-01T18:11:07Z")
At the dry cleaner’s, of course! Eh, I drop off and pick up at the cleaners every week to ten days. Mostly hubby’s uniforms, and he hangs the dirties on a hook in our bathroom until I take them in. The cleaners are next to the nearest grocery store, and on the route to both kids’ schools, so it’s usually “Thursday means pick up daughter from choir practice, stop at the cleaners, and get some milk.” That’s my mnemonic. Weeks when the girl doesn’t have practice, the cleaning either stays an extra week, or I make a last-minute mad dash before they close. Or Tony gets one more wear out of a shirt and blames wrinkles and stains on the dog. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/15 "2011-12-01T18:13:30Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > I use this [tote bag](http://www.capspirit.com/Angelstore/images/RaphaelAngelToteBag.jpg). That’s a good idea. I have a couple of bags kind of like that, and I don’t use them for anything. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/16 "2011-12-01T18:22:47Z")
I have an old hotel laundry bag that I stuff it into until I get around to going to the dry cleaner’s shop. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-your-dirty-dry-cleaning/604714/17 "2011-12-01T21:49:06Z")
Laundry bag. While I go to the cleaners about every week or two, it’s rarely for dry cleaning. I wear dress shirts to work, and having the cleaners launder them means I don’t own an iron. 🆒 Yes, I _am_ a bachelor, why do you ask? 😉