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Dollar Wise Quality Cleaners opened for business in May, 1998. Two full service plants are operated at 1150 Nairn Avenue and 115 Pembina Highway. Nineteen depots are located around Winnipeg and the surrounding area.
Dollar Wise is owned and operated by residents of Winnipeg who have made a history in the dry cleaning business. Read General Manager Shane Johnston's bio here.
On Earth Day, Dollar Wise is converting the drycleaning side of its
operations to an Aqueous solvent called DRYSOLV. The principal
component of DRYSOLV is n-Propyl Bromide. n-Propyl Bromide has been
shown to neither deplete the ozone layer nor contribute to global
warming. Its cleaning power is stronger than the solvent used today.
Less energy is required as the cleaning times are shorter and the
temperatures lower. This benefits clothing through less agitation and less
expansion and contraction of fibres.
The most common source of odour in clothing is the build-up of fatty
acids. DRYSOLVs composition and volatility allows these odours to
evaporate quickly and not remain in your clothing.
Labratory tests at the International Fabric Institute performed cleaning tests that provided results stating, "DrySolv was proven to clean better than PERC in all dry cleaning applications...research has shown DrySolv to be superior to PERC in that it cleans better and cleans faster."
DrySolv does not leave an environmental footprint. Read more about DrySolv here.
