National Clothesline

DLI School graduates complete 386th courses

Fifteen students graduated from the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute’s School of Drycleaning Technology’s Introduction to Drycleaning course, which took place from Oct. 7–11, and 17 graduated its Advanced Drycleaning course, Oct. 14–25.

In these courses, students learned about: sorting loads for drycleaning; the science of drycleaning; fibers and their characteristics; fabric construction; cleaning silk, stain, and other fabrics; soil and cleaning theory; operating a drycleaning machine; stain removal chemistry and procedures; removing coffee, ink, grease, and other stains from clothing; pressing pants, coats, blouses, ties, pleated garments, and skirts; using tensioning equipment to improve finishing quality; using bleaches without damaging fabric color; distillation procedures; understanding the differences between solvent types; wetcleaning wool, silk, and more; and designing a drycleaning plant with the most effective workflow.

Graduates of the Introductory Course included:

Front Row (left to right): Jhana Richardson, Crown Cleaners, West Des Moines, IA; Sofia Garcia, Keller Cleaners, Monterrey, Mexico; Hui “Becky” Cao, Wesselmann Cleaners, Buffalo, NY; Yesenia Ruiz, Floras & Johnson Cleaners, Douglas, AZ; Doris Mangrobang, Halekulani Hotel, Honolulu, HI.

Middle Row (l-r): Brian Johnson, DLI Director of Education & Analysis; Jacobo Brenes Cerrato, Nettoyeur Victoria Village, Westmount, Quebec, Canada; Carlos Rosemond, Huntington Cleaners, Huntington Woods, MI; Michael Lausen, Lapels of Houma, Houma, LA; Adriana Lopez, 3rd Generation Cleaners, Chico, CA.

Back Row (l-r): Matt Nemec, St. Croix Cleaners, Stillwater, MN; Hiten Nihalani, Rockville, MD; Geovanni Dountsop Tchinda, Reliable Transporters, LLC, Silver Spring, MD; Washington Youson, 7 to 7 Cleaners, Harper Woods, MI; Victor Targett, Targetts, Inc., Keene, NH; Dylan Chin, Helena's Cleaners, Normandy Park, WA.