Swallowing his anger, Teddy asked her just to take a look and tell him if she'd be interested in the event of his having the clothes cleaned.

Today's washing machines automate just about anything you need to do to your laundry, but how do they actually get clothes clean?

How do washing machines get clothes clean?

So how exactly do laundry detergents get your clothes clean?

I would have to get my clothes cleaned, if I was to go on.

"Everybody has to get their clothes cleaned," he said, gesturing around the facility.

Every year he had her clothes dry cleaned.

It has grown harder to find places to get shoes fixed or clothes cleaned, to get any of the services that are part of mundane living.

Sheets had to be washed, clothes cleaned, fire grates emptied, vermin eradicated, everyday soot and dust removed.

Does this give you a clue as to why we use detergent to get clothes clean?