Product review: Dry Cleaner's Secret Woolite Dry Clean at Home

My long light coat became permuted with the smell of smoke and I decided to try Woolite dry cleaning sheets to see if I can get rid of the smell. 

I am attaching a photo of the cloth in my hand. Each cloth is a fairly thick moist sheet that can be used to rub out any stains and then tumbled in the dryer on medium heat for further cleaning. The cloth feels slightly oily, the cleaning solution is oil-based. The heat of the dryer activates the cleaning vapor in the cleaning cloth.  This vapor penetrates clothing fibers and removes odors from smoke and perspiration. The vapors clean without shrinking, fading or stretching the fabric.  I purchased the smaller box with 6 cleaning cloths, each enclosed in a water tight package.  This works out to about $1.50 for one cleaning.

Following instructions I placed my coat and one sheet in the drying for 20 minutes on medium heat.
When I removed the coat while it was still warm per instructions. It was wrinkle free and I no longer could detect the smoke smell. It did smell a light fragrance scent from the Woolite sheets themselves.  In about 7 days that Woolite scent was almost undetectable, and the smoke scent was still undetectable.

Tips based on my experience and manufacture recommendations:

1. TIME: The recommendation is treat the garment for 20 minutes. To achieve best results the garment should be soft and warm to the touch upon removal from the dryer. If the garment is hot and overly dry when your next load reduce the time by five minutes as your dryer maybe running hotter than average. On the other hand, if after 20 minutes the cleaning cloth is still damp increase the tumbling time by 5 minutes.

2. STAINS: Cleaning solution is oil-based and works based in cleaning oil-based stains such as makeup, lipstick, mayonnaise and salad dressing. Test a small spot of your garment for colorfastness before spot cleaning. Woolite cleaning sheets may not work on set-in or difficult-to-clean stains, such as cuff soil. For those you will need a professional dry cleaner.

If spot cleaning left a ring on your clothing there are two ways to remove it.  The first option is to tumble the garment on high heat for 20 minutes.  The second option is to use an iron to steam it out. To remove the ring with an iron you need to place the garment inside out on your ironing board. The spot should be facing down on a clean, light colored towel. Then you should lightly moisten area and set the iron temperature setting appropriate to the fabric. Iron the dampened spot with moist heat until dry. Rotate towel under the garment and repeat the process until the ring is gone.

3. TEMPERATURE: Recommended setting is Medium or Perma Press. If the drying does not have those setting, High heat can be used but the tumbling time should be reduced. Cleaning cloth do not work on "air fluff" setting as it does not reach the temperature high enough to generate the vapors.

4. VOLUME: Do not overfill your dryer; items must tumble freely.


The local store where I purchased the Woolite had only one choice, but I noticed that Amazon carries scent free Woolite sheets as well. I was pleased with how Woolite cleaning sheets worked but next time I will get the scent free option.


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You can find "Woolite Dry Cleaner's Secret Fragrance Free Woolite Dry Cleaner's Secret" on Amazon via this link



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