Abstract: Process for cleaning clothes at home with the aid of solvent, byA. treating the article of clothing with a cleaning agent comprising at least one organic solvent, and thenB. laying the article of clothing flat on an absorbent sheet, andC. laying the article of clothing+absorbent sheet flat on the interior circular surface of the drum of a washing machine in order to spin it.Operation A can be carried out in two successive stages using a stain-removing agent and a rinsing agent.

Abstract: A composition capable of rendering the surface of a substrate such as a wooden parquet floor shiny, without prior stripping and without subsequent polishing, by simply applying and drying the same on such surface, and which composition is a true, anhydrous solution, comprising at least six and preferably seven constituents which consist, in critical proportions, of a solid, film-forming macromolecular compound, a hard resin, a liquid plasticizer, a solid plasticizer and a solvent mixture consisting of at least one lower alkanol and a liquid co-solvent, as well as, as an optional seventh component, of a silicone oil, all of which constituents must fulfill certain physical and/or physico-chemical requirements in order to obtain a fully satisfactory anhydrous floor care agent.