Before dry cleaning, clothing was washed by dressing up a phalanx of backyard laundry scarecrows just before thunderstorms. Today's deal lets you do away with sopping strawmen and clean your clothes the new-fashioned way—with science. For $20, you get $40 worth of eco-friendly dry cleaning at Aqua Cleaners, located in Los Altos. Schedule online to arrange a complimentary pickup and delivery of your dry-cleaning items within Aqua's service area (including Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Menlo Park, Atherton and Woodside). Your Groupon can be used over multiple visits.

Pledging effective, gentle, and environmentally friendly dry-cleaning technologies, Aqua Cleaners tenderly galvanizes garb to arrive soft to the touch and brilliant to ogling onlookers. Entrust your soiled apparel—from polo shirts ($7.47) and pashminas ($9.97) to shirts ($6.97) and ski jackets ($15.97)—to the personable dirt detesters, who treat clothing with a combination of clean and safe liquid carbon dioxide. The liquid's low surface tension and viscosity render it resilient against malignant stains, penetrating and tidying with a cool temperature that is easy on delicate clothing. This mild yet efficient process does not emit harmful gases nor does it employ toxic solvents, which can transform otherwise placid Oxford shirts into mutant polka-dot straightjackets.

Aqua Cleaners' clean, welcoming storefront is set conveniently in Silicon Valley and fully staffed with compassionate garment guardians that care about the environment as much as they care for your attire. Their complimentary pickup team patrols the streets daily, picking up stray cummerbunds and orphaned bowties according to owners' specific instructions.

New customers only.

Reviews

Eight Yelpers give Aqua Cleaners an average of four stars.

• My dry-clean-only clothes are now clean, don't smell like chemicals, and it didn't burn a hole in my pocket or add much to the one in the ozone layer. Good job. – Jennifer B.
• I have been a customer since they opened up and they have never disappointed. I like the fact that they "register" the items you drop off by the label just in case. This sets me at ease. – Diane B.
• They are friendly, don't have staff turnover, they know their business and the owners are hands-on. I am a very satisfied customer! – Susan K.