From:    DRYCLEAN USA. Inc.
         290 NE 68 Street
         Miami, FL  33138
         Michael Steiner  (305) 754-4551
         Venerando Indelicato  (813) 814-0722

                    FOR RELEASE AT 9:00AM ON JANUARY 4, 2005

DRYCLEAN USA, INC. ENTERS INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

DRYCLEAN USA'S PATENT TECHNOLOGY TO BE USED IN NEW HOME APPLIANCE

Miami, FL - January 4, 2005 - DRYCLEAN USA, Inc.  (AMEX:DCU)  today announced it
has signed an exclusive license  agreement with Whirlpool  Corporation of Benton
Harbor,  Michigan  (NYSE:WHR),  licensing  the  use  of  DRYCLEAN  USA's  patent
technology on home appliances.

The agreement calls for Whirlpool to pay a one-time  licensing fee and royalties
during  the  three  year  period   following  the   introduction   of  Whirlpool
manufactured  products using the innovative  new  technology.  After this period
Whirlpool  will  retain a  non-exclusive  license  and  DRYCLEAN  USA is free to
license its technology to other manufacturers.

The agreement represents a culmination of ongoing technical  cooperation between
DRYCLEAN USA and Whirlpool with the goal of improving at-home garment drying and
refreshing.

DRYCLEAN USA will retain the rights to market retrofit kits, designed to upgrade
existing home laundry appliances.

Venerando J. Indelicato,  Chief Financial  Officer of DRYCLEAN USA, stated that,
"this agreement  could provide the Company with  significant  financial  returns
over the life of this license  agreement and  thereafter."  He  continued,  " We
believe  our  technology,  which has already  proven  successful  in  commercial
laundry machines, should outperform other devices presently on the market."

DRYCLEAN  USA,  Inc.  through its  subsidiaries  is one of the nation's  leading
distributors of industrial laundry, dry cleaning machines and steam boilers. Its
subsidiary,  DRYCLEAN  USA License  Corp,  is one of the largest  franchise  and
license  operations in the dry cleaning industry,  currently  consisting of over
400 franchised and license stores in the United States,  the Caribbean and Latin
America.

This press release contains  certain  information that is subject to a number of
known and unknown  risks and  uncertainties  that may cause  actual  results and
trends  to  differ   materially   from  those   expressed   or  implied  by  the
forward-looking statements. Information concerning such factors are discussed in
Company reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.