invention is directed to a dry cleaning process comprising the use of volatile cyclic linear or branched siloxanes in the vapor phase for the cleaning of soiled or stained fabrics the linear or branched siloxanes have the formula m 2 y 2z d x t y q z wherein m is r 1 3 sio 1 2 d is r 2 r 3 sio 2 2 t is r 4 sio 3 2 and q is sio 4 2 r 1 r 2 r 3 and r 4 are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon radical having from one to forty carbon atoms and x and y are each integers wherein 0 u2266 x u2266 10 and 0 u2266 y u2266 10 and 0 u2266 z u2266 10 while the cyclic siloxanes have the formula wherein r 5 r 6 r 7 and r 8 are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group having from one to forty carbon atoms and a and b are each integers wherein 0 u2266 a u2266 10 and 0 u2266 b u2266 10 provided that 3 u2266 u2266 10 application_number US 81366601 A description the compounds useful in the practice of the present invention may be linear branched or cyclic volatile siloxane compounds in general those siloxanes that are volatile and suitable for.