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Ever wondered what happens after you have place your clothes within the wash? All of us spend some time selecting the right laundry soap whether for fragrance or eco-friendliness - heck, some of us even make our own! But how does laundry detergent get the clothes clean?
There are so many various kinds of dirty that it's difficult to imagine one sort of product can treat all of them. Be it the kids playing outside getting mud and dirt caked into their clothes, your gym clothes soaking in sweat from an intense workout or simply a shirt that you make the wash after a day of living in the planet - clothes get dirty in a wide variety of ways and also to many varying degrees.
Continue reading for more information about your detergent and learn exactly what's happening whenever you close the lid on your washing machine.
Laundry soap Reduces the Surface Tension water
This is a bit of an unusual one - did you know that without laundry soap, water neglects to completely penetrate the material of the clothes? Laundry detergent lowers the top tension water, allowing it to penetrate fabric completely and lift stains. It helps all the oils and dirt dissolve in water - the first step to getting your clothes clean.
Laundry soap Additives
Enzymes in your detergent help to break up built up protein-based stains which are tricky to get out. Light bleach additives also break up these build ups and your laundry soap bonds with dirt and pulls it from your fabrics as the machine spins. Too much bleach can harm your fabric, but small amounts will help whiten clothing without causing spotting and discolouration.
Electric Charge
Anionic surfactants inside your detergent affix to both the dirt on your fabrics and the fabrics themselves to create a repellent, electrical charge. As you might remember from senior high school science classes, two same charges cannot attract, so instead the dirt is 'forced' away from your washing. These anionic surfactants also prevent dirt and soil from finding their way back to your fabrics following the washer has finished its cycle.
That's it! There are a few different factors to the way your laundry soap gets soils, dirt and make ups from your clothes. From simple enzymes that break up grime to electric charges that repel built up dirt, it really is nifty the way your clothes get clean.
