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Originally Posted by Michael G.
I read not so long-ago that laundry detergent does very little in getting cloths clean.
It's the agitator action that's important that cleans the cloths.
Same as pounding cloths on rocks in the rivers.
Detergent just makes cloths smell better.
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Whoever wrote that article has never taken Chemistry and did not do any research for that article. I recommend a great book called Chemistry in the Marketplace. It will explain all sorts of good stuff about the household products we use.
In a nutshell, dirt is hydrophobic and detergent aids in getting the dirt into solution and thus out of the clothes.