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Old 12-17-2023, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by DeborahK View Post
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.
When I was a kid, I was hydrophobic.
Now I am really old, think I am having another outbreak of it!