[MtnClimber]

Will my wife read this.......no.

[Larry Lucido]

I’ll sleep much better now that that’s been solved.

[lee martell]

I have never thought about doing my laundry to this depth of detail. We haven’t even broached the touchy topic of Fabric Rinse yet!

[UCANSEE2]

SO...... if you want your clothes clean , then you need to wash them once with detergent, and then wash them again without detergent.

[HChampagne]

These “studies” cost us...how much?

[Don W]

I always double rinse my laundry. Well, not the towels or dishcloths, or throw rugs, but everything else.

[Riley]

I was hoping this was going to solve the question of the disappearing socks.

[UCANSEE2]

Of course, your clothes would come clean if you were able to use phosphates, but that has been outlawed.

Then there is the fact that the box of detergent contains only about 2% detergent. The rest is filler (ground up dog bones). That’s why you have to buy fabric softener. To get the filler out.

[Mariner]

All I know is the old school upright washers work, and the new HE front loaders do not.

And that’s all any of us need to know.

[Aliska]

I guess I'm not about to give up my detergents and bleach unless I have to, but this is as God directed the Hebrews in the Old Testament. Wash in running water and other cleanliness instructions.

[SpaceBar]

It took a team of scientists to figure this out.

[RooRoobird20]

I don’t understand the point of this article, of course you have to rinse soapy laundry with fresh water!!! What are you going to do, NOT rinse your laundry? LOL

[Craftmore]

I thought they finaly solved the missing sock mystery,,,,

[RandallFlagg]

I’d heard that Tide Pods fix this, but that rat faced David Hogg ate them all.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“micron-sized particles to diffuse out these micrometre-sized pores. “

In layman’s terms, that’s like trying to remove a 4 inch rubber ball buried deep in a 4 inch hole.

[MNDude]

I’m disappointed in this article. I thought it was going to say where all my missing socks are.

[TigersEye]

Not a problem if you beat the clothes on a rock with a rock by the stream.

[Kartographer]

Call me when they haven’t solved the REAL laundry puzzle what does the drier do with all those single socks that disappear in it?

[Slyfox]

Of course, Sheldon is not happy that someone else got credit for his discovery:

[dfwgator]

A fresh water rinse is just as important as washing in detergent for getting your clothes clean, according to physicists in the US and the UK. They claim that the rinse cycle plays a key role in removing dirt from deep within textiles, by setting up chemical and electrolyte gradients that draw it out.

Just use this, "It's Got Electrolytes! It's what clothes crave!"