Do you need special detergent to wash underwear, white shoes, wool sweaters...? (Worthy of collection)

Are the days when a bar of soap could do everything from washing clothes, shampooing hair, and taking a bath gone forever?

Since I discovered "Silver Jewelry Cleaner", I began to explore how many other special cleaners there are in the world. The answer is: much more than I thought - there are special cleaners for various colors and fabrics of clothes, lenses, silver jewelry, toilets, screens... and so on.

If I buy all of them, I'm afraid I'll have to buy another large cabinet to store them all. Are they all useful? Is there anything that can replace them?

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丨Clothing bleach

Not all dirty clothes can be cleaned with a bottle of laundry detergent. For example, if coffee drips on a white T-shirt in the morning, and you scrub it hard at home in the evening, it is likely to leave light brown marks. At this time, how about some clothing bleach?

What works?

The most important component of bleach is chlorine, which oxidizes the unsaturated bonds in the pigment, destroys the conjugated structure of the pigment, and achieves the purpose of bleaching.

Remember this!

Chlorine bleach cannot be used together with acidic substances such as toilet cleaners, otherwise toxic chlorine gas will be generated!

Alternatives

84 disinfectant is a more concentrated chlorine-containing detergent. After diluting it, it can also be used to bleach cotton, linen, and chemical fiber clothing.

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丨Clothing color bleaching agent

The bleach mentioned above is basically only suitable for white and light-colored clothes. But colored clothes also have the trouble of being invaded by stubborn stains, which cannot be treated with bleach! Once bleached, the original color will be bleached away!

Color bleach, to put it simply, is a bleaching agent specifically used for colored clothes.

What works?

Mainly peroxide. Its oxidizing property is not as strong as bleach, and it is less likely to damage the color of the fabric itself.

Remember this!

Do not use peroxide-containing bleach together with chlorine-containing bleach, otherwise the two will react - the effective ingredients will be reduced and the cleaning effect will be worse.

In addition, color bleaching agents should not be used on clothes that are easy to fade. It has a certain ability to fade, and if you wash clothes with weak dyeing, the clothes will fade along with it.

丨Special cleaning agent for underwear

Underwear is different from outerwear and pants. The former supports sweat, sebum and other secretions from the human body. For women of childbearing age, underwear may also support blood.

So strictly speaking, the types of stains on underwear are different from those on outerwear, and the existence of special detergents makes sense.

What works?

Surfactants, used to remove dirt.

In addition, many underwear cleaning agents contain active proteases and bactericides. The former can effectively remove sweat and blood stains containing protein, and the latter, as for us, we always hope that the clothes that come into direct contact with the skin and even mucous membranes are as clean as possible, right?

A few tips

Apply the detergent to the stain and wash it after a while for better results.

丨White shoes cleaner

Shoes get dirty too easily, and white shoes will become unrecognizable in less than a day. There are many online sellers of white shoe cleaners, which hit the pain points of users, but are they really necessary?

What works?

Detergent surfactants, and oxidizing peroxides.

Alternatives

From the effective ingredients, we can find that: color bleaching agent can be used instead! And no matter whether it is a white shoe or not, as long as it is a common cloth shoe, cotton shoe, etc., no matter what color, there is no problem.

Forget about chlorine bleach. Although it can make the shoes whiter, it will damage the leather and rubber soles of the shoes, so it is not worth it.

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丨Silk and wool clothing detergent

Precious silk clothes are very delicate and easily get pulled apart and lose their shape; wool clothes are also difficult to take care of as they are very prone to shrinkage.

For these animal-derived fabrics, try an animal fiber-friendly detergent!

What works?

It contains a variety of surfactants. Its pH value is neutral, which is more friendly and gentle to animal fibers than weakly alkaline ordinary laundry detergent.

Maybe you can also use it to wash the sheep. Thanks Nature Cafe

Remember this!

The water temperature should be controlled at 30℃ or below! Although raising the water temperature can improve the cleaning ability of detergents, silk and wool are easily affected by temperature. Too high water temperature may cause fading, material degeneration or fabric shrinkage, which is very sad.

丨Leather Cleaner

In addition to silk and wool, there is another type of fabric that comes from animals, which is leather. An old leather jacket that has not been washed for 20 years has a youthful feeling, but it must also have a strong odor. It is better to wash it with leather cleaner!

What works?

Surfactants, oils and waxes used for cleaning can reduce the risk of leather drying and cracking, while also making the leather shiny.

Remember this!

Although frosted leather and suede are also made of animal fur, they are particularly easy to absorb water. It is best not to use detergent and water to wash them, otherwise it is easy to leave water stains. For clothes made of these materials, it is more important to brush them daily to prevent them from getting dirty.

Alternatives

If you want to use ordinary detergent instead, be sure to use a neutral one, because alkaline substances will cause certain damage to the leather.

A weathered leather sofa | furnitureclinic.co.uk

丨Silverware Cleaner

When you first bought the silver necklace and silver bracelet, they were shiny and bright, but after a few months, they turned brown and had some pits and bumps. This is the reaction of silver jewelry after oxidation and discoloration. Let's restore it!

What works?

Thiourea and inorganic acid can reduce the oxidation products to gold and silver elements.

Cationic film-forming agents "plate" a protective film on the surface of the newly generated element, playing a protective role.

A silver cleaning solution containing thiourea and hydrochloric acid, but the Chinese label attached to it seems to be a lie. Photo provided by the author

Remember this!

Do not use it on porous gemstones such as pearls, opals, corals, cameos (cameos made from shell corals, etc.) unless you want to completely ruin them.

This cleaning liquid is somewhat corrosive, so be careful when using it;

I used a cotton swab dipped in silver cleaning water to wipe the left part. This is what it looks like after waiting for a few minutes. Photo provided by the author

Alternatives

Have you ever tried using toothpaste and a toothbrush? It can remove the oxidation layer on the outside of the jewelry and make it shiny again. So if you don't mind brushing off a little money, you can give it a try.

丨Optical Equipment Cleaner

Glasses, camera lenses, telescopes, microscopes, etc., these lenses are very annoying when they are dirty, affecting your vision! Wiping them directly with your hands will leave grease marks, and wiping them with clothes and paper towels will wear out the expensive lenses in the long run. Don't lose the big picture for the small, it's best to prepare some special cleaning agents.

What works?

Isopropyl alcohol, ethanol and other alcohol substances. They can dissolve grease stains and have the function of disinfection and sterilization.

Remember this!

Blow away the dust on the surface of the lens before use. Although the dust is small, it will still leave scratches when pressed against the lens.

The small brush for cleaning lenses and sweeping dust that comes with a SLR camera | Photo courtesy of the author

If the cleaner is in a bottle, you need to spray it on the cleaning cloth before wiping to prevent the liquid from entering the interior through the gaps in the optical device.

Don't allow the cleaner to come into contact with leather. Alcohol may damage the coating on the surface of the leather or directly damage the chemical structure of the leather.

Alternatives

Lens cleaning paper is a special type of paper with long fibers. It is softer than ordinary paper towels and will not drop lint, making the lens dirtier the more you wipe it.

A lens cleaning paper丨tiffen.com

丨Screen cleaner

One of the main purposes of mobile phones and tablets is to be poked. If they are poked too much, they will naturally leave many greasy fingerprints. The same is true for computers. If you often watch TV shows and eat at the same time, there will inevitably be oil drops on the screen.

Sounds like the above-mentioned optical cleaning agent is all you need? Not necessarily.

What works?

Isopropyl alcohol/ethanol type.

Remember this!

Basically similar to optical equipment cleaner.

However! The special functional coatings on the surface of some electronic devices may be damaged by alcohol substances. Therefore, when using such cleaning agents, it is best to check the maintenance recommendations given by the electronic product manufacturer first.

Alternatives

Nano silver cleaners do not contain alcohols such as ethanol, so they can be used on screens where alcohol cleaners are prohibited. The antibacterial properties of silver give the cleaners sterilization and deodorization functions.

Nano silver cleaning kit, the ear cleaning ball on the second left can be used to blow away dust on the screen surface丨Happy sodium baby

丨Toilet cleaner (bottle, liquid)

Although the toilet is flushed every time after use, some scale, mold, and even urine scale are inevitable in the toilet... Toilet cleaners represented by Mr. XX are specifically designed to deal with them.

What works?

First of all, there must be surfactants for removing dirt, and secondly, there are inorganic acids for dealing with scale and urine scale. When used with a brush, the effect is particularly good.

Remember this!

It cannot be used at the same time as chlorine-containing products such as bleach, otherwise toxic chlorine gas will be released.

It cannot be used on metal surfaces and unglazed ceramics, otherwise the inorganic acid will release corrosion.

丨Toilet cleaning block

If you don’t want to use toilet cleaner to clean the toilet every day, it’s quite convenient to put a toilet cleaning block in the toilet tank: when you flush the toilet, the water dissolved in the cleaner will come out by itself.

What works?

It's a surfactant.

Unlike toilet cleaners, water containing surfactants can not only flush away some stains, but also leave some surfactants on the surface of the toilet after flushing, which can reduce the accumulation of dirt on the toilet wall.

However, without the support of inorganic acids and brushes, the cleaning ability of toilet cleaning blocks is poorer, which everyone must have experienced firsthand.

There was a pool of blue water in the toilet, which looked quite clean, but some manufacturers launched a scary red toilet cleaning block丨Li Xiaokui

Note

Do not pour the toilet cleaner mentioned above into the toilet tank as a toilet cleaning block! The inorganic acid in the toilet cleaner is very strong and will damage the pumping parts in the water tank.

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Finally, when I checked the ingredients of various detergent products on their official websites, I found that many brands have detailed washing guides on their official websites.

References

[1]https://patents.google.com/patent/US3468804A/en

[2]https://www.kao.com/jp/qa/detail/15805/

[3]https://www.kao.com/jp/products/mypet/inc-common/fabric/4901301036186/

Author: The miserable thallium baby

Editor: Li Xiaokui

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