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Microfibre Cloth - Heavyweight (Green) Pack of 10 |
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IF ORDERED ALONE THESE CLOTHS WILL BE SENT BY PACKET POST
Suppose you want to clean a large, dirty wall as quickly and thoroughly as you can. You could use a toothbrush, but it would take you forever. So probably you'd opt to use the biggest brush with the most bristles you can find. Now scale the problem down. If you want to clean a worktop or floor really well, what's the best thing to use? You can't use a gigantic brush or even a huge cloth, but you can achieve the same effect by using a cloth that packs more punch into the same cleaning area. An ordinary cleaning cloth has fibers made of cotton or a synthetic material such as nylon. You've seen pieces of cotton so you know exactly how big the fibres are. But a microfibre cloth has far more fibers and they're much smaller. If "many hands make light work", so do many fingers—or many micro-fibres.
Microfibres can get a better grip of tiny dirt particles that bigger fibres wander nonchalantly past. There are natural adhesive forces (forces of attraction) between tiny fibres and tiny particles of dirt called van der Waals forces. (Van der Waals forces are the things that stick geckos to ceilings using tiny hairs in their feet.) The van der Waals force between each microfibre and each dirt spec is pretty tiny, but when there are lots of fibres the effect is multiplied enormously.
Dust, dirt, and bacteria naturally cling to the microfibres and stay there. That's why you have to clean microfibre cloths very thoroughly every few times you use them. (Always follow the manufacturer's instructions for cleaning your cloths. Generally, the best method is to boil cloths in water for a couple of minutes. Don't use detergents or fabric softeners which will clog up the fibres and reduce their effectiveness.)
Suppose you want to clean a large, dirty wall as quickly and thoroughly as you can. You could use a toothbrush, but it would take you forever. So probably you'd opt to use the biggest brush with the most bristles you can find. Now scale the problem down. If you want to clean a worktop or floor really well, what's the best thing to use? You can't use a gigantic brush or even a huge cloth, but you can achieve the same effect by using a cloth that packs more punch into the same cleaning area. An ordinary cleaning cloth has fibers made of cotton or a synthetic material such as nylon. You've seen pieces of cotton so you know exactly how big the fibres are. But a microfibre cloth has far more fibers and they're much smaller. If "many hands make light work", so do many fingers—or many micro-fibres.
Microfibres can get a better grip of tiny dirt particles that bigger fibres wander nonchalantly past. There are natural adhesive forces (forces of attraction) between tiny fibres and tiny particles of dirt called van der Waals forces. (Van der Waals forces are the things that stick geckos to ceilings using tiny hairs in their feet.) The van der Waals force between each microfibre and each dirt spec is pretty tiny, but when there are lots of fibres the effect is multiplied enormously.
Dust, dirt, and bacteria naturally cling to the microfibres and stay there. That's why you have to clean microfibre cloths very thoroughly every few times you use them. (Always follow the manufacturer's instructions for cleaning your cloths. Generally, the best method is to boil cloths in water for a couple of minutes. Don't use detergents or fabric softeners which will clog up the fibres and reduce their effectiveness.)
| Pack Size: | 10 Cloths |
| Weight (kg): | 0.55 |
| Model Number: | 992643 |