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How to Clean Greasy Hands

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

You’ve just been working on your car or in the garage and your hands a greasy and oily. In these …

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Categories Chemistry at Home, Cleaning, Garage, Laundry

Warm is the new hot

Sunday, January 29, 2017

It used to be when you were using the HOT cycle on your washing machine it would just pump hot …

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Categories Chemistry at Home, Clothes, Laundry2 Comments

A Handy Prewash

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Prewashes aren’t what they used to be. The old Preen aerosol was based on 1,1,1-trichloroethane, the solvent used in dry …

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Laundry Prewashes #5

Monday, June 17, 2013

The final approach to laundry prewashes is that of the degreaser. This shouldn’t surprise us, as this is exactly how …

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Categories Chemistry at Home, Clothes, Laundry5 Comments

Laundry Prewashes #4

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Another approach to laundry prewashes is oxidation. This is an approach where fragile, intensely coloured dye molecules such as those …

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Categories Chemistry at Home, Laundry, Stain Removal

Laundry Prewashes #3

Monday, June 10, 2013

The second type of laundry prewashes are the enzyme based products. Enzymes are specialist molecules with names like lipase, protease, …

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Categories Chemistry at Home, Clothes, Laundry, Stain Removal2 Comments

Laundry Prewashes #2

Sunday, June 9, 2013

As it happens, there are four different types of prewashes on the market. Well, three actually if you read what’s …

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Categories Chemistry at Home, Clothes, Laundry, Stain Removal2 Comments

Laundry Prewashes #1

Thursday, June 6, 2013

the concept of the laundry prewashed was introduced to us about 30 years ago by Preen. Available in an aerosol …

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Categories Chemistry at Home, Clothes, Laundry, Stain Removal

How to get Grass Stains Out

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Grass is soluble in acetone, so this is the way that it is removed.  Pour some acetone into a glass …

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Categories Chemistry at Home, Clothes, Laundry, Stain Removal
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