Wash Balls – The New Eco Way To Wash Your Clothes

Did you hear about the wash balls? If not, first let me explain what they are. Wash balls are plastic balls that you put inside your washing machine together with your dirty clothes. By using them you almost do not need to use any washing detergent. So you save some money and save the environment. Do they work? The opinions are divided, lets take a look.

I have been using wash balls for a few months now. I think that they do work since I haven’t noticed any big difference in how clean my clothes are now in comparison to before I was using them. But I must confess that I always add some washing detergent because I like the smell that it leaves on freshly washed clothes.

So what is the basic principle behind wash balls?

Every wash ball is actually hollow and filled with ceramic pellets. These pellets must first be charged. You achieve that by placing them on your window or someplace similar so the sun can shine on them. Sun or UV rays to be more exact are supposed to give them special energy that later influences the water. You are supposed to do this about once every month.

These pellets inside the ball emit infra red rays that break water molecule’s hydrogen combination into smaller water cluster and activate the small water cluster. This increases the molecular motion of the water, water easily penetrates the fibers and the washing power of the water itself is increased.

Washing balls will also soften the fibers in you clothes while they are washing. By producing negative ions – anions they make the fibers softer and dirt can come out faster and easier.

Wash balls also reacts with the chlorine in the water and eliminates it. If you do not know – chlorine is the reason for your clothes getting pale and hard sooner. So by removing chlorine from the water wash balls will save your clothes and make water softer. Softer water has less surface tension and softer water is better for any kind of washing.

Washing detergent also produce a certain level of pH in the water to better dissolve oils and dirt from your clothes. Wash balls can do the same (though producers do not tell us how).

These were the basic principles of how wash balls work and how do they replace washing detergents. Since I am not that good at physics I can not tell you if this is theoretically and practically possible. But as I said I am using washing balls for some time now and they seem to work. You can also find quite a few comments from people that say they are just a fraud. I think it is best to decide for your self.

Jenny has put up a site where you can find out more about the wash balls and even post or read reviews from people that are using these so called washing balls.