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Soap makes water wetter. Kind of. It reduces the surface tension, allowing it to spread out and penetrate better. Making it clean better. So could we produce a surface tension-free water? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What about another liquid? Is there a "perfect" cleaner, something that spreads and penetrates like nothing else?

Very interested in the answer.

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[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Interesting question. It'd be really neat if you could spray your car with something and have it slide off bringing all of the dirt and dust with it. No need to rinse, even. Hopefully it won't ruin your driveway in the process.

Water and soap has one giant advantage at this point, which is volume. In most populated places water is plentiful.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

It would have to distinguish between dirt and dust and clear coat, paint, primer, and metal.