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By Zoya Passalacqua

Real Estate Agent with ReMax Services

February 13, 2008 12:06 AM

When Exposed to Sunlight, These Clothes Clean Themselves

Posted Feb 12th 2008 4:22PM by Will Safer
Filed under: Green Tech

Could this mean the end of laundry day? Textile scientists in Australia and Hong Kong have developed a special coating for fabricsmade of titanium dioxide nanoparticles that actually cause the fabric to self-clean when exposed to sunlight.

Besides the obvious benefit of less time spent doing laundry, the new fabric could also mean less water used to wash clothes and less detergent being washed down drains -- both of which are good for the environment.

~~ When I read this article my mouth dropped....I sat back and my mind began to go in circles as if I just took a sip of Red Bull on what I could do first with that extra time. Could you imagine? It would be a miracle not to mention "global warming" but seems like that's nothing that would happen anytime soon. But the idea did entertain me.... ~~~

Zoya

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Renée Donohue~Home Photography

Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI

Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

My son had to wear cloth diapers because he was allergic to disposable diapers. He is also allergic to chemicals. I did research way back when and found when you did plain washings and hung laundry out to dry, the sun already baked away bacteria and viruses and naturally bleached clothing to boot!

More chemicals in clothing scares me!

Feb 13, 2008 12:09 AM

Nannette Turner

eXp Realty LLC - Lynchburg, VA

Online Marketing Home Ownership Advocate Specialis

I have worked with someone that had a green solution to this check out Pure Living Solutions.

Feb 13, 2008 12:18 AM

Zoya Passalacqua

ReMax Services - Boca Raton, FL

Hi Andrew....I like you idea better(food that cooks itself) love it! :)

Feb 13, 2008 12:54 AM

Highland Beach Condos David Serle

RE/MAX Services - Highland Beach, FL

Boca Raton Agent David Serle

Zoya, I am not so sure about the whole more chemicals in clothes thing. It is kind of like the whole self cleaning oven, and we know how much that smells and probably is not great inhaling those fumes in. I would probably have to do more research on it, but I really like the whole food that cooks itself. Now that is technology. lol

Feb 13, 2008 01:15 PM

Anonymous

Loreen Mall

Respectfully just as information, whether we realize it or not, most of us are exposed to it on a daily basis anyhow.

Titanium dioxide (aka TiO2) is in just about every paint you use (nail polish, car exteriors, walls, etc.)

It is what makes makeup UV-resistant such as foundation and powder (and is also in sunscreen - the higher the SPF content, typically, the higher the TiO2).

It is also in most non-clear plastics (PVC pipes that drinking water goes through, plastic tupperware, even the very thin grocery bags you get at the store).

If you eat M&M's or Ho-Ho's, the white in those is not natural (actually white is the reflection/refraction of light - not a "natural" color), the white part is made up of TiO2 along with other ingredients...

What blows my mind is the ilmenite/rutile that actually makes TiO2 comes out of the ground from all over the world (and is Dark Brown/Black in color), then forced through a chemical or sulfuric acid process (through temperature/pressure/velocities/chemical reactions), somehow results in the "white" substance TiO2. Amazing who ever thought it up in the first place.... :-)

Jul 29, 2008 04:41 AM

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