Thursday, April 3, 2008
Dryer sheets may seem like pesky items that are useless after you use them to remove static cling and soften your clothes, but those used dryer sheets can come in handy. After you have run the sheet through a dryer cycle, you can use it as a dust cloth around your home. Tony Hoch, a KU graduate with a masters degree in geophysics, says the technology on which Swiffer is based follows the concept of using a used dryer sheet as a dust cloth. While in the dryer, the sheet loses its fabric-softening liquid and gathers static electricity. When you remove the sheet from the dryer, it’s charged, which attracts dust to it. This makes dusting easy because the particles stick to the sheet. As a kid, I remember dusting a shelf by just sweeping the dust off it. I always wondered what good that did, because I wasn’t getting rid of the dust, just moving it. Dryer sheets can take care of this problem.
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