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I reckon that modern washing machines, with a lightly soiled wash, and a long (cool) program might well produce results acceptable to some.
Give it a bit of extra agitation (like from a ball tumbling around) and it'll wash slightly better.
Use a higher temperature, and I expect you'd cook any 'organic' stains onto the garment, (protein coagulation and the like), such that mere agitation in plain water wouldn't touch them.
And I'm afraid that I can't see any scientific principle on which the balls might work, beyond increasing the agitation (which will wear the textiles).
As for "ozone"... I'd like to know where from, and how.
If its supposed to come from the water (H2O) - where does the Hydrogen go? Does it make the water acid (Hydrogen ions is a starting definition of an acid)? Or is explosive Hydrogen gas supposed to be given off?
If anyone has a process that will ionise water at room temperature, without the input of energy (like electricity - via platinum electrodes) I'd love to know about it, because since we can obtain energy from recombining the Hydrogen and Oxygen, separating them 'for free' would break the fundamental principle of the conservation of energy (OK mass/energy, but its not nuclear laundry).
And if anyone thinks agitation is going to make any difference to the natural ionisation of water, then they might also hope to split atoms with a flint axe.
I think magic beans are balls.
And I'm sorry to say that I think magic balls are more effective at extracting money than greasy dirt.
However well the balls wash, the machine will wash near-as-dammit as well without them. And much better with some soap or detergent. |
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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