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Airwash Cleans Clothes With Nothing But Air

Posted August 30, 2007 10:55 AM

From OhGizmo!:

Last month we showed you the Haier WasH2O, a washing machine which eschews detergent for regular water. Airwash does one better by skipping the water altogether, using ionized compressed air to clean clothing. Not only does it save water (obviously), but you don't have to dry your clothes since they don't get wet in the first place, saving energy as well. I guess that would make it… Drycleaning? Anyway, it's won a bunch of conceptual awards, and they've just come out with a working prototype. No word on how clean it manages to get things (and I question its ability to remove stains), but as long as I can get one of these installed in the floor of my room, I'll be happy.

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08/31/2007 12:05 AM

"Airwash does one better by skipping the water altogether, using ionized compressed air to clean clothing."

I'd like to dump some my old dirty shop clothes in it to see if it can remove assorted paints, greases, graphite, and materials of both organic and inorganic origins.

Sound too good to be true? It probably is.

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Re: Airwash Cleans Clothes With Nothing But Air

08/31/2007 12:28 AM

My 2 cents.

Ionised air to kill the bacteria, forced air to (perhaps) agitate the dry grime particles out of the fabric and move them (somewhere). Interesting but this technology has been around for a while and as far as I am aware it still cannot remove stains using air alone.

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08/31/2007 8:14 AM

It won't remove stain.

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08/31/2007 1:19 PM

The "miss right" referred to in my quote has a whole bunch of delicate clothing that she keeps washing by hand (even though I bought her the best-on-the-market washing machine) for fear of damaging them. I really doubt that compressed air will comply to her needs....

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08/31/2007 2:34 PM

What ever happened to the water only, ultra-sonic dishwasher? As I recall it was actually supposed to work. Cold water and no soap.

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