HyGenie Microfibre Cloths
Description
Size: 40 x 40cm
GSM: 280gsm
Pack Size: Sold individually (Order 10 to receive 1 pack of 10), or 200 to receive 1 carton (20 pks of 10)
Colour: Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow, Red, Grey, Purple, Black or White
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Features: HyGenie Commercial Microfibre Cloths are durable and colour coded for hygiene control and to prevent cross-contamination. Heavy duty and will wash up to approximately 200 times.
HyGenie Commercial microfibre cloths work because each small fibre has an incredible amount of surface area. This means there is more space for dirt and liquid to bond to.
In the last fifteen years the popularity of microfibre cleaning products such as towels, mops, and dusters has grown exponentially. The reason for this popularity is simple, they are extremely effective.
Microfiber products clean with less effort than traditional methods and often without the need of additional chemicals. Microfiber cleaning products are also more ergonomic than traditional cleaning equipment.
What is Microfiber?
Microfiber is defined as any fibre that is 1 denier or less (denier is a measurement of fineness equal to a unit of fibre weighing one gram for each 9000 meters).
To put that into perspective, microfiber is approximately 1/100th the diameter of a human hair and 1/20th the diameter of a strand of silk. There are approximately 200,000 fibres in one square inch of a typical microfiber towel. High Quality microfiber used for cleaning is often 0.5 denier or smaller. This creates a lot of surface area in which to absorb liquid or hold dust and dirt.
For microfiber to be effective as a cleaning product it needs to be split. If microfiber isn’t split during manufacturing it isn’t much more than a very soft cloth, duster or mop. Microfiber that is used in clothing, furniture and other applications isn’t split because it isn’t designed to be absorbent, just soft. It’s important when buying microfibre cleaning products to make sure that they’re split. When buying from a retail store if the packaging doesn’t say its split, don’t assume it is. One way to determine if the microfiber is split is to run the palm of your hand over it. If it grabs the imperfections on your skin then it’s split. Another way is to pour a small amount of water on a table and take a towel or mop and try to push the water. If the water is pushed it’s not split microfiber, if the water is absorbed or sucked into the fabric then it is split microfiber. In cleaning products, microfiber is a blend of polyester and poly-amide (nylon). In higher quality cleaning textiles the fibre is split during the manufacturing process to produce spaces in each fibre. If you were to look at a cross section of split microfiber it would look like an asterisk. It’s the split fibre working in conjunction with the space between them that do the work. They pick up and hold the dust and dirt, and absorb liquid. Lower quality microfibre cleaning products may not be split (neither is microfiber clothing or furniture because you don’t want them to be absorbent.)
In addition to the open spaces in the fibres created during the splitting process, microfibre is an effective cleaning tool because the fibres are positively charged. Dirt and dust are negatively charged so they are literally attracted to microfibre like a magnet. The microfibre holds on to the dust and dirt until it’s released in the laundering process or when it’s rinsed out.
The attributes of split microfibre discussed above make it a true green cleaning product. Microfibre works extremely well as a cleaner without added chemicals. All of the edges on each fibre created during the splitting process act like squeegees scraping up the dust and dirt while the open spaced between the splits hold it. When water is added to the towel or duster it helps emulsify the dirt allowing it to be scrubbed off the surface being cleaned.
The advantages to using microfibre to clean are almost endless. Given the facts that they can last hundreds of washings when cared for properly, can absorb 7 times their weight in liquid, are hypo-allergenic, don’t need added chemical cleaners it’s no wonder their popularity has sky-rocketed in the last decade.
Our Commercial Microfibre Cloths Specifications
Blended from Polyester (80%) and Polyamide (20%)
Decitex = 0.144
Absorbs up to 7 x weight in liquid – 280gsm
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