Did you hear about the wash balls? If not, first let me explain what they are. Wash balls are plastic balls that you put inside your washing machine together with your dirty clothes. By using them you almost do not need to use any washing detergent. So you save some money and save the environment. Do they work? The opinions are divided, lets take a look.

Here I will try and explain how do wash balls work, I mean at least how they are supposed to work. I’ve been using them for a while now and I’m satisfied but then again I’m not that picky and have a poor attention to details. And I always use a little bit of detergent for the smell, not just wash balls and water.

So – how do wash balls work?

Every wash ball is actually hollow and filled with ceramic pellets. These pellets must first be charged. You achieve that by placing them on your window or someplace similar so the sun can shine on them. Sun or UV rays to be more exact are supposed to give them special energy that later influences the water. You are supposed to do this about once every month.

You need to charge the pellets so the emit more infra red rays. When you put them in the washing machine and the wash balls come into contact with water they start emitting infra red rays and by doing so they break water molecules into smaller clusters. They start to move faster and can better penetrate the dirty fibers in your clothes.

Washing balls will also soften the fibers in you clothes while they are washing. By producing negative ions – anions they make the fibers softer and dirt can come out faster and easier.

Did you know that chlorine that is added to the drinking water makes your clothes pale and hard? Wash balls eliminate chlorine from the water. This makes water softer and saves your clothes. Softer water is water that has lower surface tension and that kind of water is much better for washing than hard water.

Balls also keep the water at the same pH spectrum that normal detergent has, so it can remove oils and dirt.

This is how wash balls replace detergent when it comes to washing your dirty clothes. If all this is true (I can sadly not tell you if all this is possible, we would need a scientist to do that) wash balls are one of the greater inventions. They could save us a lot of money and what is even more important – they would have a big positive impact on the environment. But you will have to decide for yourselves.