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minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up111·4 days agoYep. Make it the manufacturers’ problem. They only care when it hits their wallet. Even if they pass on the costs, it’ll make the wipes that actually dissolve properly cheaper and these are exempt.
minus-squarexylol@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·4 days agoHow do you make a wet wipe dissolve when its wet without dissolving when its wet
minus-squarefaintwhenfree@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down2·4 days agoI understand it’s “wet” from some alcohol/aldehydes and not from water.
minus-squareWolf314159@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·4 days agoWho is out there wiping their ass with %100 ethanol?
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 days agoGets it fucking clean, I’ll tell you that.
minus-squareRegrettable_incident@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoYou light the ethanol and it burns off all the shit.
minus-squareohshit604@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days agoI prefer acetone and a map-gas torch.
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoRight? I use Goo B Gone
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoBecause ethanol forms an azeotrope with water, 100% ethanol is also considerably more expensive than ~95% They’re definitely not gonna use 100% ethanol haha
minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoChip clean room workers stealing stuff from the job rather than buy tp?
minus-squaresigezayaq@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI’m looking on a package of wet wipes right now and it says “99% water” on them
minus-squarefaintwhenfree@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoMaybe my understanding is wrong, and I don’t use wet wipes that often, but the ones I have I bought like a year ago 60% ethanol v/v.
minus-squaresigezayaq@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI see, maybe there are different types then. Mine are for an actual baby.
minus-squarefaintwhenfree@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoOk, so I checked a superstore near me, and my updated understanding is anything disinfecting is alcohol based be it for skin or for for objects, things designed for cleaning skin or to be “refreshing/fragrant” are mostly water based. However there are skin cleaning products that are marketed more towards deep clean or dirt/oil/grease etc are almost always alcohol based. cleaning objects intended wet wipes also mostly alcohol based. But if marketed as “gentle” could be water based. So baby wipes being meant to clean skin and be “gentle”, it makes sense that they are water based.
minus-squareSunshineJogger@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-24 days agoNo clue, but I have those here. Tried it too. Left it in water and poof, disssolves after a while. (several minutes) Must be different kind of water they come in would be my guess
Yep. Make it the manufacturers’ problem. They only care when it hits their wallet. Even if they pass on the costs, it’ll make the wipes that actually dissolve properly cheaper and these are exempt.
How do you make a wet wipe dissolve when its wet without dissolving when its wet
I understand it’s “wet” from some alcohol/aldehydes and not from water.
Who is out there wiping their ass with %100 ethanol?
Gets it fucking clean, I’ll tell you that.
You light the ethanol and it burns off all the shit.
I prefer acetone and a map-gas torch.
someone with 6inch thick skin.
Right? I use Goo B Gone
Got that mud butt?
Because ethanol forms an azeotrope with water, 100% ethanol is also considerably more expensive than ~95%
They’re definitely not gonna use 100% ethanol haha
Chip clean room workers stealing stuff from the job rather than buy tp?
I’m looking on a package of wet wipes right now and it says “99% water” on them
Maybe my understanding is wrong, and I don’t use wet wipes that often, but the ones I have I bought like a year ago 60% ethanol v/v.
I see, maybe there are different types then. Mine are for an actual baby.
Ok, so I checked a superstore near me, and my updated understanding is
So baby wipes being meant to clean skin and be “gentle”, it makes sense that they are water based.
No clue, but I have those here.
Tried it too. Left it in water and poof, disssolves after a while. (several minutes)
Must be different kind of water they come in would be my guess