How does a washing machine spin clothes clean?
The Sock Hurricane
How does a washing machine spin clothes clean?
You toss your muddy socks and grape-juice shirt into the drum, twist the dial, and walk away. An hour later: clean clothes. But what actually happens in there? It's wilder than you think.
First, water floods in — but not to drown the dirt. Water is the delivery truck. It carries soap molecules to every fiber of every sock, turning the drum into a soapy ocean where the real magic can start.
