Month: December 2015

Wet wipes are moist toilettes are best things to carry when you are on move and also at office and home. If you are thinking wet wipes are just for cleaning babies after a diaper change or keeping your hands clean then you are sadly mistaken.Todays busy world has many more uses of wet wipes irrespective of age and gender.

Mothers of the babies found them so useful and started using it for many other purposes like keeping babies hands and face clean and also to clean their hands and keep their face fresh. Men and women started storing them in their cars and used them while traveling to wipe their face for that fresh feeling and also to keep their hands clean before having any eatable on move. Slowly boys at restaurant started offering them to clean and sanitize hands of the guest before and after having food.

They started becoming part of public washrooms to sanitize their hands after visiting rest rooms. They replaced toilet papers for many as they are wet and help cleaning hands and face quickly with much ease. Wet wipes make great substitutes for toilet paper when it not available especially in public washrooms on national highways.

They can be used for wiping office furniture like desks, computers, keyboards and others not only to keep furniture clean but also to kill germs. Manufacturers started realizing multiple uses of wet wipes and started manufacturing various types to suit various needs of the customers like alcohol free wet wipes, wet wipes for sensitive skin, fragrance free and also wet wipes with baby oil and anti bacterial wipes as substitutes in clinics for hand sanitizers.

 

Wet wipes are a familiar sight today. You can find them perhaps on your kitchen counter or in purses of mothers with a baby or kid in tow. Even offices, commercial establishments, and industrial facilities include wet wipes in their list of cleaning supplies. The fact is, these pieces of disposable, moist cloth or paper have become somewhat of a necessity in our lives.

 

Wet wipes, also known as wet towels, disinfecting wipes, or moist towelettes, are small, pre-moistened pieces of paper or fabric that often come folded and individually wrapped for convenience. They are mainly used for cleaning or disinfecting.

Most wipes are made of non-woven fabric similar to those used in dryer sheets. These are then saturated with a solution of water and gentle cleansing agents such as isopropyl alcohol. For that added scent, softness or moisturizing capability, the paper or cloth may also be treated with lotion and softeners. The finished product is then folded and placed inside packets, boxes or handy dispensers.

Wet wipes were non-existent before the 1970s. The technology used to create disposable, non-woven towelettes was developed during the later part of that decade. Soon after, the first wet wipes were introduced to the market.

The need for these handy, cleaning wipes started when people began traveling a lot. During these trips, they realized a necessity to clean up quickly and easily without stopping at a hotel or motel.

The first companies to take advantage of this new product were major brands , who had the ability to purchase the costly specialized equipment needed for manufacturing wet wipes. But as technology progressed, producing these moist towelettes became more affordable, allowing smaller brands to venture into this business.

By the 1990s, a number of large supermarket chains began selling their own brand of wipes. Due to their lower prices, these store brands successfully lured consumers of other brands.

As the popularity of these scrubbing wipes increased, their use eventually shifted. What were once considered as primary hygienic tools for the body when on the road eventually became the number one means of cleaning babies instantly and conveniently.

Nowadays, you can employ wet wipes for any cleaning task. You can use them on kitchen counters, work desks, floors and other surfaces.  Even industrial facilities use them to spruce up toilet seats, machinery and equipment.

Today, these antibacterial towelettes still do a great job of cleaning dirty hands and wiping off the mouths of little kids after meals. These versatile cleaning tools have truly come a long way from being just a handy cleansing tool for travelers.