If you haven’t taken a look at Norwex and aren’t sure what it is, 
THIS post is for YOU!

Norwex is a line of cleaning and personal care products that improve your quality of life by helping radically reduce chemicals in your home. The Norwex “clean without chemicals” was birthed in Norway in 1994 and was introduced to the home party market in Norway in 1995. By spring of 1999 Norwex expanded to Canada and the United states. Now Norwex has achieved a milestone of exceeding 60,000 consultant worldwide. They have expanded all over the US. To think it all started with a little red cloth and a bug-covered windshield.

Have you ever heard the parable of the mustard seed in the Bible? It says “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field; which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.” 
Sometimes the smallest things really do have the biggest impact!

How Microfiber Works; The Deep Dive!

…and why it’s FAR superior for cleaning compared to cotton or other fibers.  The open spaces in the fibers created by the splitting of the fibers, enable the cloth to lift away dust dirt and particles, leaving the surface clean.

Now this may get a little extra science-y, but stick with me as I explain how the picture above works. Cloths described as “microfiber” can vary widely in the size of the fibers they use and therefore their cleaning effectiveness. In average cloths, the fibers are 10-50 times thinner than a human hair- so each one is only about 3-5 micrometers (three to five microns) in diameter and about 50 times lighter than the fiber in a pair of ladies stockings (.3 denier compared to typical 15-denier nylon).  That’s smaller than pollen grains! (5-10 microns) Or smaller than red blood cells (10-30 microns), roughly the same size as “typical” bacteria) 1-5 microns is a good rule of thumb), but still bigger than most viruses. Since microfibers can’t effectively remove anything smaller than they are, it would be accurate to describe average microfiber cloths as “antibacterial” or “antimicrobial.”  KEEP IN MIND that the above information is in reference to average microfiber. In order for microfiber to get that title, it must be at least 1/6th the size of the width of a human hair.  

HOWEVER Norwex boasts that the fibers are 1/200th (yes that is 200. Not a typo!) the width of a human hair, (around  0.33 microns) which would make them effective for removing 99.9% of bacteria and at least some viruses that are as small as the size of protein, which are smaller than viruses like the flu.

Chemical Cleaning

If you clean the traditional way, with soap and water, the molecules of the detergent you use stick to and break down the dirt and grime. When you rinse with a wet cloth, the water molecules glued to its fibers stick to the detergent and wash it away with the dirt still attached. This is old-fashioned cleaning with chemistry. Compared to a microfiber cloth, a normal cloth has relatively few fibers so it cleans in a hit-and-miss way. Dirt gets missed and detergent and water often get left behind on the surface you’re cleaning. A residue is left.

Mechanical Cleaning

The fibers attach themselves to each dirt speck with van van der Waals forces. Working as a team, many fibers apply powerful enough forces to dislodge the dirt (loosened with a small amount of water) and carry it away, leaving the surface naturally dirt-free. This is new-fangled cleaning with physics using nothing but the adhesive power of forces—cleaning mechanically and without chemicals. The dirt stays locked inside the cloth’s fibers until you wash it in hot water, which makes the fibers uncurl slightly and release their dirty content.

If you use a microfiber cloth, there’s no detergent involved whatsoever, so how is the dirt removed? Instead of detergent, we rely on millions more fibers that can sweep dirt away, mechanically and physically removing it from the surface… Leaving no residue whatsoever!

What Makes Norwex Microfiber Different?

Norwex Microfiber is 1/200th the size of a human hair and can hold up to seven times its weight in matter. As you wipe the surface, the microfibers attract and draw up even the smallest particles of dust, trapping them in the fibers. Norwex Microfibers lift and collect particles, versus the traditional cotton cloth that pushes particles around, thus spreading out dirt, grime and moisture into the crevices leaving them unclean. Norwex also has a unique feature of Micro Silver embedded in the cloth. When used wet, the Micro Silver in the cloth goes to work with self purification properties. Scroll down to see the graphic showing HOW this works! This is our Patented Baclock® Technology. Because of these amazing features, you can ditch your antibacterial wipes and remove 99.9% of bacteria, or anything else that may be lurking, from a surface when using the cloths properly. It physically and mechanically removes it rather than chemically while leaving behind a chemical residue. Norwex uses ONLY WATER to work magic!  And water does not leave a residue!

Check out the size of protein in this picture below!! TEENY TINY

This Shows How Silver Ions Inactivate Bacteria. So Science-y!

See that?? 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 The Silver Ions create a total breakdown of life-supporting functions by inhibition of transmembrane transport. The Silver ions also inactivate intracellular enzymes. Too much science? Basically that means that the silver ionically alters the dna of the bacteria making it lethal to itself so that it cannot reproduce! That means it DIES. WHOA!

The Norwex Envirocloth packs a whole lot of incredible cleaning power in one cloth. It contains more than 3 million meters of microfiber. That means unraveled it could stretch from Canada all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico!