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When it comes to laundry cleaning the dream of every house wife is to save as much detergent as possible with a minimum of running water to use and as less electricity as possible. A virtually washing machine can make a dream come true. Xeros Ltd., a British company, focused on the development of “virtually waterless” laundry cleaning is on its way to ease your concerns. “Xeros” is a brand name for a patented polymer based cleaning that is created to make advantageous the cost and environmental impact of the cleaning with water. The technology of the cleaning process was generated from transferring known science into a different world without the restriction of a conventional thinking.

Researchers from Leeds University have been working for long time in the field of textile manufacturers, and they concentrated on how to improve the fixing of the dye on the fabrics. Professor Stephen Burkinshaw realized in the end that dyes, actually are stains. He discovered that the best polymer was the nylon which had as a unique property the one of being highly absorbing in humid conditions. And even better it can be re-used time after time without losing its strength. Due to its polarity nylon polymer attracts stains!

The benefits that the washing machine offer are the usage of only a cup of water and a bit of detergent; the conversion from conventional laundry systems saves 90% of the fresh water used in washing; less detergent required than conventional systems, and less cost in the Xeros nylon beads which actually can be re-used. The dirty job is done by these small nylon beards by pulling the stains off garments and locking them into the nylon’s molecular structure.

Aftre three years of testing, Xeros has struck a deal with Green Earth Cleaning based in Kansas City, US. Here the target is to start selling these washing machines throughout North America beginning next year. A demo show will take place these days, but the sensation won’t be the one that the water is saved with Xeros machines, yet it is aimed to commercialize dry cleaning and laundry options.

Green Earth Cleaning will add a dry cleaning method based on liquid silicone (D5) to the nylon bead technology; another alternative would be washing with carbon dioxide under high pressure, thus becoming liquid, but the negative part is the high expense that this machine uses. The positive part of both carbon dioxide and British nylon beads is that the laundry is dry instantly after being washed.

One may think that this almost-dry cleaning process might wear out the garments, but Green Earth Cleaning claims that no such thing might happen – there is no difference in this respect between this dry-cleaning and the traditional way. Tim Maxwell, president of Green Earth Cleaning, told CNET News that “extensive testing with silk, embroidered garments, an other items have shown no ill effects”.

So, is this the house wife’s dream washing machine or what?