What Are Wet Wipes Made Of?

Paper towels, as daily necessities, have become indispensable in our lives, and wet wipes are also increasingly used. Many people understand wet wipes superficially, thinking that they are made from paper towels and solutions. Is this true? Let's learn about its material today.

Wet wipes material: wet-strength paper

The so-called wet-strength paper is paper with a wet-strength agent added. This material is a bit strong and has strong water resistance. Generally speaking, wet wipes made of this material will not rot even if soaked in water.

Therefore, wet-strength paper is mostly used for items with strong water resistance such as map paper and banknotes.

The wet-strength paper we use in daily life is basically lens cleaning wipes, a small piece, flexible and durable.

Wet wipes material: spunlace non-woven fabric

Most wet wipes are made of non-woven fabrics. If we further subdivide them, the raw material non-woven fabrics are mostly spunlace non-woven fabrics.

Simply put, it is to use superb technology to make multiple layers of fibers entangled with each other, so as to obtain reinforced and strong spunlace non-woven fabrics.

Generally speaking, most spunlace non-woven fabrics have the characteristics of fast moisture absorption, good breathability and soft touch. Multi-fibers basically do not fall off, which fully meets the performance of wet wipes and becomes the preferred raw material.

When the proportion of virgin wood pulp in spunlace non-woven fabrics is high, the most unique point is that it is easy to decompose. Do you think of wet toilet paper that can be flushed into the toilet?

It has to be said that wet toilet paper is really a blessing for mankind. In addition to being cleaner and more soothing to PP skin when wiping, most wet toilet paper can be thrown directly into the toilet and flushed away without clogging the sewer.

It can be said that with wet toilet paper, there is no need to use a trash can in the toilet, and the happiness index has increased after throwing less garbage.

But what is the concept of being flushable?

As the name suggests, flushable non-woven fabrics are those that can be decomposed by water.

This type of wet wipes usually uses a high proportion of raw wood pulp fibers to achieve flushability. Raw wood pulp is not only low-cost but also very environmentally friendly.

In addition, raw wood pulp will be softer, which is also a great benefit to our consumers.

How to Choose Wet Wipes?

Therefore, when buying wet wipes, we must look at the raw materials. Spunlace non-woven fabrics are preferred, and wet toilet paper should also remember to choose virgin wood pulp and flushable types. In addition, I will teach you a trick to look at the main ingredients: the ranking of the ingredient list is proportional to the proportion of the main ingredients. In other words, the higher the proportion of the ingredients in the wet wipes product, the higher the ranking in the main ingredient list.