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Martch | 14:18 Mon 26th Sep 2005 | How it Works
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Why do dishcloths and mops pick up water better when they're damp? Dry ones just push water around the work surface.
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Probably because of capilliary action between the fibres of the cloth, and also once damp the surface tension of the water in the cloth would help soak up those spills.
15:18 Mon 26th Sep 2005
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Maybe more to do with the physical principle of "wetting" which destroys surface tension and is what washing powders/liquids do to clothes/pots to make water stick to them more easily. 
23:27 Wed 28th Sep 2005

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