About the dirt on our clothes

There are many kinds of dirt exsit in our clothes, including sweat, sebum, they are not easy to clean after soured. There are three kinds of dirt, such as water-soluble, oil-soluble, and insoluble dirts.

Water-soluble dirts
sweat, urine, blood, sauce, juice
Oil-soluble dirts
sebum, lipstick, all kinds of oil
Insoluble dirts
sand, mud, charcoal, clay, dust

Water-soluble dirts can be cleaned by water, oil-soluble dirts can be melt by oil. It is necessary to use detergent to wash clothes, because all kinds of dirts including oil-soluble, water-soluble, insoluble dirts, stick to the clothes.