Wet Cleaning Cost Calculator

Put your machine size in and this works out what the LANADOL chemistry costs you per load, per kilo and per garment.

Dry weight the drum is rated for.
0.5 kg is a reasonable mixed average.

Assumptions you can change
Most washer-extractors run 4–6.
The final bath usually runs lower.
Kreussler recommend 5 ml/l.
Ex GST. Your price may differ.
Ex GST.

chemistry per load
per garment
per kilo

Bath volume litres wash, litres finishing
Detergent per load ml
APRET per load ml
Loads from one drum on detergent, on APRET
Drums per year detergent, APRET
Loads per year
Chemistry per week
Chemistry per year

What this does and does not include

Included: the detergent (AKTIV or X-PRESS) and the fibre-protecting agent (APRET) at the dose rates Kreussler recommend.

Not included: prespotting with AVANT, which depends on how soiled your work is; water and power; labour; and equipment. Prespotting is usually a small number, but it is real.

Two honest warnings about the output. The first is that bath volume is the assumption that moves the answer most. If you know your machine’s actual water consumption per cycle, put that in the assumptions rather than trusting the litres-per-kilo default — a machine running 4 litres per kilo instead of 6 changes the cost by a third.

The second is that chemistry is not where the cost of wet cleaning is decided. Finishing labour is. A number on this page is useful for ordering and for budgeting, but if you are deciding whether to add the process, read what wet cleaning actually costs to run first, because it covers the lines that matter more than this one.

A note on the prices

The default drum prices are a current guide only, ex GST. Real pricing depends on volume and on your account. If you want your actual cost per load, tell us your machine and we will do the sum properly.


Want this checked against your plant? Call 1300 70 69 70 or send us the details — machine model, loads per day, and what you are cleaning.