Gel-wipe for personal care and household cleansing

A method of making a gel-wipe suitable for use in personal care and household cleansing applications, the method comprising the ordered steps of:

• providing a substrate comprising fibers, said fibers comprising an outer surface and an inner core, said substrate comprising a first surface, a second surface opposing said first surface, and a body disposed between and defined by said first and second surfaces;
• contacting said substrate with a solution having a gelling polymer dissolved therein, under conditions effective to distribute said solution on said first and second surfaces of said substrate, throughout said body of said substrate, and throughout said inner core of a substantial portion of said fibers;
• removing excess solution having the gelling polymer dissolved therein from said substrate;
• contacting said substrate comprising said gelling polymer distributed there through with a gelling agent capable of providing a polymeric gel comprising said gelling polymer and then removing excess solution having the gelling agent dissolved therein from said substrate, thereby forming said polymeric gel distributed throughout said substrate, and throughout said inner core of said substantial portion of said fibers;
• contacting said substrate comprising said polymeric gel distributed there through with a liquid cleansing composition;
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• removing excess liquid cleansing composition from said substrate comprising said polymeric gel and said liquid cleansing composition;
• wherein said solution having said gelling polymer dissolved therein is substantially free of said liquid cleaning composition, and wherein said inner core of said substantial portion of fibers comprising said polymeric gel distributed there through is substantially free of said liquid cleansing composition.