Complex sentence: Accessed 2010-08-09 Consumers mainly use soaps as surfactants for washing, bathing, and cleaning, but they are also used in textile spinning and are important components of lubricants.
Split into simpler sentences: Accessed 2010-08-09 Household uses for soaps are as surfactants for washing, bathing, and cleaning. In industry they are also used in textile spinning and are important components of lubricants.