Patent ID: 8281439

Claim:
A method of washing a substrate load in a wash cycle of a washing machine operated by a control comprising the steps: accepting the substrate load into the washing machine-for cleaning, the control monitoring a signal indicative of one of detected stain/soils from a stain/soil sensor and monitoring a signal indicating a user input of at least one of a plurality of stain/soil type entrées, the stains/soil types represented by the entrées being able to be cleaned with a particular wash cycle, selecting a wash cycle based on at least one of the signals indicating the stain/soil in the substrate load, contacting the substrate load with a wash liquor, dispensing a wash liquor additive into the wash liquor, from the group consisting of detergents, chlorine bleaches, color safe bleaches, cleaning boosters, oxidizing agents, pre-wash stain removers, pre-wash chemistries, switchable or tunable surfactants, wrinkle guard, color finishes, water repellency, stain guard, functional finishes, fabric softeners, water softeners, fragrances, anti-static agents, drying aids, de-wrinkling chemistries, deodorizers, surfactants, emulsifiers, enzyme activated stain removers, sudsing agents, builders, anti-redeposition polymers, in-wash stain removers and perfumes, and selectively activating or deactivating the dispensed additive with activators or deactivators, respectively, the activators and deactivators being from the group consisting of thermal, biological, chemical, electromagnetic and mechanical actions.