been released from the textiles or fabric articles in each module there is no more work for those chemicals to perform at this time the process can be described as chemical equilibrium the flow of water is stopped for a time period sufficient to release soil from the goods such as for example between about twenty 20 seconds and one hundred twenty 120 seconds however this time interval can be between about ten 10 and three hundred 300 seconds after this time interval of having no counter flow water by counter flow is commenced to remove the suspended soil if more wash chemicals are to be added then this counter flow can be termed intermediate rinse once the goods reach the module or zone where no more wash chemicals are added then the counter flow can be termed pre rinse a final rinse is then performed in a centrifugal extractor or mechanical press 20 the process of the present invention uses fresh water in the extractor that can be supplied via flow line 29 through an atomizing nozzle for example while the goods are being extracted at high speed e g between about 200 and 1 000 g 39 s using the extractor 20 flow line 21 transmits water to hopper 19 as indicated by arrow 22 flow line 21 also carries water to pre wash module 15 as indicated by arrow 23 arrow 24 indicates a flow of water from module 14 to module 15 as part of the pre wash in fig1 flow line 25 adds water for counter flow pre rinse to module 18.