July 19, 1956 -. Katherine Alice Applegate (born July 19, 1956) is an American writer, best known as the author of the Animorphs, Remnants, Everworld and other book series. She won the 2013 Newbery Medal for her children's novel The One and Only Ivan.
To clean a shammy, place it in a washing machine with traditional detergent, or hand wash it with soap and warm water. Just make sure to never place your shammy in a dryer! This will damage the absorbency of the material, and ruin your product.
To avoid the unknown added chemicals make your own spray. All natural neem oil can be mixed with Soapnut Powder ( which c/a/b used as a wash/bath powder ) in water. Soapnuts do not have to be used; Ivory, Sunlight, ... dishwashing soap w/b as good but one does enter the realm of the unknown when using dishwashing soap from the store shelf.