What do you wash your MF with?

[D&D Auto Detail]

MF wash with warm water. Every type of towel gets washed separately.

[snowskate]

I only use cold water, warm or hot water increases the chance of shrinking the the tiny fibers in the towels. (i could be wrong though) I can tell when some MF's have reached their end point, they get harder/tougher and stop absorbing as well. Mitts and drying towels separate from general purpose and wax/polish removing towels. And I line dry my MF's. No smells.

[Tusin]

Dawn Power Dissolver

[BlackElantraGT]

I use Costco's Kirkland Signature dye & perfume free detergent.

If you have an older washer, I'd highly recommend getting a newer, front-loading washer. Some months back we purchased a new set of LG's top of the line steam washer/dryer. In the old, top loading washer my towels would come out a bit grungy, even after 2 washes & 2 rinses.

Now I wash my towels on the "sanitary" cycle with steam set to "on" and the same towels that looked grungy before are coming out noticeably cleaner. Besides being cleaner, they also come out much softer/fluffier and because I set the dryer to also do the steam, there's no where near as much static as before.

[blownvert]

Originally Posted by Tusin

Dawn Power Dissolver

product is nice but you cant really clean MF towels in a bucket. You can with pads, but i dont see this would be cleaning effective to clean wheel towels and just in general.Maybe drying towels I like having a washing machine and have it spin and do it all.

[qwertydude]

You won't shrink the microfiber fibers, when cotton is produced it is stretched and heat set to make threads tries to returns to it's natural state, curly, when heated. Microfibers are drawn into their final shape so heat won't make them want to shrink or anything. Microfibers are mostly polyesters and you can wash any polyester leisure suit in hot water no problem, same with microfibers.

Whether hot or cold I generall only get about 20 or so washings before the microfibers become stiff and lose much of their fluff nad absorbing capability. So instead of buffing towels they kinda become my wax breaking towels and metal polishing and grease cleaning cloths. Once they get the black metal polish or grease then I don't wash I just throw them away, by then they're pretty much useless.

[giga_dude]

I mix tide + vinegar in cold water then let all soak overnight then I finish the cycle and airdry them.....works like a charm

[wacomme]

How much vinegar do you use?

Michael

[Tusin]

Originally Posted by blownvert

product is nice but you cant really clean MF towels in a bucket. You can with pads, but i dont see this would be cleaning effective to clean wheel towels and just in general.Maybe drying towels I like having a washing machine and have it spin and do it all.

Ok, maybe I should have been more specific.

I was my towel w/ the Dawn PD and then throw them in a warm wash cycle w/ Woolite.