To Microfiber, or not to Microfiber???

[512detail]

Just tell the wife we collect auto detail supplies like a woman does shoes/purses
BuT
We can make $ off of/with them

At least thats how i justify everything to the boss lady

[Accumulator]

JeremyHale- It seems that experiences vary when it comes to what type of detergent works best with MFs. Just gotta see what works for *you*.

As for what gsm, to a great extent that`s a personal preference thing where again, experiences vary.

[512detail]

JeremyHale- It seems that experiences vary when it comes to what type of detergent works best with MFs. Just gotta see what works for *you*.

As for what gsm, to a great extent that`s a personal preference thing where again, experiences vary.

i used to use All Free HE detergent..it was horrible compared to any MF detergent I have tried
works great on my clothes, tho but not MFs

[JeremyHale]

Funny you say that cause that is exactly what I tell her. Her weakness, which I guess by proxy makes it my financial weakness, is shoes and jewelry. She leaves me alone after I tell her that, and has reluctantly agreed to grant me the garage as my man cave addition. LOL

[JeremyHale]

I was thinking about rounding up some subpar MF and trying a sacrificial load with a new cheap detergent still to be determined. Any recommendations?

[4u2nvinmtl]

This is interesting to me because I love my Zaino Borderless Blonds (made of cotton, but look identical to microfiber). I also really like my TRC Eagle Edgeless towels (100% microfiber) but when I put both towels side by side against the paint neither mar my paint and the Zaino removes the compound/polish with fewer wipes.

I use my Zaino only for removing compound and polish and my TRC Eagle Edgeless are reserved for LSP removal and final wipes (so far so good). Before I knew anything about detailing I had been using Terry Cloth towels to remove the LSP haze and over time these towels marred the entire car (wasn`t noticeable to me then, until I compounded and polished).

[4u2nvinmtl]

I was thinking about rounding up some subpar MF and trying a sacrificial load with a new cheap detergent still to be determined. Any recommendations?

3D Towel Kleen is cheap detergent that works really well, IMHO

I also hear Persil ProClean from Walmart is good OTC soap (Note: not available in Canadian Walmarts, USA only)

[Accumulator]

This is interesting to me because I love my Zaino Borderless Blonds (made of cotton, but look identical to microfiber). I also really like my TRC Eagle Edgeless towels (100% microfiber) but when I put both towels side by side against the paint neither mar my paint and the Zaino removes the compound/polish with fewer wipes..

While I`m always extolling the virtues of MF and cautioning people about touching the paint with cotton, I absolutely do prefer how cotton performs when it comes to certain tasks.

[Ronkh]

Didn`t zaino switch to micro a few years back?

If I recall correctly, he said he finally found a micro worthy of his stuff............

[JeremyHale]

he may have, but I was going on the directions that were included with his kit I ordered about 8 months ago. I think some of his applicators were MF that were included and I can not say what he sends out for product removal because I did not order that. I remember seeing the instructions said to NOT use microfiber and only 100% cotton. Then when I saw the same thing from Zymol, I started thinking...what the heck is wrong with these people... but then for the benefit of the doubt, I posed the question just in case there was a specific reason that both said to avoid MF because of possible damage caused by them. It just seemed to be one of things things that stuck with me and always made me go ...hmmmmmmm..

[4u2nvinmtl]

Didn`t Zaino switch to micro a few years back?

If I recall correctly, he said he finally found a micro worthy of his stuff............

The ones I ordered over the past year said they were made of Cotton. I honestly can`t tell the difference between them and microfibers other than there`s less static between the paint and the cloth (my bumper covers are made of plastic get very static-y when removing LSP with Eagle Edgeless compared to the Borderless Blonds which have no static when removing compound/polish).

For the costs per towel, I`m very happy with my Eagle Edgeless and Borderless Blonds I purchased should last a lifetime (10-20 years) unless I start detailing professionally.

[Ronkh]

just ck`d their web site. no towels listed for sale

[MiVor]

I think almost any soft towel is appropriate, or inappropriate as the case may be. Most often it`s not the towel that causes marring/scratches but the evil trapped between the towel and the paint. Any tiny piece of grit and it doesn`t matter how soft the towel is.
I dunno, maybe when MF towels were first introduced they weren`t as good - I don`t recall, but then I`d need to ponder what I had fer lunch yesterday!

In any case, MF towels currently rule in our little autopian universe.

[Stokdgs]

When microfiber towels first came out, the best ones were from Korea..
Dan F

[512detail]

just ck`d their web site. no towels listed for sale

they used to be perpetually out of them

guess they moved on