tnforever
05-14-2009, 08:56 PM
Hello all, I`ve been a microfiber user for a couple years now, started with the big Costco packs of 36 towels and gradually moving up to things like Meg`s and Viking.
This is not a recent problem, but one I`ve seen again today and am curious about. When I used to clean glass with the Costco towels, on the car it would leave no apparent lint, and under inspection from the sun no apparent lint either, but when I used it on glass, with IG, the towel would "bite" into the glass as the glass dried out.
After finishing, the glass would indeed be clean, except when I`m in the car, there would be an infinite number of little glittering specks. At first I had come to the horrible conclusion that I scratched the glass, only to find that they are really tiny fibers that I could wipe away with a wet rag.
Today, I`ve done the same thing again with a TW towel (came with a detailing pack), and in the back of my mind, I raised the question of whether these little fibers are safe, especially since they`re so small and you can breathe them in.
Any thoughts/studies ever done on it? I know MFs are made from polyester and polyamide, which are pretty safe chemicals, but for now, I`m moving back to good old paper towels, and keeping MFs away from glass.
Luckily I`ve only cleaned glass with MF a few times (less than 10) over the years. It`s always been CWB with IG and a paper towel. Just so happened today I felt lazy and used the clean side of a towel I used to wipe some AW away.
This is not a recent problem, but one I`ve seen again today and am curious about. When I used to clean glass with the Costco towels, on the car it would leave no apparent lint, and under inspection from the sun no apparent lint either, but when I used it on glass, with IG, the towel would "bite" into the glass as the glass dried out.
After finishing, the glass would indeed be clean, except when I`m in the car, there would be an infinite number of little glittering specks. At first I had come to the horrible conclusion that I scratched the glass, only to find that they are really tiny fibers that I could wipe away with a wet rag.
Today, I`ve done the same thing again with a TW towel (came with a detailing pack), and in the back of my mind, I raised the question of whether these little fibers are safe, especially since they`re so small and you can breathe them in.
Any thoughts/studies ever done on it? I know MFs are made from polyester and polyamide, which are pretty safe chemicals, but for now, I`m moving back to good old paper towels, and keeping MFs away from glass.
Luckily I`ve only cleaned glass with MF a few times (less than 10) over the years. It`s always been CWB with IG and a paper towel. Just so happened today I felt lazy and used the clean side of a towel I used to wipe some AW away.