Wash Mitt Storage? Yes it`s a serious question.

[LostHighway]

For wool mitts as per Pats300zx. I use 22 oz bombers or 750 ml bottles (wine or beer, these sometimes have extra heavy bases so they are more stable). You can store them that way if you have room with a plastic bag over the the top, keeps dust out but allows air to circulate. IMO the CarPro mitt is the best of the easy-to-obtain wool mitts but if you`re up for ordering from the UK the Dooka pads and the Dodo Juice Supernatural Short Hair mitt are very nice.

I stick mine over a longneck beer bottle. Aids in drying ....

Microfiber mitts & pads, which I`ve mostly switched to except for the softest paints, I just store them in the same closed plastic tuns that I use for my washing and drying MF towels

[KBsToy]

I rinse mine out real good then hang on a hook after drying then into my cabinet.

[PristineDetails]

I ring mine out and place them on the wire rack until I use them next.

[tom p.]

You lost me there....why not dry them completely before putting them away?

Accumulator, were you sleeping during Home Ec 101 class Old Wives` tale has it that you pull things slightly damp from the dryer...supposed to be easier on the fibre than drying it 100%.

Let me define "damp": 90% - 95% dry, low heat setting.

[Accumulator]

tom p.- Heh heh, "Home Ec" Guys didn`t take that at my HS. But hey, I *do* do 99.999% of the household laundry, Accumulatorette figures I`m more particular about it than she`d ever be.

That said, I`m not putting anything away while damp for fear of the moisture causing issues. Stuff gets "musty" too readily here. I do hang/lay/etc.-dry some textiles (shrinkage-prone stuff primarily), but only on drying racks where I have good airflow around them. But I`m not gonna do that for my detailing stuff, I spend too much time/effort on this detailing as it is.

Edit- Actually, I *do* take certain things out of the dryer while slightly damp and hang `em to dry the rest of the way, but that`s to preserve their elastics. No elastic concerns with my detailing stuff.