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Yes the orange FTW was made with Matt from Obsessed garages advice. He’s a Beadmaker fan. I guess it was tested by him and TRC with a drying aid on paint and it worked great. Matt calls the FTW a drying aid towel on his site. Dont know why TRC hasn’t changed the protect description on the site.
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I love it with Beadmaker, opti seal, etc. only con is it not as absorbent as a thicker drying towel. You need 3-4 to do a car, less if blow drying most the water off first.
I actually bought a few light blue FTW’s to use as a finishing towel along with the Glacier. Will be able to wash together afterwards.
Thanks for explaining the FTW, appreciate that.
Not that I`d use that to dry anything or to buff off a Drying Aid (not liking twisted loops or such light weight/low nap towels for jobs like that). Eh, I suspect I like thicker/plusher towels than many people for most jobs, just me being me again..
Well I am learning about microfiber acronyms, Let`s see:
TRC = The Rag Company (a gimmme, Captain Obvious!)
EE = Edgeless Eagles or Eagle Edgeless
FTW = For The Window
DMR = Dry Me a River
PFM= "Pure Freakin` Magic" according to Griot`s Garage. I`d say "Pricey For a Microfiber" or "Pulls For Most" (Yes , the loops catch and pull A LOT)
MM-CM= Microfiber Madness Chipmunk
I will say this: I am glad that The Autopia Store is "partnering" with The Rag Company to re-sell some of their microfibers. From what I gather in this thread, TRC`s microfibers are used by many of you. See my thread on which microfibers do you use for specific detailing tasks for verification:
Favorite Microfiber for Specific Detailing Task List (Autopian Suggestions)
But I digress.... Back to the discussion on TRC`s "The Gauntlet" drying towel!!
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I thought the same but after using the towel on paint .. its very smooth.
The towel is really soft ... like all TL type towels, they “feel” rougher to the touch.
Look at it this way...Waffle weaves are still popular... the FTW feels better than a WW.
Heck .. TRC’s most used towel is the lower nap EE 365... and Yvan (formerly from Opti coat) doesn’t like or use thicker/heavier nap towels.
The Sucker/Jr. drying towels and the Jack`s are the only products under his brand that I will continue to purchase, and I will continue to purchase the Marolex sprayers as well. Revive is really nice, but is only sold in 16oz quantities, there is no way on God`s green earth that I would buy a gallon`s worth when Mckee`s37 Rinse Free Wash & Wax performs just as well for ~$44/gallon. His boutique prices for chemicals make me look towards other brands for economics without sacrificing performance.
Yes, be wise with your money, but at least give his towels and of course Marolexs` sprayers a chance. If all else fails, we can petition Marolex to sign a contract with OG to sell the sprayers at the same price or less because we all know that Matt can MOVE inventory. The Marolex sprayers are really really nice.....
@kjeeper - you seem to have try a loooot of towels i have been researching. In your humble opinion between the Mckee Glacier, Griorts PFM, MM Chipmunk, TRC Gauntlet. What is your preferred drying towel? I do have a car with softer clear (honda s2000). I was originally thinking of just going with the PFM since its proven but then started gettign worried about scratching? Im not a big matador dryer, I tend to rub back and forth (not sure I can break this non autopian habit).
estcstm3- Just FWIW, while I don`t like the PFMs (except the glass one, which I do love), even I would bet my paint that it won`t mar your Honda`s clear. I can`t think of *anybody who`s said that the PFMs are not, *in the purely functional, marring-instilling, sense*, perfectly OK.
And FWIW, I see *ZERO* reason to quit using the "rub your paint with them" approach to drying. Yeah, you always run the risk of residual dirt causing marring, but gee we "rub the paint" all the time when doing other stuff and nobody says not to when buffing off wax/etc. But I do get 99% of the water off first so I can minimize that rubbing, and I almost always use a Drying Aid, which oughta provide a little added margin of error.
I’ve used my PFM on my Honda’s paint plus the paint of a few other cars and got no marring whatsoever. They’re totally safe IME
Treat it like it`s the only one in the world.
I`ve been using the gauntlet towel for a couple of months and it`s easily the most absorbant towel I`ve used here in the UK..
I won`t be looking for anything else as it`s so good it`ll do both cars.
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