Cloths influence on product removal

[imported_jgv]

Today I added the 5th coat of SG on the hood of my car. I had the SG since the beginning of the year but as it wasn`t the easiest product to use and I had a lot of others to test almost every week, I saved it. Now, after the WOO (Billnorth Wipe-on Wipe-off method) I decided to use it for real and a couple of weeks ago I started layering it, following the AIO.



Well, yesterday as I put the 4th layer, another again I noticed the usual streaking after buffing (not that streaks from drying product, more like oily marks), I knew it goes away the next day. I used as usual a plushy MF towel.



Today I layered the 5th coat and I used a different towel, a short terry MF towel, less plushy and soft, and it buffed the SG without any residues, leaving a clean, streak free, brilliant surface. It`s the second time I use one of this towels to remove SG and it worked fine again.



Anyone tried one of this cloths to buff SG?

[stevet]

jgv,



Many of my MF towels have a plush side and a non plush side. I find the non plush side to have more bite when removing product from the paint. I use this side if I start to have problems removing SG.



I also have some Megs Altimate wipes. These are less plush than most of my MF but this seems to help in removing the SG. I think a MF can be too soft and plush for removing product.

[armoredsaint]

Imagine using a cotton towel to remove SG? Then finding the dozens of areas you missed, MF is definitely the best thing invented for polish and wax removal, makes it so easy!

[Hawkeye_TDI]

Watch out for micro marring with MF`s and SG. Be sure to use no pressure. Let the towel do the work. Pressure can sometimes leave minor marks.

[Magellan498]

That`s why I use Dupont Sontara Polishing Cloths... You really gotta want to make something go wrong to screw up with those things.

[Jesstzn]

jgv try the Wal-Mart MF towels for removal .. they are 5/$5 and will bite good for product removal.. all 15 I have passed a vigorous CD test so marring is not an issue. I even use them under the stock foam pad on the PC for removal .. Pad covers 1/4 of the MF so in essence you have 8 buffing surfaces per towel. 2 towels will remove #26 froma full sized car so I am sure 2 will do the thinly applied SG.

[imported_jgv]

Jesstzn, we don`t have wall mart here, but I have bought some MF towels for house cleaning with short thread that works well but are small. But I do have some larger better quality MF towels that were sent to me per request by a Korean company, those are the ones I`ve been using.



I decided to try them cause when using the usual plushy towels it was like I was dragging the product on the surface, leaving streaks.



After testing this removing the SG today I did the same test with UPP. And it worked! Again, buffing with one of this short thread towels left a clean surface, while using a plushy one required a lot more passes to achieve the same result.

[imported_pugoman]

I`m a newbie to the forum, so whilst on the subject of MF towels, what is the best blend to use and why? 70/30 or 80/20?

Cheers.