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    Hi



    I don`t think MF washes well with laundry, usually gets lint from other clothes. Anyone tried putting MF in a mesh bag? Would that work?



    e.g. Honey-Can-Do Mesh Wash Bag Set, 3-Piece, White: Amazon.ca: Home & Kitchen



    Maybe this prevents the lint problem, and can wash with other clothes? I hate having to do a full cycle when I have only a few dirty towels

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    Quote Originally Posted by ybajwa
    Hi



    I don`t think MF washes well with laundry, usually gets lint from other clothes. Anyone tried putting MF in a mesh bag? Would that work?



    e.g. Honey-Can-Do Mesh Wash Bag Set, 3-Piece, White: Amazon.ca: Home & Kitchen



    Maybe this prevents the lint problem, and can wash with other clothes? I hate having to do a full cycle when I have only a few dirty towels
    Wash them in a bucket.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Legacy99
    Wash them in a bucket.


    Have done that, but you end up using a fair amount of water rinsing them and machines are more efficient ... also would be a time saver



    guess i can just try it and see what happens,

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    I would never wash MFs with cotton or other non-synthetic-MF textiles for exactly that reason- LINT. I don`t even wash my glass-MFs with (regular) plush MFs.
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    Try to purchase different colored towels for different uses.

    Always wash microfibers by themselves and dry them on low heat by themselves.

    Towels used for glass, same thing, by them selves so there is no cross contamination of dressings, waxes, etc onto the towels. (one of the main reasons for glass streaking)

    Wax, polish towels, same thing, do them seperate from others, including the dryer.

    "Grunge" towels, the ones that are too far gone for regular use, but good to wipe down engines, wheels, etc, get some "Rit" dye and dye them red, red means danger, and same thing, wash and dry seperate from all others.
    "Logic dictates I have been at this detailing thing way too many years!":wink1:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Ketcham
    Try to purchase different colored towels for different uses.

    Always wash microfibers by themselves and dry them on low heat by themselves.

    Towels used for glass, same thing, by them selves so there is no cross contamination of dressings, waxes, etc onto the towels. (one of the main reasons for glass streaking)

    Wax, polish towels, same thing, do them seperate from others, including the dryer.

    "Grunge" towels, the ones that are too far gone for regular use, but good to wipe down engines, wheels, etc, get some "Rit" dye and dye them red, red means danger, and same thing, wash and dry seperate from all others.


    Agreed! I`m actually glad DI started carrying more towels and in different colors.



    I now have:

    • Light blue WW for drying & blue huck towels for glass
    • White for polish/wax removal
    • Green for leveling of coatings
    • Gold/Black for Eraser/IPA wipe downs
    • Black, blue, yellow for interior and various other tasks




    All of the above are washed separately (5 loads).

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    When working, was also VP of Operations for our New Vehicle Processing shops.

    Since we hired so many "monkey`s" that came and went, bought 8 big plastic tubs.

    Had to paint some to make the "color code" work.

    Red, Blue, Green and White.

    One of each for clean towels, mounted on the wall above the same colored tub that were below them on the floor.

    Red was for "grunge" towels

    Green for paint micro fibers

    Blue for blue surgical/huck towels

    White for white terry cloth towels.

    When the worker needed clean towels of any of them, had to walk over and put the dirty ones in the tub below the clean ones.

    That kept towels from being thrown on the floor, etc and the tubs were also marked clearly as to what the towels in them were to be used for.

    They had to go to them for clean ones, so no biggy to take the dirty`s and put them in the correct dirty towel tub.

    Made it much easier as well for the washing of them, no sorting of towels.

    If they didn`t do it, the manager would talk with them twice, then the next time a `write up" and three of those and out the door.

    In a volume shop, time is money, and mistakes cost time which is money.
    "Logic dictates I have been at this detailing thing way too many years!":wink1:

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    We have separate colors and loads as well.



    we have white terry cotton towels, mostly used for door jams, engines, some wheels and also interiors



    Light blue waffle weave/ blue huck towels for windows



    Then our new colors coding for MF towels is going to be:



    Yellow, polish/wax/sealant removal



    Light Blue, Interior



    Black, Exterior use



    Then we have larger i think 20x20 or 20x16 Dark Blue MF for drying

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    That is miles beyond what most shops do, Shane.

    Back when I was doing my thing, we had 30 so "monkey`s" working in a single shop, so took some real "brain not required" systems to make thing go somewhat trouble free.
    "Logic dictates I have been at this detailing thing way too many years!":wink1:

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    Lol is that good or bad Ron?

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    [quote name=`RaskyR1`]



    I now have:

    blue huck towels for glass

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    Rasky1--I too use Huck Towels for windows, but have not been able to find a source that has Huck towels in a manageble size say like 16 X 16. Do you know of any place that sells them in smaller sizes??

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    Re: washing microfiber along with other laundry

    Quote Originally Posted by Accumulator View Post
    I would never wash MFs with cotton or other non-synthetic
    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Ketcham View Post
    Always wash microfibers by themselves and dry them on low heat by themselves
    ^^^This, always wash separately

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    Re: washing microfiber along with other laundry

    Nice to know I`m not the only OCD microfiber laundry person.

    I have black ones and yellow ones. Washed them together one time and I freaked because the yellow ones had black lint on them.

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    Re: washing microfiber along with other laundry

    Quote Originally Posted by Ccrew View Post
    I have black ones and yellow ones. Washed them together one time and I freaked because the yellow ones had black lint on them.
    Well, at least you found out that the black ones are prone to linting.

 

 

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