I bought some microfiber towels, waffle weave and wash mitt. Should I wash these before my first use??
Thanks
Brent
I bought some microfiber towels, waffle weave and wash mitt. Should I wash these before my first use??
Thanks
Brent
My opinion is that towels should always be washed first. Here is a recent thread about this topic -
Should MF towels be washed before first use?
:yeah
I don`t wash them first and sell a ton of them at car shows to people with 10`s of thousands in paint jobs, who need to use them right there at the show. If you have the time and enough mf`s to do a machine wash, then it wouldn`t hurt, but we buy only top quality cloths, that don`t lint, and each one is inspected by a very picky person before it`s put into its plastic bag.
I`ve used several hundred mf`s and have never washed one before its first use.
I prefer to wash before using as well. If nothing else it does help to eliminate any linting. I should note that this preference extends to clothes, bath towels, sheets, etc. I won`t wear anything that hasn`t been washed so maybe I`m a bit OCD here.Originally Posted by awd330
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:yeah
There is allways room for improvement
Since the main reason to wash MF towels is to prevent linting, and since most quality MF`s won`t lint (unlike the cheap Costco MF`s) you really don`t need to wash them first.
I use to, but not any more. Never had a problem.
:yeah
but one exception seems to be Waffle Weave towels...they don`t lint, but they seem to have some kind of oil or something on them that quickly disappears if you just rinse them in water. For WW`s I prefer to either wash or rinse them before use, for others it`s optional depending on your time and how many other towels you have.
Originally Posted by Rob Tomlin
First of all some towels made using MF yarns shed (linting) but that is another story. The reason for washing towels before using them is to remove - excess chemical finish in the fabric
- loose threads left over from cutting the fabric
- oils from the sewing machines used to sew the towels
- oils and dirt from the hands of the factory workers cutting, sewing, and handling the towels
- dirt and other particles that may get into the fabric from the towels being dropped on the floor accidentally during processing.
- outgasing from the plastics used to package them for shipping
In other words, it`s better to be safe than sorry... I run a very tight sewing floor and I still WASH FIRST!!
I stand corrected!
I`ve never washed a microfiber towel before I used it.
"I`m staying out of it."
I never was my MF`s first either and I`ve never had a problem. I don`t see how it could hurt, however. To each his own I guess!
Mike
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