Should I wash Microfiber Towels before 1st use???

[stang03]

I bought some microfiber towels, waffle weave and wash mitt. Should I wash these before my first use??

Thanks
Brent

[awd330]

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?

[Waxxy]

:yeah

[Poorboy]

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.

[Coastal Eddie]

I`ve used several hundred mf`s and have never washed one before its first use.

[mtodde]

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?

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.

[jpzapata]

:yeah

[Rob Tomlin]

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.

[Poorboy]

: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.

[DFTowel]

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.

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!!

[Rob Tomlin]

I stand corrected!

[rabbi]

I`ve never washed a microfiber towel before I used it.

[Mikeyzr]

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