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really a must have? i have the bf and use it. any alternitives? woolite? any other otc brand? or is your best bet sticking with a true mf detergent?
 

I have always used a MF wash. But there are many that use Tide Free & Clear and have no problems.

I have used BF MF wash, CG MF wash, Micro-Restore, 3D Towel Kleen.

The BF MF wash is great,. but the cost and amount called for it double the others. I use CG MFwash the most as I bought a gallon. It works well and is a good cost per use product. I am seriously considering the 3D Towel Kleen as my next MF wash as it is even cheaper than the CG stuff and works just as well.

 
I like Blackfire as well just for convenience. I had tried Woolite for a while and Microrestore and Blackfire were better but I am sure the amount used per wash can make a big difference in the results. With Microrestore, I ended up with using vinegar in the rinse but since using Blackfire I just do two rinses but no vinegar. It seems to work fine. Drying on the lowest heat setting definitely improves towel feel after a wash in my opinion.

I do not use enough to make the cost a real concern.
 
I have used Woolite and Dreft and IMO they do not clean as well and don't leave the towels as soft as a dedicated mf detergent. Personally I have tried Adams, Microrestore and Blackfire and for the value, going forward I will be staying with Microrestore. It worked just as good as the others for much cheaper...
 
Out of the couple iv'e tried the BF seemed to work the best. For cost purposes I only use BF detergent on my "higher quality" towels, and use Tide free & clear for my lower quality ones (ie: interior, door jambs, wheels, ect)
 
I now use Micro-Restore only and no OTC brands. The MR takes out stains in the towels, that say, Tide would leave a shadow of. I also do a two rinse but I definitely use vinegar in the second. Like Bunky, I don't use enough to make cost a consideration, although my wife has started using it so ... LOL
 
I have tried others, but the Blackfire microfiber wash works so well that I have not used anything else in quite a while. Plus I really like the bottle with the built- in measuring dispenser.
 
I have bought and used Detailers Pro Series MF cleaner just because it was cheaper then BF. I am not that impressed with it. Not sure BF or any other MF cleaner would have been better but my opinion I have a cheap brand called Xtra detergent that has an oxy cleaner in it that does just as good of a job at a quarter of the cost of DP MF cleaner. I have some MF towels that I had used for wheel and tire cleaning that looked like those in DP's ad, well they only look slightly better after washing and a far cry from what they look like in their after picture ad. I think I wasted my money. Considering I bought a whole gallon which should last quite some time once it is gone I will go back to regular detergent.

Dean. :rant:
 
skibik said:
I have bought and used Detailers Pro Series MF cleaner just because it was cheaper then BF. I am not that impressed with it. Not sure BF or any other MF cleaner would have been better but my opinion I have a cheap brand called Xtra detergent that has an oxy cleaner in it that does just as good of a job at a quarter of the cost of DP MF cleaner. I have some MF towels that I had used for wheel and tire cleaning that looked like those in DP's ad, well they only look slightly better after washing and a far cry from what they look like in their after picture ad. I think I wasted my money. Considering I bought a whole gallon which should last quite some time once it is gone I will go back to regular detergent.

Dean. :rant:
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I have found that towels used on wheels, tires, fender wells, can get really dirty and almost never come perfectly and totally clean. I have not used the DP cleaner but here is something I have done to try help the problem you are talking about.

  • Do a pre soak in a bucket with some MF Cleaner or APC. This will help start the cleaning process
  • Use more MF cleaner than is called for. (Sometimes I think the amounts listed are for fairly clean towels)
  • Do 2 wash cycles.
  • I almost always do 2 rinse cycles to help make sure everything is clean and good to go

 
TroyScherer said:

I have found that towels used on wheels, tires, fender wells, can get really dirty and almost never come perfectly and totally clean. I have not used the DP cleaner but here is something I have done to try help the problem you are talking about.

  • Do a pre soak in a bucket with some MF Cleaner or APC. This will help start the cleaning process
  • Use more MF cleaner than is called for. (Sometimes I think the amounts listed are for fairly clean towels)
  • Do 2 wash cycles.
  • I almost always do 2 rinse cycles to help make sure everything is clean and good to go
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I guess I never tried pre-soak. I will have to give that a try next. I have tried 2 wash cycles then rinse, I have tried 2 complete wash cycles. The towels I use strictly for wheels and tires are the cheap towels I first bought so it really doesn't matter to me if they don't come out perfectly clean. I just thought it was funny to see the DP's ad with the before and after shot of the towels. It was partially the reason why I chose it, the other was it was $5 cheaper per gallon then the others. But I should know better when it comes to advertising with pics. It is JMO that if a person is on a budget, which I kind of am, I think you could actually do without the MF detergent.

Dean. :redface:
 
I was just out and did a rinseless wash on my car. Even though I ran it through the touchless to wash the undercarriage mainly and to wash off the salt and dirt build up. Okay, so after I am done with the rinseless wash I proceed to wash the wheels and then tires which I used the remaining solution in the bottom of the bucket. Now get this I have the cheap towels I first bought before I knew what a good towel was from this site so I have some relegated to tire and wheel duty, I threw one of those towels in the bucket and the towel is water proof, it would not soak up water. It finally was able to soak in some water when I squeezed the air out. Am I to guess that this is from me wiping off the old tire dressing with these rags? I thought the MF detergent I bought would clean this out. I have not put any tire dressing on this winter and it isn't much use with the salty roads but this kind of baffled me that the rag just floated on top of the rinseless solution and would not soak up water. Am I not using enough MF detergent? I only do about a dozen towels or maybe a few more and use small setting on washer and used about one ounce per instructions.

Dean. :wall
 
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