micro fiber quistion?

trhland

trhland

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do you have to seperate your microfiber towels ? i use the same ones for waxing and drying and polishing i wash them together .but use them seperetly one for polishing then a nother for waxing .is it ok to wash them to gether? also is it ok to dry them in the dryer? and do i have to have seperete micro fiber towels for everything windows interior waxing polishing ect? thanks
 
trhland said:
do you have to seperate your microfiber towels ? i use the same ones for waxing and drying and polishing i wash them together .but use them seperetly one for polishing then a nother for waxing .is it ok to wash them to gether? also is it ok to dry them in the dryer? and do i have to have seperete micro fiber towels for everything windows interior waxing polishing ect? thanks
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I don't separate mine and I wash them together. I dry them in a dryer on the LOWEST heat setting. You don't have to have separate towels for everything just clean towels for everything. I wouldn't use a towel I just wiped wax off to do my windows. A little thing I do is if the microfiber touches the ground or gets really dirty I take a sharpie and put a big "X" on both sides and that tells me that that towel is not to be used on finished paint. I wash the bad towels separate from the good ones however.
 
I seperate this way:



- all good quality used/usable on paint for polish/wax removal

- all not-so-good quality not suitable for paint (interiors, door jambs, fenders, wheels)

- all used just for glass (if I don't, I get smearing on glass from polish/wax residue left in towels



just my $.02.
 
I wash all MF's together and dry normally on a medium dry setting. I sometimes use an absorber like super chamois that I wash separately now because they sometimes throw a little lint like pills.

I wash with Oxi-clean ball (sometimes add a little Oxi-Max) that claims to rinse free. I don't rinse with vinegar or use softener (as everyone knows not to). The towels come out clean and soft. I do have some white WW towels that have become stained - I may need to pre-soak some of my towels before washing.
 
smprince1 said:
- all used just for glass (if I don't, I get smearing on glass from polish/wax residue left in towels
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This, to me, indicates you're not washing your towels properly. There should not be this type of transfer or residue. Are washing in hot water?
 
Yes, washing in hot water, using Micro-Restore, double rinse.



I don't ALWAYS get smearing... but I am a stickler for perfect glass and glass shows everything in different light. Sometimes I think it might be caused by something else... but I'm doing it to eliminate one possible source of contamination.
 
The only ones I separate out are my MFs for glass, and that's more a matter of not wanting them contaminated with MF lint than anything else.



My suede-style MFs are obviously different from the plush ones, so they're easy to ID. Most of my plush ones are plusher on one side than the other, so I differentiate good/bad by how I fold them; the good ones get folded with the plush side *in* and the bad ones get folded with the plush side facing *out*. Ones that're plush on both sides get marked the way Danase does it when they're no longer suited for final finishes.
 
I seperate my towels just for peace of mind...I know its not going to have anything funky on it. Glass, drying, wax, QD (basically the same) but then I do have several "anything" MFs.
 
i dryed mine on a hot cycle before i founf out you should dry them on low heat are they no good any more?
 
i hand wash mine in the sink with some laundry detergent. then i hang them and let them air dry. have you ever seen what wax residue can do to a washer? it really messes it up! when i last took about our washer at work there was enough wax build up to wax a couple hundred cars! i would at least suggest of you're goin to wash them in a washer have a seperate one for your clothes.
 
ratbastard said:
..have you ever seen what wax residue can do to a washer? it really messes it up! when i last took about our washer at work there was enough wax build up to wax a couple hundred cars! i would at least suggest of you're goin to wash them in a washer have a seperate one for your clothes.
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I *have* a separate washer/dryer setup in the shop, but IMO if you have that kind of build up in the washer basket you're using way too much product ;)



I clean the washer basket every now and then when I see that it needs it and I run an "empty cycle" with a bunch of bleach (wash cycle) and vineger (rinse cycle) now and then after being advised to do so by my service guy. When our household washer broke down I didn't hesistate to wash my custom-tailored (white) dress shirts in the garage washer, no problems at all. FWIW the garage washer is 14 years old, but yeah, I *did* have its basket replaced once. Since then I've just never let it get/stay dirty.
 
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