microfiber drying !!!!!!

trhland

trhland

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how are you guys drying your towels?? i just washed mine with the microfiber rejuvinater from auto geek and now there hangdrying. i heard this is the best way.but it seems like its going to take a week for them to dry. i heard you can put them in the dryer but only on low heat. . .what do you guys do????
 
thanks im doing that now i just took them out there still alitle damp and i hung them up to finish drying
 
Suzanna said:
I missed the instructions about not using the dryer.
Have I damaged mine?
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Probably not.
Mine have always been washed with regular laundry detergent, (recently trying Micro-Restore), and dried in the dryer. No pre-wash or hang drying.
They seem to stay soft and absorbent and some of them are at least 4 years old.

:2santa
Charles
 
Same here Charles.....switched to Micro Restore a while back and now I use it exclusively, great product. I just dry them on low-medium , fold them up, and use them again. No worries.
 
I also just throw them in the dryer until the buzzer goes off. After that, they're good to go.
 
Dryer set on hot will in no way harm any towels whether they are MF or larger, whether they are cotton or polyester... no harm will come to them.
 
DFTowel said:
Dryer set on hot will in no way harm any towels whether they are MF or larger, whether they are cotton or polyester... no harm will come to them.
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then why do they say dont dry on high heat only low heat?
 
i throw them in the dryer and thats it. Same for washing, throw them in the washign machine and some detergent and wash.
 
The reason I only dry till "damp" andon low heat is that it cuts down (almost 100%) on static electricity. If I dry 100% in the dryer, I get static which seems to transfer over to the fender flares on my truck and catch a lot of brake dust. I know it may sound crazy, but it's true. I have found, through personal experimentation, that I get the best results drying in the manner I do. YMMV.
 
JaredPointer said:
The reason I only dry till "damp" andon low heat is that it cuts down (almost 100%) on static electricity. If I dry 100% in the dryer, I get static which seems to transfer over to the fender flares on my truck and catch a lot of brake dust. I know it may sound crazy, but it's true. I have found, through personal experimentation, that I get the best results drying in the manner I do. YMMV.
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That's what I do. It works quite well that way.
 
Sounds a little like trying to find the "best" wax. :)

To me, the imortant thing is to do whatever works for you.
It looks like any of several ways will work so if you are comfortable with "your" way, then by all means use it.:)
One thing that really appeals to me about my way is the fact that my wife does them that way for me. :D

Charles
 
trhland said:
then why do they say dont dry on high heat only low heat?
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It was always thought that hot spots in a dryer could cause melting of some threads in polyester type microfibers. Recent testing has proven this to be a myth. I have yet to meet, speak to, or hear of anyone who has ever melted or burned a towel in a hot dryer.

A household dryer reaches about 135 degrees. The melting point of polyester MF is 500 degrees, the flash point for Cotton MF is about 480. Paper burns at 425 or so. How often have you left a note or cash in the laundry and it went through the dryer? Did it catch on fire?

Really the only reason not to dry on high is to keep down static electricity but even that doesn't make much sense unless you need to use the towels immediately from the dryer. The static dissipates within the hour anyway.

Furthermore it has been written that shrinkage will occur in a hot dryer which reduces the efficiency of the towel. This is false and counter to the popular belief that more threads per square inch is better. In other words, if the fabric shrinks it increases the thread count.
 
I tried hanging mine on the line to dry but I think they are softer when I use the dryer on low until just damp and then use the air fluff to finish.
I"m getting excellent results so like Charles said if it works or another way of putting it is if it ain't broke don't fix it.
I will keep drying on low and air fluffing them.
 
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