Need Expensive Microfiber Towels

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jmsc

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Looking for a top-of-the-line, expensive MF sized 16X16 or 16X24, any color.



A client is looking for some creme-de-la-creme MF's for his Ferrari show car.



Any suggestions/recommendations?



Or are $10-12 mf's the top end?
 
microfibertech.com or stocktowelsnow.com

i like the 500-600 gram range for qd and rinseless and waterless washes. waffle weave for drying. 360 gram range for waxing/polishing.



if you feel the need to pay full price just look at autogeek, detailers domain, pak shak, etc..

the microfibertech 360/530 gram ones are suspiciuosly similar to deteailer domain and pak shak.
 
My main go to towels are the Detailed Image towels and they are also used by many other detailers, including one who's main staple is Ferrari. ;)



Drying - Blue waffle weave drying towels

Polish, wax, detail sprays - Great White towels





That being said, many other sites towels are equally as good, with PakShak probably being your best overall bet.





EDIT: I also have some very nice towels from microfibertech.com and they are a lot more affordable....I'm just not sure on the consistency yet (always getting the same towels).
 
My microfibertech towels are fantastic! I have some that are 8 years old and work like new! :xyxthumbs:
 
jmsc said:
Looking for a top-of-the-line, expensive MF sized 16X16 or 16X24, any color.



A client is looking for some creme-de-la-creme MF's for his Ferrari show car.



Any suggestions/recommendations?



Or are $10-12 mf's the top end?
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Gotta love the misnomer idea that expensive always = quality.
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
Gotta love the misnomer idea that expensive always = quality.
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Funny. I was just thinking the same thing. That's probably why he bought the Ferrari in the first place.



The $1 Million question is does he really know what he is doing with the towel. The best towel in the world won't overcome a lack of common sense.
 
cobraa:



Just went out to CG's site. Some of their towels appear to be above and beyond the Zaino's, Cobra's, Monster Fluffy's, Neatitem's, Magic, Microfibertech's, Pak's, ... that I currently use.



Will recommend CG's MF to my client and will pickup some to try for myself.



Thanks to all the recommendations.
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
Gotta love the misnomer idea that expensive always = quality.
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Exactly! Just because it is the most expensive does not mean it is the best. You could buy $20 microfibers, but they aren't necessarily the best for drying the car and cleaning the windows and buffing off wax. They make a variety of towels for different things, so the most expensive towel is not necessarily an 'all in one' solution to what you are looking for.



My advice is to find a nice waffle weave towel for drying. Those do a much better job than the big fluffy towels used for buffing off wax. And for the interior I would get some towels that aren't as plush as the ones you use for buffing wax off with. For glass I would use either a smaller waffle weave or a mild plush towel. For wheels I would use a small waffle weave and dedicate it only to wheels. In fact, my towels are pretty much dedicated to singular purposes. I've got blue towels for the glass which are soft, but not as soft as the ones I use for the paint. The ones for the glass I don't care if they have silk linings on them or anything like that. Most of the $5 towels work great for glass. Autogeek sells a great green microfiber drying towel that I've yet to find an equal for, so that is what I use there. For the paint I look for plush, tagless, silk wrapped edge towels. But even then some of the 'expensive' towels cause streaking. Poorboy's sells an orange towel that doesn't streak and I love it to death. For interior I use the towels I've retired from either the glass or the paint, but I have to mark the blue ones so I know they aren't glass towels anymore. Fortunately glass towels seem to last a lot longer than the paint ones.



Anyway, I know that wasn't very helpful as far as recommendations on which particular towels to buy, but coming from someone who has two full washer loads of towels to wash every so often, I can tell you that I've gone through a fair number of towels in my day and I've found that there isn't a whole lot of correlation between functionality and price. The towels that work the best are the ones you should use regardless of price. Look at it this way... In some stores you can buy a PorterCable 7424 for $150 and in other stores it is $90 bucks. Is the $150 machine better just because the store buys less of them and makes less of a profit so they have to mark it up? Use what works and then use it often.
 
jmsc said:
cobraa:



Just went out to CG's site. Some of their towels appear to be above and beyond the Zaino's, Cobra's, Monster Fluffy's, Neatitem's, Magic, Microfibertech's, Pak's, ... that I currently use.



Will recommend CG's MF to my client and will pickup some to try for myself.



Thanks to all the recommendations.
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I absolutely love their gold towel.. they sell for 12.95 for 6 I think ? WTV.. they comme at like 2.5$ a towel.. and man.. I can get like 5-10 use out of them easily so that's like 25 cent per usage.



They work wonderful as drying towel. Plush enought to remove compound and doesnt saturate as much as other towel.



and the gold towel with silk black edge makes for wonderful bling shot with your expensive jar of wax at the end of the detail ;)
 
Darn me! Thanks, Accum--got it backwards!



Good catch. Pak Shak towels are my favorites, though I do have some CG towels.
 
wascallyrabbit said:
man your hard on your towels. i get way more that 5-10 uses out of my towels.
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I just think when a client pay you 200$ to detail his car.. he has the right to have ''very clean'' towel. so when I start seeing stain that won't go away or I , by mistake, dropped the towel on the floor etc etc.. I just throw it in my interior's towel bin or wheels's case.
 
cobraa said:
I just think when a client pay you 200$ to detail his car.. he has the right to have ''very clean'' towel. so when I start seeing stain that won't go away or I , by mistake, dropped the towel on the floor etc etc.. I just throw it in my interior's towel bin or wheels's case.
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Hope that's an "exterior 1-step only" price.... and even then you're inflating your overhead quite a bit by only getting 5-10 uses out of a towel. If you're seeing embedded particles and grit you can't pick out with tweezers, then absolutely retire the towel but a little discoloration usually isn't hurting anything.
 
You are getting stains on your paint towels? What else are you using them for? I've got towels I've been using for a very long time and there aren't any stains on them. They get filled up with polish and wax and then they get washed. Not much to stain them with there. If you are getting stains on your paint towels, then the problem is that you may not be dedicating them to just paint. If you are using a paint towel to clean door jambs with and are getting grease on them, then that is a problem. Don't just throw away a dirty towel. Dedicate your towels for specific uses and keep them separated. That will save you a ton of money from the sounds of it.



These are the six categories of towels I would recommend having. You can retire from being a paint towel to a QD towel, but not necessarily a good idea to use them as interior towels unless you are sure they aren't going to lint. Glass towels are easily retired into wheel or QD towels, but only as a QD towel if they are being used on door jambs and picking polish out of seams. Anyway, that is how I cycle my towels anyway. I've got a few for engine detailing too, but those are often retired interior towels or even retired QD towels. They last forever if you aren't using the fluffy stuff. I've actually got some old Viper towels I got with my first Blackfire kit over ten years ago that I still use for engine detailing.



Paint Towels (for waxes and polishes)

Interior Towels (specifically for vinyl/leather work)

Glass Towels (interior and exterior glass only)

Exterior Trim Towels (for wiper cowls and other plastic/rubber surfaces on the exterior)

Wheel Towels (for drying and detailing wheels)

Final or Quick Detail Towels (for the last bit of streaking and cleaning polish out of emblems or areas like that)

Engine Towels (for painted surfaces under the hood)
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
Gotta love the misnomer idea that expensive always = quality.
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Without a doubt but those with money want to spend it with the thought it is assured.
 
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