SuperBee364
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The Vrooom towels are terrible about leaving lint on glass.
Opinions on Viking Microfiber towels?
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SuperBee364
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Fluxy, I haven't tried the Vroom towels that are supposed to be for glass. I'll have to check at the local Target and see if they carry em. The only ones I've used are the orange and grey. Oh, and I have one of their large yellow drying towels that I use for wax removal.
I just purchased the Viking glass MF's from Kragen earlier this week. The problem that I have with them is that they "grab" too much when buffing the glass (probably a result of having no nap). They work fine for the cleaning stage, but the drying/buffing irritates me.
So last night I went to Walmart and got some of their Mainstay MF kitchen towels (not the ones designated as glass towels). I used them on the windows, and they worked WONDERFUL! Good cleaning action, and great drying/buffing action too!
Back on topic, I too feel that the Viking green quick detailing and the yellow drying towels are very good quality. I think as of now I have about 10 of the green ones, and 2 or 3 of the yellow drying towels. In addition to these, the only other towels that touch my paint are the DF Concours terry MF towels (they're the BEST for removing polish and LSP, then giving a final swipe with a Viking green).
So last night I went to Walmart and got some of their Mainstay MF kitchen towels (not the ones designated as glass towels). I used them on the windows, and they worked WONDERFUL! Good cleaning action, and great drying/buffing action too!
Back on topic, I too feel that the Viking green quick detailing and the yellow drying towels are very good quality. I think as of now I have about 10 of the green ones, and 2 or 3 of the yellow drying towels. In addition to these, the only other towels that touch my paint are the DF Concours terry MF towels (they're the BEST for removing polish and LSP, then giving a final swipe with a Viking green).
wannafbody
wannafbody
Viking has some new glass MF towels that have a diamond pattern on them. They look like they'd glide better on glass than the old ones.
Bunky
Detailing Gnosis
If you have an Advance, you can order any Mothers product (I hope the towels too) through them from their distributor (Keystone). Keystone stocks all Mother stuff and supplies the stores or you can order Mothers online from places like Detailer's Dream. If you have done as much driving looking for towels, then an online order will actually save you money (less than a couple gallons of gas).
imported_altez
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I haven't tried this but someone suggested to use waffle weave for windows. Btw, hi fellow Austinite
Alright. Sears came through with the green "Quick Detail" towels, the Yellow polishing towels too. 
I picked up two pair of each and a set of the glass towels (low/no nap).
They aren't badly priced for their sizes, the green ones are a bit more than I'd like to spend but are 16x24 instead of 16x16.
I picked up two pair of each and a set of the glass towels (low/no nap).They aren't badly priced for their sizes, the green ones are a bit more than I'd like to spend but are 16x24 instead of 16x16.
Mindflux said:
I had to order the blue shag ones directly from euroworeilly.com. I stopped by O'Reilly yesterday on the way home from work and the "new" version of the Viking polishing cloths are now yellow instead of orange.
A couple of months ago, I tried to stop by all the O'Reilly stores in my area because they were having a clearance on all of the Viking towels. One of the store associates told me that he thought they might be discontinuing the line because he could not order any of the products from the local warehouse. Well it appears that they still carry the Viking line but none of the stores have any of the green/satin edge towels in stock. I'm bummed because I'd like to get some more. I checked 2 of the Sears stores and they don't have anything. And all of the KMart stores closed up in Dallas.
Bunky
Detailing Gnosis
jb1 said:
I noticed the new polishing towels too. They do not seem as heavy as the prior versions. Have you used them?
Bunky said:
Bunky,
I haven't used them yet. Bought 'em last night. I'm going to be washing all of my different MF towels this weekend so I can clean our cars next week. I just went to another O'Reilly by my house and two people that worked there said they don't think they'll be carrying the green ones any more? Huh? I thought those were some of their best sellers.