How do you clean your microfiber towels, pads, mitts and etc ????

I have several microfiber towels, pads and mitts that were used in the past couple weeks.


In the past my car care needs were addressed via the local car washes.


This time around I'm doing things different.


I've been using better products and setting things up so I have my garage space free as a useful spot to detail our cars.

I have several microfiber towels, pads and applicators that have accumulated over the past couple weeks.

I'm running them through the washing machine on high heat with no extra soap....and gonna air dry them.





What is the best method ????????

 

I just machine wash all microfiber towels on warm and dry them on low heat/delicate in the dryer. I usually throw them in the wash right after I’m done washing my truck.

 

same here................. no fabric softener of any kind on ANY towels
they build a film and dont absorb..... you know, like a towel should

 

Cool.

Just hot water......no extra soap and low heat in dryer ?

 

Yeah that’s what I do.

Now if I can just find a way to keep water spots from forming on a black truck, I’d be fucking Golden. Drives me freaking apeshit.

 

I hear ya, bro.


FWIW.....I've been running Chemical Guys V07 soap......then their V07 detail spray on my black Tacoma and it's been doing great.


No water spots are there even after it raining like crazy afterwards.


I simply wash with V07 soap and then blow it off with filtered electric leaf blower......then spray on V07 detailer and wipe down lightly with clean microfiber cloth afterwards.


I've had it rain like crazy right afterwards and zero waterspots were there the next day.

 

wah?

FIL got his truck washed the other day and as I was watching, i said "Im surprised they dont have a leaf blower" since they were busy as hell and a hand wash place.

whats this "filter" u speak of?

 

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badass little mofo that does interior work as well.............

 

I use the Vo7 detailing spray, that works pretty good, but I still have spots. Vinegar/water or clay bar works on them, but both of those methods will remove wax, and I just haven’t had time to do all that lately, plus when I do the weather isn’t cooperating.

I use the CG’s Mr Pink wash. The truck looks great, but when you get right up to it in a certain light, I can see those bastard spots here and there.

 

That is best method for cleaning your detail towels if they get too dirty throw em away. Then for washing I use pressure washer and two bucket micro mitt method. No swirls minimal paint wear. Wax 4 times a year. Clay twice. Big fan of the meguairs black label detailer

 

My microfiber towels are all color coded to products.

I do not wash towels that have been used to wax or seal my truck with any other towels.

I wash water soluable product towels together with a microfiber soap on hot and dry on air. Do not dry them on high.

I try to wash all the same color towels together to prevent from any product mixing. I just buy several mits and towels so I only have to do a load every 2-3 washes.

 

After I finish using my towels I hand wash them in the kitchen sink using a little Tide Free. I then hang them on a clothes rack to dry. After they have dried I put them in a plastic bag until I get enough for a load to wash in the washing machine. I then wash my microfiber towels with up to the 1st line in the Tide Free cap for the soap and I fill the bleach and fabric softener holders in the washing machine with White Vinegar. Wash on warm then tumble dry no heat for 45 minutes. They come out of the dryer softer than a cats hair.

 

Don't drop your micro towels in pine straw. Impossible to get all the pine needles off. Tossed them in the trash and bought new ones

 

Yeah, I had the same thing happen with cedar tree shedding. I had my truck under some cedar trees for shade. A few of the towels blew on the ground onto the dead, Brown cedar tree foliage. It ‘‘twas a nightmare, they were covered in that stuff. I threw them away.

That’s one thing to watch for, if you ever drop them on the ground when you are drying your truck. Make sure you look them over real good because all kinds of bad shit will stick to them, and you’ll end up scratching your truck.

 

Some microfiber is rather grabby and doesn’t release debris. Where other microfiber will. My experience the cheaper the microfiber the more it holds debris.

 

Squirt bottle of white distilled vinegar will remove it if you keep on top of it.

 

I have tons of them from all the hot rods. I just throw them in washer on hot w/ soap. I turn off & let them soak for awhile, then wash twice. Then into dryer w/ no dryer sheets. The nasty ones become wheel polish cloths or tire dressing use. I usually buy new ones at Home Depot- 18 for 10 bucks for paint.

 

I know, that’s what I usually use, but vinegar also removes wax too.

 

When I have enough dirty towels of each type outlined below I will do the following process:

Drying towels - warm water with a mild detergent on delicate cycle. Low heat in the dryer. Stored in a plastic container just for these towels.

Polishing towels - warm water with a mild detergent on delicate cycle. Low heat in the dryer. Stored in a plastic container just for these towels.

Glass towels - warm water with a mild detergent on delicate cycle. Low heat in the dryer. Stored in a plastic container just for these towels.

Interior towels - warm water with a mild detergent on delicate cycle. Low heat in the dryer. Stored in a plastic container just for these towels.

Exterior towels - (trim, wheels, tires, etc) - Soaked in my shop sink with hot water using a de-greasing soap (like Dawn Dish soap) for several hours. Depending on how dirty I'll repeat this process one more time before rinsing with hot water and then soaked one last time. Dried in my shop on a clothes hanger. Stored in a plastic container just for these towels.

When it comes to towels hitting the ground, they get turned into house rags or shop rags but their use for auto-detailing stop. When applying ceramic coatings the towels used to wipe down the vehicle are thrown away after their use.

 

I recently washed a handful of microfiber towels together with few other towels and rags. Washed on delicate with about half the normal soap. Low heat in dryer. They came out excellent and after using one of them it works fine. I'm sure they'll degrade over multiple washings, but that (and if they're particularly dirty) means I'll just buy some new ones. They aren't that expensive.