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Old 04-11-2012, 09:56 AM
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I'm in need to replace my towels as they have all gotten contaminated and are on engine bay duty now. Short of ordering some off line (Zaino always seems to be sold out) where do you guys get yours from. I'm looking for some quality no swirl towels. I'm not big on microfiber, but maybe I've never gotten any good ones.
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check out chemical guys MF's they are great and cheap. I have about 40 of them for all different stuff but they are really soft.
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I use nothing but microfiber towels.
Here is the site that I go to for most of my supplies; http://www.autopia-carcare.com/
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Adamspolishes.com

Great towels and they're a sponsor here as well!
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I would say Adam's as well. Their drying towel is huge and absorbs water like no other, and their single soft and double soft towels are some of the softest towels I have ever felt. I have never tried any other quality microfiber towels, so can't comment on any others.
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http://www.autogeek.net/mictow.html

I like the Cobra Deluxes (purple ones).
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Originally Posted by CamaroSS27
check out chemical guys MF's they are great and cheap. I have about 40 of them for all different stuff but they are really soft.
I should have never went on that site I spent like 80 bucks but I'm going to try some of their stuff. Haha I'll let you guys know how it works out.
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I get mine from my girl friends linen closet.
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I got a good pack of stuff from AutoGeek.
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I get the blue and white microfiber towels from Walmart or Autozone and I think they work great.
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Originally Posted by Nathan C
I get the blue and white microfiber towels from Walmart or Autozone and I think they work great.
Well I wont jump on you as I have used them as well but there is a good arguement out there that the quality is far lower then what was prev stated above. You can induce scratches/swirls.

So when it comes to cars you care about, try to spend the $$$ on something that was lessen the change of marring up the surface. I still water blade my cars but follow up with Meguiars Water Magnets so go fig.
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Originally Posted by Ghostintheshell
I get mine from my girl friends linen closet.
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Originally Posted by My6speedZ
I should have never went on that site I spent like 80 bucks but I'm going to try some of their stuff. Haha I'll let you guys know how it works out.
Ya I feel ya I have done this so many times its like damn but you will love those towels man I have had tons of different brands and they are the nicest.
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Originally Posted by egott_91
I would say Adam's as well. Their drying towel is huge and absorbs water like no other, and their single soft and double soft towels are some of the softest towels I have ever felt. I have never tried any other quality microfiber towels, so can't comment on any others.
I'm that way to if I try something its hard for to try something if I'm satisfied with what I'm using. The regular bath towels I got were on markdown clearance at Macy's and were 100% cotton and I cut the edges off them (they were really hard) and used them that way for a year until they basically fell apart or just got to dirty to use on the paint.

I had no idea Adam's was a sponsor on here either, I've watched a ton of their videos on their website, most of them were pretty good.

Originally Posted by Nathan C
I get the blue and white microfiber towels from Walmart or Autozone and I think they work great.
The pack I got from Advance I couldn't use to take off polish because it would just scratch the clear coat. I gave them to my mom for house hold use.

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Originally Posted by CamaroSS27
Ya I feel ya I have done this so many times its like damn but you will love those towels man I have had tons of different brands and they are the nicest.
It was a wacky one day sale so that was the excuse to myself!

I grabbed one of the Sasquatch towels to try out too, there were a ton of review for it so I'll let you know if its as awesome as they say.
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I do have some really nice MF towels, but the ones that are the cheapest and work pretty damn good is the ones you get at Costco. 25 pack for $10 I think. The Walmart 15 pack for $10 is the same thing. At Costco, you can buy a pack all one color in yellow, orange, green and blue. Walmart's come in yellow, orange and green all together. I have polished a lot of cars, mostly black ones it seems. They don't scratch the paint. Improper care and use is what causes these good cheap microfiber towels to get a bad rep.
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Walmart. Yellow microfiber towels. They come in a two pack.

Was told by the professional that detailed my car that the towels are solid. Been using these towels for a while now and still no swirls.
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I get yellow microfiber towels from Autozone.
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For drying towel get a waffle weave from autogeek or adams same thing basically just go off price, I do like adams single soft towels just tooo expensive. But lemme know how you like the sasquaches I really been eyeing those lately for polishing.

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