Any way to revive microfiber towels?
Any way to revive microfiber towels? After a good years usage of my towels it seems that the fiber or whatever helped wipe away streak free all the detail spray and wax on cars is not working anymore. It seems to just smear and doesn't clean as good as it used to. Is there any way I can refresh or clean these up to make it be the way they used to? or do I have to just buy new ones.
I throw them out and buy new ones. You get 12 for 8 bucks at walmart. I can use one towel to dry off the car then that towel goes into the wheel pile. I never use a towel more than once on the paint.
At Costco or Sams Club, can't remember which. I bought a pack of 20 (if I remember correctley) for $6.
I use the same one more than once as long as all I did was use spray on detail with it.
I use the same one more than once as long as all I did was use spray on detail with it.
how the **** big are the towels you buy? i get the little ones and i can hardly dry off the hood without having to grab a new one
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I dry my car off with 2 microfibers, one that soaks up the majority of the water (which you can wring out) and one to competely dry it off. The second usually stays pretty dry and clean...my windows always come out spot free too!
Then I hit the wheels and door jambs, then they get washed and usually stay in the wheel/under-the-hood pile (which gets washed and reused)
Then I hit the wheels and door jambs, then they get washed and usually stay in the wheel/under-the-hood pile (which gets washed and reused)
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I dry my car off with 2 microfibers, one that soaks up the majority of the water (which you can wring out) and one to competely dry it off. The second usually stays pretty dry and clean...my windows always come out spot free too!
Then I hit the wheels and door jambs, then they get washed and usually stay in the wheel/under-the-hood pile (which gets washed and reused)
Then I hit the wheels and door jambs, then they get washed and usually stay in the wheel/under-the-hood pile (which gets washed and reused)
Try this:
Throw them in the washer in HOT water, delicate cycle.
During the rinse cycle, add about half a cup of white vinegar (more or less, depending on how many towels).
Rinse twice.
Throw them in the dryer on low heat, but do NOT use dryer sheets.
I've been doing this for a couple years and my towels are still really fluffy.
-Mike
Throw them in the washer in HOT water, delicate cycle.
During the rinse cycle, add about half a cup of white vinegar (more or less, depending on how many towels).
Rinse twice.
Throw them in the dryer on low heat, but do NOT use dryer sheets.
I've been doing this for a couple years and my towels are still really fluffy.
-Mike
I have about a dozen. I wash them on the longest cycle in my washer then throw them in the dryer with a crap load of dryer sheets. I had the same towels for about 5 years and they are still fine.
Try this:
Throw them in the washer in HOT water, delicate cycle.
During the rinse cycle, add about half a cup of white vinegar (more or less, depending on how many towels).
Rinse twice.
Throw them in the dryer on low heat, but do NOT use dryer sheets.
I've been doing this for a couple years and my towels are still really fluffy.
-Mike
Throw them in the washer in HOT water, delicate cycle.
During the rinse cycle, add about half a cup of white vinegar (more or less, depending on how many towels).
Rinse twice.
Throw them in the dryer on low heat, but do NOT use dryer sheets.
I've been doing this for a couple years and my towels are still really fluffy.
-Mike
I have seen on some forums that recommended boiling the towels in an effort to revive the fluffiness of the fabric.
In addition, we use the cold water rinse.
The vinegar is the fabric softener for microfibers as well it helps to release the remaining soap suds from the fabric.
No dryer sheets or bleach. The microfibers will treat the fabric softener as if it was dirt. It will try to store the tiny particles of the softener in the fibers. This will clog the pores of the microfibers and render them ineffective.
LOW heat setting only. Temperatures above 235 degrees will melt the microfibers.
Not all microfibers are created equal in terms of price or quality. They are finished in a number of varieties for use such as wash mitts, waffle weave drying towels, polish towels, detail towels, woven glass cleaners and polishing bonnets. Test them on the back of an old CD. If it scratches the CD, it will also scratch the clear coat of the car.
You guys are lucky. My dad and I share the same shop out at his place, "I added on to make his larger." Anyway, he grabs a towel when his hands get greasy, any towel works for him. It is usually my micro fiber towels that seem to be the closest to wherever he is working. I gave up on trying to get him to stop.
Good advice on washing Mike, thanks. I will throw them in his washing machine.
Good advice on washing Mike, thanks. I will throw them in his washing machine.
Mike and Steve are on the money.
I would add, make sure when you wash them that you only use liquid detergent, and preferbly one that is hypo allergenic and contains no fabric softner in it, like All Free.
I use one tablespoon of white vinegar per towel.
I also find it useful to wash my towels based on what they are used for ..
I do three loads..
One load for towels I use to remove product.
One load for towels I use for general cleaning.
One load for glass towels.
I would add, make sure when you wash them that you only use liquid detergent, and preferbly one that is hypo allergenic and contains no fabric softner in it, like All Free.
I use one tablespoon of white vinegar per towel.
I also find it useful to wash my towels based on what they are used for ..
I do three loads..
One load for towels I use to remove product.
One load for towels I use for general cleaning.
One load for glass towels.
