Don't ruin your microfiber detailing clothes. Who knew?

[expidia]

Might have been mentioned here before. but a search did not turn up anything.
even though the article links to a couple of detergents the article makes sense.

Doesn't mean you can't buy from bimmerpost supporting members . . .

Microfibers are not cheap and I don't want to remove the static cling they give me by ruining them washing incorrectly.

And for those that are sure to chime in for their post count towards "General etc" with the inevitable opposite opinion to any article with like "I always just throw mine in the washer, never had an issue" . . . I'll just say right now. "well, good for you"

http://www.autogeek.net/mi101.html

[Red Bread]

What's your takeaway from that? I've been using microfiber for twenty plus years, still have some of the first towels I bought. I machine wash, with regular HE soap and dry on low heat, of course with no dryer sheet, like any towel. Works fine, with Jet Black and Sapphire Black cars no less. I'm even the heathen that washes towels used with abrasives with my wash towels. Never had a reason to buy soaps sold from detailing shops, seems like a scam.

Thinking about it, I use two specialty soaps, Woolite Dark for annual jeans washing and SportSuds for bicycling clothes and washing waterproof stuff.

[Dackelone]

I know when you wash your MF towels... the reason why you do not want to use a fabric softener(fs) is bc the fs have micro particles to make the fabric "soft". But these particles also can scratch your paint when using a mf towel treated with a fs.

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Dackel

[WingZeroX5]

$18 bucks I can buy a large pack of new MF towels from Costco, maybe even two packs if they're on sale.

[expidia]

Originally Posted by Red Bread

What's your takeaway from that? I've been using microfiber for twenty plus years, still have some of the first towels I bought. I machine wash, with regular HE soap and dry on low heat, of course with no dryer sheet, like any towel. Works fine, with Jet Black and Sapphire Black cars no less. I'm even the heathen that washes towels used with abrasives with my wash towels. Never had a reason to buy soaps sold from detailing shops, seems like a scam.

Thinking about it, I use two specialty soaps, Woolite Dark for annual jeans washing and SportSuds for bicycling clothes and washing waterproof stuff.

Its because you are such a rebel

[c1pher]

Originally Posted by WingZeroX5

$18 bucks I can buy a large pack of new MF towels from Costco, maybe even two packs if they're on sale.

I will rewash some of my microfibers and reuse them, but at a certain point, it's safer to me to just buy new ones. The cost on good ones has really gone down, so it's not like they are made of gold. I buy packs of them through Bezos' website, they are very affordable.

[ShocknAwe]

I rewash them, but if they start to look visibly dirty after washing, I throw em out. Wash in washing machine with standard HE laundry detergent. My washing machine has never, and will never, see ANY fabric softener or "scentable" bullshit.

Dry em on whatever heat I feel like in the dryer, and likewise a dryer that has never had any sheets or fabric additives in it.

Think the most recent pack I got was from 2010? Doing pretty well.

[xQx]

Originally Posted by WingZeroX5

$18 bucks I can buy a large pack of new MF towels from Costco, maybe even two packs if they're on sale.

Same here in Australia - I wouldn't call microfiber cloths expensive.

20 Microfiber cloths for $10 AUD at Bunnings

[Z K]

I use microfiber wash for my car microfiber towels. I just throw my used dirty towels into a bucket. When it fills up, I throw them in the washing machine and run a load with microfiber wash detergent. Then line dry afterward. I find I only do a wash every 2-3 months.