Personally Ive washed hundreds of loads of Microfiber and Ive tested many many methodologies.. cheap and costly alike.
This is what i have used for the last 3 years with great effectiveness to wash all of my microfiber products
1] Set the washer to HEAVY SOIL LEVEL - the washer agititates longer and use medium heat and maximum spin.
2] 1/3-1/2 cup of FREE detergent - Anything without fragrances or softners and such. This prevents in clogging up the MF with any extra substances, granting it maximum absorption. I prefer the kirkland [costco brand]
3] I add 2-4oz Citrus APC concentrate to the washer - This helps the MF to to release the deeply embedded gunk. The d-limonene is the key here to removal of dirt.
~Also, since its high efficiency i add another gallon of hot water from the tap [when this mixes it barely raises the temperature]. I find this helps the agitation process, allowing more water to get between the cloths to flush the 'dirt' from the cloths.
*** IF your washer has a pause cycle that doesn't reset the cycle time [and drain the contents -- my OLD machine used to] Then i HIGHLY suggest that after all the washing cycle has been going for 5 minutes and all of the water is in, pause the machine and allow the MF to soak for 20 min. This especially helps for dirtier and greasy MF cloths.
4] - Add 3/4- 1 cup Vinegar to final rinse to remove all detergent from cloths - Set a timer on my phone for the washers last rinse cycle... 18 min on the whole 121 min countdown on my machine. By trial and error i found this. This will unclog the MF strands of all traces of detergent.
This will leave then smelling of vinegar as well... so if this smell is there, enough was used.
5] Tumble try LOW for 30 min -[/B] NO DRYER SHEETS. Microfiber requires the static cling of the dryer in order to have move grabbing and holding power of particles, especially dust
6] Fold and store ASAP to keep clean and organized
I use this method in a high efficiency washer, but it can be also used in a regular washer by tweaking the rations of cleaner and such. I have done both
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