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09-02-2006, 10:24 AM
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| | | Washing my microfibers...
How do I wash my microfiber towels? I don't have any specialty products, but need to clean them regardless. - Do I was on cold, warm or hot?
- Do I let them air dry or put them in the dryer?
- Can I put them all together, or do I need to seperate by color?
- Is a regular liquid detergent OK to use?
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09-02-2006, 10:50 AM
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| | | Wash them with a little vinegar (white) as possible and normal soap. Remember to tumble dry no heat, and then also remember no fabric softner. When possible get some Microrestore and no worries. I too have found those dryer balls (as seen on tv) help reduce some static in the dryer. |
09-02-2006, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by killrwheels@autogeek Wash them with a little vinegar (white) as possible and normal soap. Remember to tumble dry no heat, and then also remember no fabric softner. When possible get some Microrestore and no worries. I too have found those dryer balls (as seen on tv) help reduce some static in the dryer. |  Works great. No problems.  |
09-02-2006, 12:09 PM
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| | | What does drying with heat cause? |
09-02-2006, 12:47 PM
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| | OOPS! I dried mine last night.
I used Micro Restore as the main wash with some oxy-clean as a prewash. Used the prewash cycle and the stain remover cycle (Hot/ cold). Then after I put them in the dryer. Seemed to come out very clean.
Is the dryer a bad thing?
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09-02-2006, 05:37 PM
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| | | heat can damage the polymide strands ... I would tumble dry or air dry from now on, cannot change the past. |
09-02-2006, 07:09 PM
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| | | Damage by making the strands abrasive or by deterioration of the towel. |
09-02-2006, 07:43 PM
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| | | it kinda melts the ingredients in the strands so to speak, so it could in all likelylood make them abrasive. |
09-02-2006, 07:51 PM
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| | | killr is dead on here.
No heat. Melts the fibers and will scratch.
If you don't have vinegar or an MF restorer, use about a cup of normal degreaser. I run mine through an extra short rinse cycle too. |
09-02-2006, 08:05 PM
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| | I rather like my balls for keeping my micro's fluffy. Someone offered it on this forum, and I am pleased. (makes a little noise however)  | | |
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