ArcticWhite
02-05-2019, 08:27 PM
Hi All,
New poster here after being a casual reader over the past year. Can't seem to find any definitive answers on this one after searching forums/internet-at-large and reading some results, so thought I'd post my first of a few questions to see what feedback I can get. By all means if this has been covered in other threads or articles please share.
Last year in my detailing ignorance I used a waffle weave drying towel that I typically use on the body of the car to wipe off wet, dirty wheels. I didn't consider my decision to do this until it was too late and I noticed how filthy/black the gray drying towel had become. I did not use this towel on paint again until it had been washed a total of 2-3 times. Other microfiber towels were washed alongside the tainted one after the initial use on wheels. No black marks or visible dirt remained on the tainted towel after the first wash, and after some deliberation and the aforementioned two extra washes I decided to employ it as a drying towel again. Since that time the towel has been washed somewhere between 10-20 times, all with other microfiber towels (some drying, some high GSM, some interior - but never again with wheel towels).
I'm going to be doing some paint correction on my car (fingers crossed - more to come in a separate thread) due primarily to some swirling and as a result I am again paranoid that this mistake might haunt me by undoing much of what I intend to fix. I am pretty obsessive over doing things the right way but if I am being honest, I am only slightly more obsessed than the average amateur. I don't have a garage to store the car, nor do I have a place to wash it regularly by hand, so I'll be relying upon coin op pressure washers for 90% of the time. I've considered buying new towels (just drying - not replacing all of the towels at this time despite being washed together) but in my mind even if I purchase new drying towels my circumstances and methods will be more prone to cause damage.
TL;DR:
After 10-20 runs in the washing machine, is it likely (anything is possible - I'm looking for likely) that there is still wheel dirt/brake dust/etc in the towels? I say towels since they were eventually all washed together.
New poster here after being a casual reader over the past year. Can't seem to find any definitive answers on this one after searching forums/internet-at-large and reading some results, so thought I'd post my first of a few questions to see what feedback I can get. By all means if this has been covered in other threads or articles please share.
Last year in my detailing ignorance I used a waffle weave drying towel that I typically use on the body of the car to wipe off wet, dirty wheels. I didn't consider my decision to do this until it was too late and I noticed how filthy/black the gray drying towel had become. I did not use this towel on paint again until it had been washed a total of 2-3 times. Other microfiber towels were washed alongside the tainted one after the initial use on wheels. No black marks or visible dirt remained on the tainted towel after the first wash, and after some deliberation and the aforementioned two extra washes I decided to employ it as a drying towel again. Since that time the towel has been washed somewhere between 10-20 times, all with other microfiber towels (some drying, some high GSM, some interior - but never again with wheel towels).
I'm going to be doing some paint correction on my car (fingers crossed - more to come in a separate thread) due primarily to some swirling and as a result I am again paranoid that this mistake might haunt me by undoing much of what I intend to fix. I am pretty obsessive over doing things the right way but if I am being honest, I am only slightly more obsessed than the average amateur. I don't have a garage to store the car, nor do I have a place to wash it regularly by hand, so I'll be relying upon coin op pressure washers for 90% of the time. I've considered buying new towels (just drying - not replacing all of the towels at this time despite being washed together) but in my mind even if I purchase new drying towels my circumstances and methods will be more prone to cause damage.
TL;DR:
After 10-20 runs in the washing machine, is it likely (anything is possible - I'm looking for likely) that there is still wheel dirt/brake dust/etc in the towels? I say towels since they were eventually all washed together.