When do you finally throw out a microfiber towel

[david79z28]

I am washing my dirty towels today and wonder "When do others throw out their towels"?

Do you do it when they are stained, torn, etc?

Thanks.

[truckbutt]

I don't throw them out until they start to shred or if they lose their knap or get abrasive for some reason. When they get stained I move them to my wheel and tire towels.

[CEE DOG]

Never!!!!! LOL, I like to wash my tires with an mf towel after its initial scrubbing with a wheel brush.

Sorry, I know that doesn't answer your question but just wanted to throw that out there. They can be downgraded when they are no longer safe for another job.

[BobbyG]

Their life evolves from buffing to general maintenance to a garage rag then I give them a decent burial... The trash....

[JRivers]

For me this is the MF towel life span: from glass/paint, goes to door jambs, then tires/wheels, then engine bay and then to oil changes, then they can RIP :D

[john b]

i cut a hole in them after they have been booted from paint,generally i have got something on the mf that i dont want on the paint,then i stick im with the knife to be sent to tires and such

[Jimmie]

When they get pretty stained they might see one more job or tossed

[Bunky]

Never unless they get shredded. They just get relegated to dirty duty.

[timaishu]

I throw them away when they get really gunked up from a dirty job, like my first engine detail, or when I drop them and a whole bunch of crap sticks to it. Easier to just throw it away if its a cheap towel then spend a bunch of time picking out the dirt/sticks, whatever haha.

[TurboThom]

There's always a use for them. I toss em' when washing them doesn't return them to a somewhat normal color or they get caked with something nasty.

Usually the last duty they serve is cleaning up spills as a shop rag.

[Flash Gordon]

I throw mine away each year on October 1st

[pickles]

Order of demotion:
LSP,WAX,QD towel
Window towel
Door jam cleaner
Rims or toilet/shower cleaner
landfill

[2old2change]

I throw mine away each year on October 1st

Sace space in the landfill Flash. Just mail em to me.

[Jenn1270]

the only ones I toss are the wheel well towels. They get so nasty I can't get them clean. I just buy the terry pack or the MF pack at Sams and use them as disposable because they are so cheap.

Jenn

[Pats300zx]

I throw mine away each year on October 1st

The garbage men must love you :dblthumb2: lol

I never throw mine out unless they are falling apart. They get progressively moved down the pecking order. Wheels and tires, boat and jetski's, metal polishing, engines, etc.