My MF towels are linting

[ntwillie1]

Hello all. I have a new car with Black paint that I have polished and I’m ready to coat w Exo v5. The problem is when I do my final wipe down the mf towels leave lint. I have all Cobra mf towels. I have tried the gold plush towels and I have tried the grey ones. I have tried the green short nap ones but everything seems to leave lint behind. I did notice when I was removing the Wolfgangs TSR that it was also very grabby. I am using Blackfire Paint Prep for my final wipe down and thought that the lint would come off when I did my final wipe down but that is sadly not the case. Just continues to leave lint. I have used existing used MGs and brand new out of the bag/box MFs. Any suggestions? The most luck I’ve had is using the short nap (back side) of the towels as opposed to the plush side. I can’t coat til I figure this out Thanks in advance.

[Setec Astronomy]

I hate when that happens, especially on the inside of the windshield. Do you have any waffle weave towels? I find they tend to lint less.

[Prange]

Wash them on the hot cycle, vinegar in the softener compartment, air dry. The water doesn't get hot enough to melt the fibers. You may have to do it a few times. The only linting I had was with TRC towels.

[Tbonem3]

Avoid plush towels or anything with much nap. The pearl weave type towels are the best for no lint.

[Setec Astronomy]

Wash them on the hot cycle, vinegar in the softener compartment, air dry. The water doesn't get hot enough to melt the fibers. You may have to do it a few times. The only linting I had was with TRC towels.

Usually if you have lint problems, it's due to the towel, not the wash method, as I think is evidenced by your own experience that you shared. Surely you washed your TRC towels as you suggested, but...they linted, apparently.

[Bill D]

I remember long ago I bought a pack of MFs from a respected online vendor and they all linted. The vendor refunded my money

[VISITOR]

i think it's luck of the draw sometimes, you never know if you're going to get a batch of microfibers that are going to lint or not. i'll rewash again and use a lint roller after they are done drying and if they still lint, they get demoted to less important tasks and then tossed. it's frustrating but...

[Prange]

Usually if you have lint problems, it's due to the towel, not the wash method, as I think is evidenced by your own experience that you shared. Surely you washed your TRC towels as you suggested, but...they linted, apparently.

I had TRC tell me to re-wash them. I had to re-wash them twice.

[ntwillie1]

I hate when that happens, especially on the inside of the windshield. Do you have any waffle weave towels? I find they tend to lint less.

I do have waffle weave towels. I use them for glass. Isnitnok to ise that on black paint. I’m afraid to u do all my polishing work.

[ntwillie1]

I did use mine straight out of the packaging. I think ai’ll wash them today and see if that helps.