I am wondering how most detailers clean microfibers and wash mitts

[RiverCityAutoSpa]

Hello forum I wash all my towels by hand in the sink 3 separate fills and then in the washer. All my interior and cleaning towels go in the sink with dawn, oxyclean, and 2oz of micro-restore. I only use the microrestore on the first soak and the washer. I let them sit and agitate every now and then. Next I drain the water and rinse out each individual towel, fill back up with dawn and oxyclean 2 more times then off to the washer with micro-restore. I do this with wash mitts, drying towels, wax towels, window towels, etc. never mixing them. I was curious to see how other detailers clean their towels.

[dcjredline]

Do a search, most just toss in the laundry with some micro restore or a "clear" type laundry detergent.

[Tempest45]

I use a bucket full of water, then add about 2-3 oz. of a water based degreaser. Every time I use a towel it goes in there to soak until I get to it. You don't want to let sealants and dirt setup on the towel, and this immediate submersion into cleaner helps to prevent that. I add in some Oxiclean the night before I wash. (It's only chemically effective for about 6 hours after contact with water.)

I use Towel Kleen but it's hard to find a good detergent. Even most of the "free and clear" brands will have optical brighteners (dyes to make cloths look brighter), which are not beneficial to microfiber. Even Towel Kleen has these.

After I remove them from the bucket, they go into the washer with 2oz. Towel Kleen and 2oz. water based degreaser, on hot. The degreaser helps to remove dirt and hopefully will interfere with the optical brighteners and other junk in most detergents. 8oz. of distilled white vinegar into the "fabric softener" dispenser.

Once done, into the dryer on LOW.

[LSNAutoDetailing]

Thrown into washer machine and use Micro-Restore, double rinse, heavy duty load, cold water.
Dry in extra low gentle for 30 minutes.
Remove, lint roll, fold and place back in in bins.

[emmjay]

No where near a detailer, but I use 3D towel kleen. 1oz for a light load and 2oz for a heavy load - followed by an extra rinse.

The towels are then dried indoors on a stand as I do not have a dryer.

[ronkh57]

I used to use just Tide free, now the new Poorboys Micro cleaner. Very impressed.

[custmsprty]

3d towel kleen or dawn free. light wash quick dry on low. Been doing it this way for years.

[willowcat11]

3D Towel Kleen for me too!

Can't beat the price, and it has been cleaning for me as good as any of the others I've tried. Dark spots on my micro's always get a pre-treatment with a dash of McKee's 37 Pad Cleaner rubbed in.

[Eldorado2k]

@OP. Wow that sounds like alot of work... At the very most I'll fill a bucket with water and a couple oz. of car wash and put a grit guard in it and quikly agitate the dirtiest towels just prior to washing the load.. Lately I haven't even bothered. I just put em in the washer, hot water, 2oz. of Towel Kleen per 10 dirty towels, dry on low for about 30min., Done.

Glass towels get washed in the same load as my wash mitts. Never a problem.

[CC268]

Yup Towel Kleen is the way to go. Don't make it difficult. Sometimes I will presoak some of the towels in Meg's APC.