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    Re: What's your MF towel washing routine?

    Ive been using poorboys world tornado pad cleaner. Works good, little better than griots microfiber/pad cleaner imo. thats all ive tried so far. Griots is pretty potent...can take your breath away.

    Was thinking about trying 3d towel kleen next, and will do for sure since so many of yinz recommendWhat's your MF towel washing routine? it

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    Re: What's your MF towel washing routine?

    I use Tide with hot water. With a fast agitation.
    When the washer is done I restart it and run it again with no detergent. Then toss them in the dryer on hot.

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    Re: What's your MF towel washing routine?

    I wash with either Griots, R2R and towel kleen.

    I mix with a free and clear as in a Griots video the mentioned the MF washes are good to get out the waxes, sealants and polishes and regular detergent get out dirt and stains

    I add Vinegar to the wash cycle per Fly07sti sometimes and sometimes in rinse cycle.

    I wash on hot if using polishes or LSP’s (Griots recommended in a video) Medium for just dirty wash and drying towels.

    2 rinse cycles.

    I feel my towels are too rough(not fluffy) just hang drying so i will dry on low for 15 mins which fluffs them up and leaves them a little damp and then hang dry.


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    Re: What's your MF towel washing routine?

    Quote Originally Posted by dieselfan1 View Post
    I use Tide with hot water. With a fast agitation.
    When the washer is done I restart it and run it again with no detergent. Then toss them in the dryer on hot.

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    Hot heat is a NO NO with mf towelsWhat's your MF towel washing routine?

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    Re: What's your MF towel washing routine?

    I usually presoak them ( but not always ) and use either 3D or DD
    Dry in dryer on LOW!!

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    Re: What's your MF towel washing routine?

    Wash with 3d Towel Clean, vinegar in softener compartment. Sanitary cycle. Hang dry.

    There was a huge thread on the old Autopia forum about microfiber care.

    And, yes, I know that some manufacturers will say wash in warm water. The washer can't get the water hot enough to damage the towels.

    I'm not going to debate my washing process, it works for me. And my opinion is worth what you paid for it.

    Ron Ketchum, however, forgot more than most people will ever know about vehicle paint care. His opinion matters, mine does not.

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    Re: What's your MF towel washing routine?

    Quote Originally Posted by Prange View Post
    Wash with 3d Towel Clean, vinegar in softener compartment. Sanitary cycle. Hang dry.

    There was a huge thread on the old Autopia forum about microfiber care.

    And, yes, I know that some manufacturers will say wash in warm water. The washer can't get the water hot enough to damage the towels.

    I'm not going to debate my washing process, it works for me. And my opinion is worth what you paid for it.

    Ron Ketchum, however, forgot more than most people will ever know about vehicle paint care. His opinion matters, mine does not.
    Yeah I'm leaning towards hot water for washing my mf towels instead of warm, can't be much of a difference at the end of the dayWhat's your MF towel washing routine?

    Air drying has been almost exclusively my go to for drying unless I've got a huuuge load of towels to do and/or need a specific towel.

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    Re: What's your MF towel washing routine?

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    Hot heat is a NO NO with mf towelsWhat's your MF towel washing routine?
    I understand that this perspective is the general consensus... But why?

    Most home hot water is probably in the 120F-140F temperature range. I don't see that as any concern at all for the washing stage.

    Now for the drying stage, here's a previous post of mine...

    Quote Originally Posted by 2black1s View Post
    I'm not recommending to dry microfibers on high heat settings (I use medium on my dryer that has 4 settings - no heat, low heat, med heat, & high heat) but for the sake of discussion I looked up the melting temperatures for polyester and polyamide fibers...

    Polyester = 482 F
    Polyamide = 494 F

    With those kind of melting points what is the concern in regards to microfiber towel drying temperatures?

    Residential dryers get no where near those temperatures. The hottest surface I could measure inside my dryer on the highest setting is ~ 170 F.
    So my question remains... Where did this general aversion to high heat settings for washing/drying microfiber come from?

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    Re: What's your MF towel washing routine?

    For what it is worth; I always presoak in some water. Then, wash with All Free and Clear on cold. Then air dry in the dryer.

    However, based on this thread, I am going to try washing with warm water.

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    Re: What's your MF towel washing routine?

    Quote Originally Posted by 2black1s View Post
    I understand that this perspective is the general consensus... But why?

    Most home hot water is probably in the 120F-140F temperature range. I don't see that as any concern at all for the washing stage.

    Now for the drying stage, here's a previous post of mine...



    So my question remains... Where did this general aversion to high heat settings for washing/drying microfiber come from?
    There's some conflicting info out there with regards to melting points.
    How To Wash Your Microfiber Towels | DETALKS - YouTube
    https://www.koch-chemie.com/media/co..._towels_EN.pdf
    How to Wash & Maintain Your Microfiber Towels - YouTube

    Griot's seems fine with washing on high heat if your hot water is 120F or lower but not drying on high heat.

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