Costco for supplies
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Calendyr
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I am not a fan of the Kirkland brand microfiber towels. I have used the yellow ones about 2 years ago and found them to be pretty rough compared to what I usually use. They would be ok for interior work only in my book. If you want unexpensive microfiber towels, the Tune it! brand at Wal-mart is really good. Here in Canada, they sell for 24$ for a pack of 16. They are pretty plush with average lenght nap on one side (compared to very short nap on the Kirkland brand). They are also very durable. Some of mine are 5 years old and still going strong.
Last time I went to Costco I did not find anything interesting for detailing, maybe it's different in the USA but here I would be lucky if they had Gold Class car soap.
Last time I went to Costco I did not find anything interesting for detailing, maybe it's different in the USA but here I would be lucky if they had Gold Class car soap.
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I buy the yellow towels but use them for odd jobs they never touch my paint. Other than that I've seen a gallon of gold class soap at my local store and that's about it. I did see some stuff on their website but the prices weren't any better than buying on Amazon so I passed.
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Calendyr
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Ya and I went to Wal-Mart today to get more microfiber towels and did not find any of the Tune it! ones ;( They now carry some very poor quality ones that look as thin as a piece of paper and no nap on either sides, so I passed ;( I did get 2 more drying microfiber towels there, 5$ each, they look decent and plush. Might by some more if I like them.
Very hard to get good towels at a decent price in Canada. I keep reading about the Rag Company but when I checked their online store last year I was not impressed. Very expensive, I think the cheapest they had was like 2$ per towel and went up very quickly from there.
The towels I ordered from Autogeek last year were very poor. Super thin and no nap either. So while I order pretty much everything from Autogeek, for microfiber towels, I am not gonna order again. There must be a place were you can order something decent at a reasonable price, but I have not found it yet.
Very hard to get good towels at a decent price in Canada. I keep reading about the Rag Company but when I checked their online store last year I was not impressed. Very expensive, I think the cheapest they had was like 2$ per towel and went up very quickly from there.
The towels I ordered from Autogeek last year were very poor. Super thin and no nap either. So while I order pretty much everything from Autogeek, for microfiber towels, I am not gonna order again. There must be a place were you can order something decent at a reasonable price, but I have not found it yet.
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I pretty much only use the Costco towels. They’re just the perfect weight towel imo. Those super plush ones just flop all over the place and really annoy me.
I’ve tried other towels including some CG 16x24 pieces of crap, my step brother gave me some of their green “70/30” towels, meguiars supreme shine, and recently i bought a pack of creature edgeless towels hoping to experience something spectacular since I’ve never used what would be considered a great towel.. was severely disappointed.
It’s cool Costco has that stuff online though
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I’ve tried other towels including some CG 16x24 pieces of crap, my step brother gave me some of their green “70/30” towels, meguiars supreme shine, and recently i bought a pack of creature edgeless towels hoping to experience something spectacular since I’ve never used what would be considered a great towel.. was severely disappointed.
It’s cool Costco has that stuff online though
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I pretty much only use the Costco towels. They’re just the perfect weight towel imo. Those super plush ones just flop all over the place and really annoy me.
I’ve tried other towels including some CG 16x24 pieces of crap, my step brother gave me some of their green “70/30” towels, meguiars supreme shine, and recently i bought a pack of creature edgeless towels hoping to experience something spectacular since I’ve never used what would be considered a great towel.. was severely disappointed.
It’s cool Costco has that stuff online though
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Get ready for the dissenting viewpoints on this. I’m in the same boat with you. Much of the dissent comes fanboys who have never touched one of the new gold towels. They are lint feee and as you stated, a very optimal size and weight.
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Mike Phillips
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Can someone post the link to the Costco Car Detailing Discussion Forum?
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Ive been getting that page a lot what is going on? I hope it's not dangerous I just placed a big order.
Those are good towels you should give them a chance. They are edgeless for one thats all I use on my paint. Once you go edgeless you don't go back. I havent used any costco towels but they would be strictly non paint towels for me if they have an edge. I've used an own all kinds of cheap towels and there is no comparison between them and premium 70/30 edgeless towels in all gsm. Anyone who says otherwise is delusional or trying to justify not spending the money. That is just a fact. Some of those higher gsm 70/30 edgeless towels are the finest towels you can buy.I pretty much only use the Costco towels. They’re just the perfect weight towel imo. Those super plush ones just flop all over the place and really annoy me.
I’ve tried other towels including some CG 16x24 pieces of crap, my step brother gave me some of their green “70/30” towels, meguiars supreme shine, and recently i bought a pack of creature edgeless towels hoping to experience something spectacular since I’ve never used what would be considered a great towel.. was severely disappointed.
It’s cool Costco has that stuff online though
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Finick
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I used them for the entire month of January, exclusively. Rinseless washes, applying spray sealant, wiping down door jambs, and the only use I found I liked for them was an initial drying pass after I went over a panel with one of my Kirkland towels.
The creature edgeless towels only advantage over the ones I already use is that it doesn’t have an edge. I’m simply not willing to spend a premium for something that has a worse user experience, especially when I’ve had no issues with what I’m already using.
Holding them in my hands they don’t feel any “better” than any of the other towels I listed. They’re just more dense, and that’s not something I want in a towel. Anything above 350gsm just doesn’t produce a good user experience for me. I greatly dislike ultra plushy towels.
I’m perfectly willing to drop the cash on something if I feel it’s objectively better, but if the creature towels are an indication of the overall quality of premium towels, I’m simply not impressed.
I’m not looking for justification to not buy the towels. I’m looking for any justification to buy the towels in the first place. I really wanted to like the creature towels.
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Mike Phillips
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I see it to when I click on some links?
I haven't been told anything by anyone internally. I can take a guess and guess that it has something to do with updating security.
I would also guess it's not a problem if you trust the site you're clicking to... just a guess.... click at your own risk.
I use TinyUrl.com a LOT on this forum to create links because the links to pages on this forum are so L-O-N-G
I also send a LOT of links via e-mail and I know from experience that when I send a LONG link that some devices break-up the link and the result is when the person I send a long link to clicks on it - of course it doesn't work.
So as a work-around I run all our super long links through TinyUrl and then embed the short link as well as send out the short link via e-mails and messages on devices.
I try not to do a lot of hating in my life but one thing for sure... I HATE doing things twice.
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And that page has not only been showing up with links to sites outside of AG, today I was getting it for links that take you to products in the AG store...seems strange it would ask me if I trust the site that i am already on when in this forum...lol.
dudley07726
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I agree. I like the Costco towels. In fact, I .ike them better the the Wolfgangs edgless ones. They take off Zaino Z2, Optimum Spray Car Wax, or M 37 super Gloss Spray much better.
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