Microfiber cleaner?

custmsprty said:
^^^^^^^ But it's $20.00 more per gallon???? ^^^^^^
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but serves two purposes in one gallon (even cheaper with the sales going on all the time). one thing i come to appreciate is having more storage space without too much clutter. it's like a dedicated QD these days, there's no need to buy one as you can dilute a rinseless/waterless wash to do the same thing and use it for a few other purposes as well. just a thought and throwing it out there...
 
VISITOR said:
but serves two purposes in one gallon. one thing i come to appreciate is having more storage space without too much clutter. it's like a dedicated QD. these days there's no need to buy one as you can dilute a rinseless/waterless wash to do the same thing and use it for a few other purposes as well. just a thought and throwing it out there...
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I have been trying my hardest to find products that do this. 2 birds 1 stone. Less space taken up is always a plus.


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Some people would say it's hype. I disagree, I have major OCD about my MF being clean. Clean is subjective. Clean for me is spotless. So Tide Free and Clear will meet their definition of clean. The only OTC detergent I found that does a exceptional job at cleaning MF is Woolite it's also expensive. That leaves me using MF detergent because of price. After using quite a few over the years I have come to find two of the cheapest IMO are the best. Chemical Guys MF Wash running about $25 a gallon from the Chemical Guys Website and 3D Towel Kleen at about $17 a gallon. Chemical Guys sells a 16 oz bottle of their wash. 3D is gallon only. I would say after using 3D, the CG is slightly more concentrated for my HE washer. 3D towel clean I use 1/2 ounce for small load CG I use 1/4 ounce maybe a little more in a small load. ( I use the stock CG 16 ounce bottle cap to measure.)
I'm lucky my HE washer can stretch some detergent we always use 1/2 of what they tell you to use with regular HE laundry detergent lucky me works for MF detergent too.
 
Maxreed241 said:
I have been trying my hardest to find products that do this. 2 birds 1 stone. Less space taken up is always a plus.


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Pretty much all detergents have what we call in the industry "surfactants". I've been selling cleaning chemicals wholesale since 1991. IMHO you could use 3D Towel Kleen to clean pads too. I have been using it for that to for the past couple years with excellent results. I toss all my pads in my washing machine and pre-spray them with a medium grade all purpose cleaner. And you can use the extra $20.00 to buy me a case of beer Im the MAN
 
inDetail said:
Some people would say it's hype. I disagree, I have major OCD about my MF being clean. Clean is subjective. Clean for me is spotless. So Tide Free and Clear will meet their definition of clean. The only OTC detergent I found that does a exceptional job at cleaning MF is Woolite it's also expensive. That leaves me using MF detergent because of price. After using quite a few over the years I have come to find two of the cheapest IMO are the best. Chemical Guys MF Wash running about $25 a gallon from the Chemical Guys Website and 3D Towel Kleen at about $17 a gallon. Chemical Guys sells a 16 oz bottle of their wash. 3D is gallon only. I would say after using 3D, the CG is slightly more concentrated for my HE washer. 3D towel clean I use 1/2 ounce for small load CG I use 1/4 ounce maybe a little more in a small load. ( I use the stock CG 16 ounce bottle cap to measure.)
I'm lucky my HE washer can stretch some detergent we always use 1/2 of what they tell you to use with regular HE laundry detergent lucky me works for MF detergent too.
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I have been using ALL free and clear. It cleans good it just doesn’t keep the towels softness


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custmsprty said:
Pretty much all detergents have what we call in the industry "surfactants". I've been selling cleaning chemicals wholesale since 1991. IMHO you could use 3D Towel Kleen to clean pads too. I have been using it for that to for the past couple years with excellent results. I toss all my pads in my washing machine and pre-spray them with a medium grade all purpose cleaner. And you can use the extra $20.00 to buy me a case of beer Im the MAN
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I think I will use it to clean my Meguiar’s MF cutting and finish pads. Thanks for the tip. Lol


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+1 for Towel Kleen! I'm very happy with it. Works great, versatile, and a good value.

Towel Kleen can be used as a pad cleaner too at 4:1. I'll throw the pads into the washing machine with Towel Kleen after hand washing them too. I picked up those tricks from people on this forum.

ChrisT said:
I consistently do 25 or so per load @ 2 oz including PFM drying towels.
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16x16" PFM, right? The full-size are huge! 2 full-size would nearly be a load on their own!
 
mwoywod gave great advice.

I also use 3D Towel Kleen and I’ve been very happy with it. I have a traditional top loading washing machine. IIRC the official recommended dose is 2oz. per 10 towels [they don’t specify the size of towels] and I find that’s a good recommendation for heavily soiled towels [I’ll add a bit more if I don’t pre wash the majority of the dirt off by hand]

I’ve washed a load as large as about 40 heavily soiled microfibers that were caked with dirt from waterless washing and for loads like that I’ve used 8oz. of Towel Kleen with max water level on hot.

When I wash my mitts and drying towels [including glass towels] that load usually gets 2-3oz. [14 mitts and about 12 drying towels. Full max water load, items aren’t heavily caked with dirt]

Use hot water setting when doing a load of heavily caked on dirty towels. I switch the water temp. to warm when I add the detergent because the water shoots out much stronger and therefore creates more suds. Once the suds have been created I switch it back to hot water for the rest of the fill. Hope that makes sense.
 
Eldorado2k said:
mwoywod gave great advice.

I also use 3D Towel Kleen and I’ve been very happy with it. I have a traditional top loading washing machine. IIRC the official recommended dose is 2oz. per 10 towels [they don’t specify the size of towels] and I find that’s a good recommendation for heavily soiled towels [I’ll add a bit more if I don’t pre wash the majority of the dirt off by hand]

I’ve washed a load as large as about 40 heavily soiled microfibers that were caked with dirt from waterless washing and for loads like that I’ve used 8oz. of Towel Kleen with max water level on hot.

When I wash my mitts and drying towels [including glass towels] that load usually gets 2-3oz. [14 mitts and about 12 drying towels. Full max water load, items aren’t heavily caked with dirt]

Use hot water setting when doing a load of heavily caked on dirty towels. I switch the water temp. to warm when I add the detergent because the water shoots out much stronger and therefore creates more suds. Once the suds have been created I switch it back to hot water for the rest of the fill. Hope that makes sense.
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Yes it makes sense. Thanks so much for the advice. Much appreciated.


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derass said:
+1 for Towel Kleen! I'm very happy with it. Works great, versatile, and a good value.

Towel Kleen can be used as a pad cleaner too at 4:1. I'll throw the pads into the washing machine with Towel Kleen after hand washing them too. I picked up those tricks from people on this forum.



16x16" PFM, right? The full-size are huge! 2 full-size would nearly be a load on their own!
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I am definitely going to use it as a pad cleaner. Rather than an all purpose cleaner.


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We've kind of been through this on the other forum, but water quality has something to do with the long term maintenance of textiles. I think the conclusion was it's going to be harder to maintain the softness of your towels if you have hard water.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
We've kind of been through this on the other forum, but water quality has something to do with the long term maintenance of textiles. I think the conclusion was it's going to be harder to maintain the softness of your towels if you have hard water.
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Good to know. The water at my house is on the harder side.


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Setec makes a great and important point about water hardness and long term effects on textiles.

Since I wash all of my pads by hand I typically just use a mild APC (1z Blitz APC diluted 30:1) for cleaning polishes and compounds out of pads.

But like others have stated, Towel Kleen diluted 4:1 is fantastic for pad cleaning. Especially for breaking down AIO's, sealants, and waxes from foam and microfiber pads. I'd say it's VERY comparable to the performance of other pad cleaners at a fraction of the cost.
 
custmsprty said:
Yes, I've been using it for a couple years and I have high end mf towels along with the typical middle of the road type too. It does an outstanding job. I use it in my HE machine, about 1.5 oz per load.
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This sounds like the product I'm looking for.

Sorry about the "dislike". I wish there was a way to undo them when the thumb slips....
 
Eldorado2k said:
mwoywod gave great advice.

Use hot water setting when doing a load of heavily caked on dirty towels. I switch the water temp. to warm when I add the detergent because the water shoots out much stronger and therefore creates more suds. Once the suds have been created I switch it back to hot water for the rest of the fill. Hope that makes sense.
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So using hot water won't harm the m/f...is it just the heat from the dryer that causes damage to the m/f?
 
luvmyrv said:
So using hot water won't harm the m/f...is it just the heat from the dryer that causes damage to the m/f?
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Using hot water to wash microfiber towels is perfectly fine, even the label on the Griots PFM towels that I opened last week clearly states “machine wash in hot water”

As for the dryer... I’ve never felt the need to dry on anything beyond low heat since they come out perfectly that way. I was supposed to do a test drying on high heat but I haven’t gotten around to it.
 
Eldorado2k said:
Using hot water to wash microfiber towels is perfectly fine, even the label on the Griots PFM towels that I opened last week clearly states “machine wash in hot water”

As for the dryer... I’ve never felt the need to dry on anything beyond low heat since they come out perfectly that way. I was supposed to do a test drying on high heat but I haven’t gotten around to it.
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I have always wanted to test it out too.


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