Microfiber Towels.

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What cleaner do you guys use to get your good towels clean? Like wax, polish, and glass towels. What about your dirty towels? Doorjamb, wheels, etc.
 
I use all free and clear in hot water. Vinegar in the rinse. Spotless soft towels after drying on low heat.
 
Finemess said:
Pre soak them in APC and wash as normal.
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The pre soak helps. I soak mine with Meguiar's APC+ for twenty-four hours and its amazing all the products that come out. Then throw the towels in the washing machine.

In fact, its forty-two degrees out now and gonna wash the car with ONR to get some more road salt off.
 
DaHen said:
The pre soak helps. I soak mine with Meguiar's APC+ for twenty-four hours and its amazing all the products that come out. Then throw the towels in the washing machine.

In fact, its forty-two degrees out now and gonna wash the car with ONR to get some more road salt off.
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I just washed mine! It's 25!
 
what's all free and clear? never heard of it. and how would i rinse with vinegar? like vinegar in the washer?
 
would i stop the washer in the rinse cycle and pour some in? or would i put it in with the all free and clear?
 
I use scent free hunting detergent (just cuz I already have it) on my good micros. I use the same on my glass but wash them separate from micros I use for any wax removal. For

all purp micros and rags I use reg detergent. I don't dry my micros or glass towels in the dryer because my wife snuck a "bounty bar" in the dryer. It sticks to the inside of the

dryer drum. Watch for this:props:
 
pcw25 said:
what's all free and clear? never heard of it. and how would i rinse with vinegar? like vinegar in the washer?
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It normally is referred to Tide Free & Clear, but it could be for any detergent.

Free & Clear means there are no dyes, fabric softener or perfume added.

You want a detergent that is going to clean the microfiber but not added any junk to it.

The white vinegar goes into the final rinse. Once you hear your machine complete all of the cycles and go to the final rinse, you stop the machine and pour in the vinegar.

The vinegar will remove any soap that remains. FYI. You may need to do this a couple of times before noticing any effect. Most of us have favorite soaps, you just find one that you can afford that works and stick with it. IMO. Tide fits the bill. I will you a dedicated apc+ as a pre-soak on those towels used for wax removal, etc.
 
MI Mike said:
It normally is referred to Tide Free & Clear, but it could be for any detergent.

Free & Clear means there are no dyes, fabric softener or perfume added.

You want a detergent that is going to clean the microfiber but not added any junk to it.

The white vinegar goes into the final rinse. Once you hear your machine complete all of the cycles and go to the final rinse, you stop the machine and pour in the vinegar.

The vinegar will remove any soap that remains. FYI. You may need to do this a couple of times before noticing any effect. Most of us have favorite soaps, you just find one that you can afford that works and stick with it. IMO. Tide fits the bill. I will you a dedicated apc+ as a pre-soak on those towels used for wax removal, etc.
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All is the brand name. A little less expensive than Tide I believe. I usually buy whatever "free" detergent is on sale.
 
ProMoDe said:
I use all free and clear in hot water. Vinegar in the rinse. Spotless soft towels after drying on low heat.
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How much vinegar? 1oz?

Finemess said:
Pre soak them in APC and wash as normal.
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How much APC?

I use to use a liquid laundry detergent but recent switched to Chemical Guys MicroFiber Rejuvenator. However, will be interested in using it with a pre-soak and a vinegar rinse

I usually just air dry my towels but people regularly comment come up fluffier when put in the dryer on a low setting
 
Thanks for the good info guys!! I usually use regular laundry soap with hot water, but im goin to have to try something different cause microfiber towels are too expensive to keep buying.
 
I pre-soak with APC+, then wash in the hottest water I can get with any "Free and Clear" detergent.


MI Mike said:
It normally is referred to Tide Free & Clear, but it could be for any detergent.
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Actually, there is Tide Free and Clear, as well as All Free and Clear. Two totally different names. One being Tide brand and one being All brand. Though I'm not suggesting All brand couldn't be made by Tide, but they are two totally different colored jugs. There are other brands of "XYZ" Free and Clear as well.

Vinegar, as far as far as I know, has nothing at all to do with removing soap. It has more to do with with reacting with calcium and lime in hard water, thus making the water, and items you might wash, more soft. Vinegar is a mild acid, just under lemon juice.

By using vinegar, in at least the rinse water, it can soften mf towels and other items in the wash. Though I will submit to you that the longer the vinegar is in the water the more time it will have to react with the calcium and lime assuring softer towels.

Our water is real hard where we live. The wife gets frustrated cleaning the sink and tub all the time. Somehow she forgets how effective the vinegar is at reacting with these mineral deposits. Every once in awhile I'll stop the sink up and pour a half of a gallon of vinegar in. Within 10-15 minutes the sink stopper area can be thoroughly cleaned. Within seconds you can immediately see particles of minerals floating to the surface of the vinegar.

Most folks recommend a cup or so in a full wash. I personally don't think it's enough for a full wash IF your towels and mf's are already feeling a bit stiff. My recommendation would be that if you use only a small amount it will need more time to work. Much more time because it's being diluted.

Vinegar is cheap so I rinse once with water to remove as much soap as possible, then a second rinse is done, this time soaking for awhile. During this soak I often use about a pint of vinegar, or maybe a jag more, per full load. I then wait about 1/2hr-2hr (depending on if I get side-tracked late in the evening), then finish the rinse cycle.
 
wouldn't the vinegar make your washer smell?
 
It will stink the entire house up if dilly-dally around with it. Once it's in the water you can hardly smell it.

I'm actually wanting to try some mirco restore, but it's so expensive...and the vinegar may still be needed in our hard water.
 
What the vinegar does is lower the higher PH of the water, caused by the detergent.
 
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