Am I use Aquawax wrong?

Is this something another wash might help with? Also I used 2 oz of Micro Restore which is supposed to be for heavier loads and my load was more on the medium/low end. Not sure if that makes a lick of difference I just figured 2 oz = more cleaning power. Aside from that, I'm out of ideas.
 
olenderc said:
Is this something another wash might help with? Also I used 2 oz of Micro Restore which is supposed to be for heavier loads and my load was more on the medium/low end. Not sure if that makes a lick of difference I just figured 2 oz = more cleaning power. Aside from that, I'm out of ideas.
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I know you don't want to hear this, but get new towels. I feel your pain and waste of money, but I've been down this road before and I too hated to use my new towels to clean my wheels and engine.
 
Rsurfer said:
I know you don't want to hear this, but get new towels. I feel your pain and waste of money, but I've been down this road before and I too hated to use my new towels to clean my wheels and engine.
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Any recommendations? The above fellow was having linting issues with high quality brand/towels, I'm curious if the quality control on these towels is so bad they you really get that many duds? If that's the case, that's a little ridiculous. Sure I didn't spend that much for this 3 pack but having to buy new towels because of a linting issue is a little disappointing.

I'll have to try the new microfibers with a quick detailer, as I didn't have any issues with my other towels and quick detailers, yet ran into this absurd linting issue all of the sudden with Aquawax and my older microfibers. I did notice the bottle of Aquawax recommends using cotton to apply, could that have any possible correlation as to why it was causing linting with microfibers?
 
Rsurfer said:
I know you don't want to hear this, but get new towels. I feel your pain and waste of money, but I've been down this road before and I too hated to use my new towels to clean my wheels and engine.
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Not what I wanted to hear! Haha I'm a 17 year old kid trying to detail on a budget and buying new towels won't help from a financial standpoint but I guess it is what it is.... What's to say the next batch does the same thing? And that's money thrown right down the drain again? I know as a company such as AG it's impossible to tell before they ship them out that your getting non linting towels but hey it is what it is I guess.... Any precautions I can take to hopefully avoid this in the future? Thanks
 
I just checked most of my microfibers against some glass, and it seems most leave some sort of streaking/linting except the cobra waffle weaves. Not sure if that's a MF nap related issue. I only washed my MFs together with proper MF detergent and only dried together with no dryer sheets. Something seems funky.
 
Not sure if this will help, but may be worth a shot. Wash your towels with the recommended amount of microfiber detergent and the add 1 cup of white vinegar to the rinse cycle and air dry. The tumbling of the dryer may be causing your issue.
 
Kevin Cullen said:
Not sure if this will help, but may be worth a shot. Wash your towels with the recommended amount of microfiber detergent and the add 1 cup of white vinegar to the rinse cycle and air dry. The tumbling of the dryer may be causing your issue.
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Strangely, I'm suspecting the dryer as well for the accumulation of that much lint. You say add the vinegar to the rinse cycle. I'm not 100% sure but if the machine locks itself for the whole cycle, could you add the vinegar at the beginning?
 
Your towels may have been contaminated from a previous load of regular laundry.

Do you use fabric softener or dryer sheets with your regular loads of wash? Do the linting towels in question also not absorb well until damp?

As Kevin suggests you can try the cup of vinegar during rinse cycle. I would try an extra rinse cycle to make sure all the micro restore was washed out of the towels. You also might want to give the basket of the washer and dryer a quick wipe down with some apc before you start the process.

As others have said its the towels not the aqua wax.
 
olenderc said:
I just checked most of my microfibers against some glass, and it seems most leave some sort of streaking/linting except the cobra waffle weaves. Not sure if that's a MF nap related issue. I only washed my MFs together with proper MF detergent and only dried together with no dryer sheets. Something seems funky.
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What does your dryer lint filter look like after you dry your towels? Are you getting them TOTALLY dry? If you are getting lint in the dryer its the towels. If it is your towels that are shedding, replace them. I use Aquawax regularly as a drying aid and have not had linting problems.
 
olenderc said:
Strangely, I'm suspecting the dryer as well for the accumulation of that much lint. You say add the vinegar to the rinse cycle. I'm not 100% sure but if the machine locks itself for the whole cycle, could you add the vinegar at the beginning?
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Yes the machine does the whole cycle. No do not add it at the beginning. Just keep an eye on it and after the first spin cycle add the vinegar when the unit is adding the rinse water.
 
I agree with everyone, its the towel, not the AW.

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