Mike seems to always use those Bald Wipes and I'm sure it's for a reason.
The GYEON Bald Wipes are soft but they are also STOUT. They work best for chemically stripping scratch-sensistive clearcoat paints with a panel wipe. Panel Wipes, that is solvents, by thier very nature don't tend to be GREAT lubricants. Towels that are limp and soft might be great for the final buff of a ceramic coating or when removing waxes or sealants, but they tend to roll-over themselves when used with solvents on car paint. Not so with the Bald Wipes. So I use them and teach using them for chemically stripping paint before installing a ceramic coating.
For just about anything else paint-related, I call these my Paint Care Towels.
From this article,
How to safely wash a ceramic coated car by Mike Phillips - Traditional Hose & Bucket Approach
2: Second secret = ALWAYS inspect your towels before use.
That was the Pro Tip I shared in my first newsletter. In my opinion, inspecting ANY towel or anything that is going to touch your car's paint is the most important thing you can do. Like my saying goes,
It takes hours to buff out a car and only seconds to put swirls and scratches into the paint -Mike Phillips
In the picture below, there is a stack of
12 Forrest Green Edgeless Microfiber towels, a quart of
BLACKFIRE Pro Ceramic Coating Wash and to the right side of the car wash is a
Microfiber Chenille Wash Mitts . I love these towels for washing a car using this one-towel-per-panel car wash approach. If you don't want to use this approach then the Microfiber Chenille Wash Mitts are also very good but ONLY if you know 100% they are clean and un-contaminated.
Also - if you're going to use the microfiber chenille wash mitts, Autogeek sells the good ones, not the cheapie mitts you see everywhere else. The difference is with the mitts we sell - you can wash them and dry them in your washer and dryer and they won't fall apart. The cheapie mitts simply fall apart. When you purchase this style of mitt, get the 4-pack each time you order them and this way you will ALWAYS have clean backup mitts in-case you drop your current mitt on the ground or in some other way it become contaminated or tatty. Remember - every time you wash or
TOUCH your car's paint the things that touch it MUST be clean and soft otherwise you will put scratches into your car's clearcoat finish and this will happen even if your car has a ceramic coating.
Forrest Green Edgeless Microfiber Towels - BLACKFIRE Pro Ceramic Coating Wash - Grey Microfiber Chenille Wash Mitt
Before inspecting and folding any towels - FIRST clean off your workbench or table top. It doesn't do any good to inspect towels on a dirty surface.
Once your work area is clean, now place your towels fresh out of the dryer on the clean surface for inspection and folding.
Wash your hands too - always WORK CLEAN!
Inspect your towels with your eyes and your sense of touch. Be sure to inspect both sides of your towels. Then fold and store in a clean place.
At a minimum, you will want and need 12 towels to wash your coated car. Order extras - you can never have too many high quality towels.
Store in a clean place
If you don't have a clean cupboard to dedicate for towel storage then get some type of storage container that has a lid. Think of your towels as
TOOLS. Take care of your tools like a Master Mechanic takes care of their tools.
I'm in the middle of washing TONS of towels after the boat detailing class. Love the Forrest Green Edgeless Towels. Simple. Flat weave design. Harder to contaminate than a fluffy towel this makes them safer over time. I do not see them leave lint.
