Cheap MF's on clearance at AutoZone

[ZRX61]

$18 for a bag of 200 12x12's, at that price I can use them for oil changes & blowing my nose. Marked down from $50+
40 each of yellow, orange, green, blue & red. Actually went there for some CSS.

Right next to them on the shelf was a 100ct pack of identical ones from the same company for $34.99...

 

[ZRX61]

These are THIN, gonna be my go-to shop rags

Not sure if they would survive a trip through the washer/drier.

 

[VISITOR]

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Incredibly Cheap Finds

 

[MisterSnoop]

Didn't see any MF's but there was Griot's MF and Pad cleaner for $8.

 

[Bosko]

MF weren't on sale at mine either, but I picked up these last 2 for $33 Ea.

 

[ZRX61]

Trashed two of them cleaning the Camaro wheels this morning with some Megs QD, used one as a napkin while eating some messy food last night.

 

[UncleDavy]

Those towels are only good for wheels, door jambs, grubby interiors, vinyl trim, engine bays, leather seats and tail pipes. They should never touch paint.

 

[ZRX61]

Those towels are only good for wheels, door jambs, grubby interiors, vinyl trim, engine bays, leather seats and tail pipes. They should never touch paint.

If they weren't heavily discounted I wouldn't have considered buying them

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

So my neighbor only uses the cheapest MF he can find with maroon bottle Meguiars QD whenever he get’s home from a drive.

When we last polished out his car the Detail snob couldn’t believe he would touch his paint with those…. Truth be told his paint was in good shape and I think what swirls were there were from just using cheap Meg’s QD on dirty/dusty paint.

since he’s jumped to Ech20 so i think it will be in better shape.

I sometimes think the cheap MF will scratch your paint could be over hyped? When i next coat my car I am only going to use Costco MF on one fender.

Unfortunately with white it will be hard to document….


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[Bill D]

I would just always do the CD test on MFs;even brand new boutique ones. I’d rather swirl a CD than my paint.

 

[Coatingsarecrack]

I would just always do the CD test on MFs;even brand new boutique ones. I’d rather swirl a CD than my paint.

I feel a cd/dvd would be more sensitive than car paint. Plus this will give me real world knowledge and be able to compare to same paint taken care of with better MF’s


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[Bosko]

Is it wrong to test them out on a neighbors car?....I mean I'd make sure they didn't know of course.....:dig:

 

[PaulMys]

I would just always do the CD test on MFs;even brand new boutique ones. I’d rather swirl a CD than my paint.

All depends on what CD.............

 

[Bill D]

I use my old, never used CD-Rs. I noticed some of my cheap MFs didn't pass the test. I'm sure glad I never tried them on my paint first.