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What do you guys do when you drop a microfiber towel? I was wondering whether to throw it away or tediously pick out all the dead grass and debris that gets attached to the towel?
It seems that no matter how hard I try I can't get all the junk out, even after running through the washing machine.


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Chireaux said:
What do you guys do when you drop a microfiber towel? I was wondering whether to throw it away or tediously pick out all the dead grass and debris that gets attached to the towel?
It seems that no matter how hard I try I can't get all the junk out, even after running through the washing machine.


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I typically wash them with all the extremely soiled towels and use them around the house.
 
I sure wouldn't use it on paint if it had "stuff" in it. Designate it to tire duty.
 
I use it to decorate the inside of the garbage can
 
throw it in a bucket of water with some apc and let it soak for a while, then go back and see if you can massage/pick out (tweezers) any debris that is still visible before washing it...
 
Those that say throw it away, fine that's your choice. But at nearly $2.66 per towel for a Gold Plush, I think not. At best the loop and hook (if on regular pavement or near grass) may pick up a few pieces of particulates, grass or dried leaves. Spend a bit of time, pick them out, then I throw it in the bucket filled with Snappy Clean to soak while I press on. At the end of the day, everything goes in the wash (Cold / Extra heavy wash cycle / 2 rinses) with Micro-Restore, then tumble dry, low heat. Then every exterior MF gets a lint roller taken to it, folded and stored.

We're talking about just a regular drop, not drop, landed in motor oil, stepped on it and smeared into the pavement and rolled around in the grass with it right??
 
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Those that say throw it away, fine that's your choice. But at nearly $2.66 per towel for a Gold Plush, I think not. At best the loop and hook (if on regular pavement or near grass) may pick up a few pieces of particulates, grass or dried leaves. Spend a bit of time, pick them out, then I throw it in the bucket filled with Snappy Clean to soak while I press on. At the end of the day, everything goes in the wash (Cold / Extra heavy wash cycle / 2 rinses) with Micro-Restore, then tumble dry, low heat. Then every exterior MF gets a lint roller taken to it, folded and stored.

We're talking about just a regular drop, not drop, landed in motor oil, stepped on it and smeared into the pavement and rolled around in the grass with it right??
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If dropped on the grass, I would agree with you, but if dropped on the pavement with sand, tiny gravel, I would toss it. I spend countless hours polishing and a small fortune on coatings and a few specks of sand or gravel will wipe out the finish.
 
Depends on the situation for me.

If a paint rag gets dropped in the grass, ill pic what I can off and throw in dirty bin.

If its on a driveway, depends on if said driveway is wet and how dirty it is.

If its dropped in oil, mud, or dirty area, its garbage.

As for crap rags, at $1 a pop, depends on the situations above as well.
 
ronkh57 said:
I use it to decorate the inside of the garbage can
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If it's one of the thin cheaper ones I buy for door jams and interiors, etc. I typically use it on my exhaust that day and then toss it in the trash. Especially if it's got mulch or grass, etc. stuck to it.
 
paul_g said:
Those that say throw it away, fine that's your choice. But at nearly $2.66 per towel for a Gold Plush, I think not. At best the loop and hook (if on regular pavement or near grass) may pick up a few pieces of particulates, grass or dried leaves. Spend a bit of time, pick them out, then I throw it in the bucket filled with Snappy Clean to soak while I press on. At the end of the day, everything goes in the wash (Cold / Extra heavy wash cycle / 2 rinses) with Micro-Restore, then tumble dry, low heat. Then every exterior MF gets a lint roller taken to it, folded and stored.

We're talking about just a regular drop, not drop, landed in motor oil, stepped on it and smeared into the pavement and rolled around in the grass with it right??
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Exactamundo. Unless you are that stinking filthy rich that you can toss $5-$7 MF towels away like they're toilet paper that you just wiped your dupa with.

I'm starting to think that many folks are hitting that mota pipe a little bit too hard to get so freaking anal.

Yes, I know some of you own beautiful rides, but are they irreplaceable 300SL Mercedes Gull Wings? Nope! They depreciate usually on a daily basis, and when you think you have the world by the cojones, here comes a wally world shopping cart, that you toss all aspirations right down the toilet.

And they will, cause it's happened to me, with fresh off the showroom floor beauties, having turds carve a knife, kids drop a bike, doors putting dents when I parked two blocks away in some parking lot.

You live once, don't sweat such minor BS, drive your vehicles like you stole them.
 
Yeah. I have 2 large towels and dropped both on the concrete. It's amazing how much junk collects in them after dropping. I guess they're is an advantage to drying with smaller towels, If you drop one you can just delegate that towel to some other Task. It's a little more difficult to replace the $10 towels.

I guess I will nitpick all the trash out of it, wash like suggested and be more careful next time.


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Chireaux said:
I guess I will nitpick all the trash out of it, wash like suggested and be more careful next time.
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When you order new towels to replace those two, order some polish as well. You're gonna need it.
 
They get relegated to the 'garbage towel' group to clean exhaust and at the very end get used to wipe dipstick when checking oil in yard equipment. Can never have too many rags, even crappy ones.

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I just dropped one, pick it up, shook it out, put away, it was only a glass towel. If it were a paint towel I probably would have shook it and put in the dirty towel bin. I hate mf laundry and pad cleaning, but when these kids get older, I will pay them to do both


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In all seriousness, what's considered a contaminated media.....

Depending if you do a pre-rinse pressurewash, your washing media get's pretty filthy in itself - and wash media is probably the most used tool once the car is polished/lsped... I'm sure plenty on the board are using some variant of a chenille ..

Are ya'll using a new wash media every time you wash your car...

I can see how my super dense 1100-800GSM towels can potentially retain dirt if dropped.
But the 480 Eagles/Crazy Pile should clean out pretty well, even if it picked up something,,,
 
Try getting live oak blooms out of your towel,the part that falls off the tree before the new leaves. I tried and gave up and my wife tried and we just ended up throwing in the towel. They are now used for shop towels.
 
I guess I'm shocked at the comments that people would throw them away. Are yout guys throwing away all your microfibers and wash mitts that have and get contaminants in them from the paint? If, so send them my way.

And further more are you guys detailing out in gravel pits?? Lol
 
Live and learn.

This is a lesson I learned the hard way.

Some people learn by hearing.
Some people learn by seeing.
Some people gotta pee on the electric fence to learn................
 
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