Thank you very much Mike.
Your welcome. I know the point of view I share in the article is different from what everyone else normally recommends but here's the deal...
Microfiber towels, and I mean good quality microfiber towels are an investment. After you spend an entire day machine compounding, machine polishing and machine waxing your pride and joy, after each step you need to wipe product residue off the paint.
If your microfiber towels are contaminated you can scratch the paint which undoes your hard work and in essence is what I call working backwards.
So my point is, have enough of the "types" of towels you want to make a small to medium laundry load because you don't want to wash your investment in towels with non-similar towels and I think that most people would struggle with making a "dedicated wash load" with as few as 3-4 towels or pick some number.
Once you get to a dozen + towels of some sort, for example the gold plush towels, now it will seam perfectly normal to make a dedicated washing load and dedicated drying load to clean and protect your investment.
There's also little tips and techniques for folding and storing towels to keep them free from contaminants and then before using a towel, even if you're very careful with how you use, store in a dirty towel hamper, wash, dry and then fold and store your towels, you should still inspect them before wiping paint you have just polished.
Here's my article on that topic,
The Robert Diterlizzi Method
Clearcoat paints are scratch-sensitive and a single abrasive particle embedded into the fibers of your towels can lead to fresh scratches in your car's paint after you carefully wipe a coat of wax off the paint.
Everything is inter-related.
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