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Post Black Friday, I've got a pretty good collection of various MF towels now. To the point that I really need to get some storage for them. I know that many of you keep your various MF towels separated (e.g. paint, wheels, glass, interior, etc).

I'm interested to know to what level do you separate them...

For example, when I think about paint alone... there are multiple steps where MF is used; clay, scratch removal, polishing, wax, etc. Do you go as far keeping each of those separate? If so, do you keep them separate for washing too??

I know that everyone is going to do this different, but I'm trying to get some ideas and opinions to determine how I want to do this myself. I need to go buy some storage bins, and trying to figure out how many I'll need to get ;)
 
I use the Sterilite or Rubbermaid bins. I have like half a dozen of these, the large ones (16 x 24). I store my MF towels, pads, applicators, brushes & other tools that need to be in an organized place. I have my Cobra MF towels (nice towels) in one bin and my all purpose MF towels in another. But when they are stored they are all clean. I have a laundry bins I put my MF towels in to be washed after I'm done detailing. I will use my gray cobra for polish, compound, wax removal and my black all purpose for interior & wheels. I'll wash them separate but i got black and grey so I could wash lights/ darks. I have some junk blue MF towels I used for jambs and engines. I think they are from costco.
 
I use cabinets

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jpegs13 said:
I use cabinets
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I really like that, and plan to have a cabinet as well. Unfortunately, it [the cabinet] won't be right away. I figured I could use the bins for now, and may even end up with the bins inside the cabinet later.

Can you comment on your separation of? I see that you have various colors stacked together. What do you use each of those for?
 
I use these (diff color). I think they are 6 bucks at Costco. I like them because they are stackable, durable, and the lid flips open. This is what wholesalers ship drugs in. We call them "totes"

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Sorry guys. I should have picked a better title. I'm trying to get ideas of how you guys are separating yours (e.g. interior vs. exterior; or paint, glass, drying; or clay, polishing, waxing, etc). Basically to what level are the separations...
 
I use the bins. Real nice towels I separate in the bins via zip lock bags. Microfiber Madness towels come with their own storage bags. I have a crap/no touch paint bin, a waffle weave bin, and a wheel towel bin as well.

I have too many towels and too many bins.
 
drvnbysound said:
Sorry guys. I should have picked a better title. I'm trying to get ideas of how you guys are separating yours (e.g. interior vs. exterior; or paint, glass, drying; or clay, polishing, waxing, etc). Basically to what level are the separations...
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Glass, utility (towels that don't touch my paint), drying, terry, interior towels (short nap), rinse-less wash towels/waterless wash, detail spray/polish wipe down/wax buffing (basically all the higher gsm towels not used for rinse-less washes)

And I think that's it.

Edit: Swanicyouth; you got those totes in store? I have never seen them, but those look really nice and I want some.
 
swanicyouth said:
I use these (diff color). I think they are 6 bucks at Costco. I like them because they are stackable, durable, and the lid flips open. This is what wholesalers ship drugs in. We call them "totes"
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edit: Swanicyouth; you got those totes in store? I have never seen them, but those look really nice and I want some.
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Bkazzle, perhaps you could check your local convenient store/deli. They might have some they could part with.

Some wholesale grocers ship in those as well. We also call them "totes".
 
I've pretty much taken over our basement linen closet with mircofiber. As one might expect, top shelf is for the best stuff (paint safe). Bottom shelf is for the wheel wells, throw aways and non-microfiber towels. Middle shelves are for interior, wheels and everything else. I also hide my few microfiber madness towels way in the back of the top shelf where my short wife cannot see or reach. :cool:


swanicyouth said:
I have too many towels and too many bins.
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I can help you with that Steve....feel free to ship your problem directly to me. :dblthumb2:
 
spiralout462 said:
Bkazzle, perhaps you could check your local convenient store/deli. They might have some they could part with.

Some wholesale grocers ship in those as well. We also call them "totes".
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Yeah I could do that.

I'm not sure I would be comfortable getting used beat up totes and I don't know why I feel that way. :laughing:

For only $6 I will probably head to Costco today and see if I can hunt some down.
 
Excellent post by OP. I probably devote more thought and energy to this subject than is appropriate, but oh well. I love to try new towels for various tasks to determine which towels work best for what application. I break down the categories as follows, and will list my current favorite towels per category, but the towel choice tends to change and evolve as I try new things and devote disposable income to things I don't truly need. Such is the way of detailing for me at least.

Rinseless wash: 600 GSM long nap both sides. MF Tech grey with red borders, but looking into MM summit.

Buffing off polish/paint cleaner/glaze: Supreme 530's and purple 600's from AG. Occasionally in the rotation: Yellow Fellow Microfiber Madness.

Wax removal: MM Crazy pile. FTW.

Waterless touchup. 600 gsm greens from MF Tech, MF border, but found that MM Crazy Pile work well too. Bit of a dilemma here, I like to segregate wax removal towels from waterless, but the crazy piles work really well for both, and haven't yet developed a system to keep crazy piles into two groups and tell them apart. This is where MM summits might come into play.

First pass drying after rinseless (just to remove major water beads). Again MM Crazy Piles work great. Adding to cognitive dissonance due to inability to keep separate from waxing and potential waterless. Thinking I need to use MM waffle weaves for this. Will order some soon.

Drying: MM Dry me crazy, and CG fatty orange super dryers.

Interior: CG orange and lime green bangers.

Wheels: have some black towels with pockets (MF Tech and detailing dot com) for main drying and for drying tires. Final dry for wheels - Costco golds.

Waterless wash for wheels in between weekly hose and bucket with SFE or CG Diablo depending on dirt level: Costco golds. Fold into quarters and use one quarter for each wheel with CG Ecosmart RU diluted 1:2. Next week, use other side of same Costco towel. Then throw away. Don't want to put these towels blackened with brake dust into my wash machine. Cheap enough to trash them.

Non-automotive: Love the bright pastel yellow towels Costco used to sell. Think they are Eurow 350. This has been the subject of other threads on this forum. Now have to get from Amazon. Have blue and white "detailers pride" label on them. These are awesome for cleaning counters, bath, dusting, etc. Can also substitute newer Costco golds which are not allocated to wheels.

Dog Drying: they love CG yellow miracle dryers.

Glass shower doors: CG orange fatty super dryers or miracle dryers.

APC or wax remover on trim and headlights: Costco gold.

Latest entry: MF Tech shaggy dogs. Still in testing phase to determine appropriate category.

Washing the towels- each major category separately, e.g. drying towels, rinseless, buffing, wax removal and so on. Using CG MF wash for now, but waiting for sample of new WG Microwash currently in mail from Dhaval and will post review upon receipt and use of same.

Am I nuts? Probably.
 
Excellent post Rmd! Are you nuts? If you are I am as well. muhahaha!

It's hard for me to just stick with what works. I always think the next towel I try will be the best. Again, great suggestions for the OP.
 
Rmd: I knew someone had to be doing it...

I haven't gone quite that far, but I'm basically trying to determine my own happy medium of use/sorting/washing.

One of my main issues now is washing. I'm only doing this for the 2 vehicles that we own. So, generally I don't use many MF towels of a particular flavor over a given weekend; it's a couple of these, and a couple of those. Not using a whole lot, leads to not needing a whole lot... and that equals what could be very small wash loads (e.g. 2-3 glass towels, 2-3 WW drying towels, etc).

Fortunately, with the BF specials, I think I've got plenty of towels on hand now, that I don't necessarily have to wash them so often and I should be able to start grouping them together for more reasonable loads without having to cross-contaminate just to get a reasonable amount of towels to wash.
 
drvnbysound said:
Rmd: I knew someone had to be doing it...

I haven't gone quite that far, but I'm basically trying to determine my own happy medium of use/sorting/washing.

One of my main issues now is washing. I'm only doing this for the 2 vehicles that we own. So, generally I don't use many MF towels of a particular flavor over a given weekend; it's a couple of these, and a couple of those. Not using a whole lot, leads to not needing a whole lot... and that equals what could be very small wash loads (e.g. 2-3 glass towels, 2-3 WW drying towels, etc).

Fortunately, with the BF specials, I think I've got plenty of towels on hand now, that I don't necessarily have to wash them so often and I should be able to start grouping them together for more reasonable loads without having to cross-contaminate just to get a reasonable amount of towels to wash.
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I wash all of my towels together EXCEPT for the Glass and wheel/doorjamb towels, they get washed separately
 
Nice thread..and i thought I had a thing or 2 for mf towels lol. I think I need more cabinets or totes for my towels lol
 
I have two cabinets in my garage for detailing stuff and the microfiber take up on one cabinet!
 
I use the sterite bins with handles that lock the lid on.

Wheel towels go in one, drying towels in another, Polishing in another, etc. The bins are labelled, and I try to color code the Microfibers as much as I can.
 
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66 Gallon Tubs from Target ($7 each). I keep the back latch locked and I just lift the front of the lid to get whatever I need out. It's perfect, I can see what's in it, they are easily moveable/stackable, they are sorted by use (pads, interior, wheels, jams, washing/drying, paint safe, etc) and IMO much cheaper than any unit with drawers and easier to use. The lids open all the way to the bottom of the next rack up so there is no issue getting any number of towels out and they always stay covered.

Each one could hold 70-80 16"x16" towels.
 
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