Micrfiber towels color code system help.

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Can you share some of your color coded microfiber towels and which color is used for what. Trying to figure out a good color system.
 
Does it really matter? If you are buying the same towel except in different colors, just pick one for each task.
 
black -wheels n tires
Red - jambs/exterior
Blue - Interior cleaning
Yellow - Interior dressing
 
It is your color coding system. What works for you. You designate a specific color for what it's used for. Makes it easier to wash. No cross contamination, etc.

Those that get dropped are for wheel and engine use, etc. Used a perm. black marked to designate, no mix ups.
 
I don't really have color coded system, except there are tire only towels. I only have around 50 towels, so I launder what I use and inspect them CLOSELY after a low dryer setting. I am relatively new to detailing, I suppose I'll come up with a system when I figure which MFT I find is best for each application. Good luck & take care.

Peace,

Darrin
 
I sort them into bins based on GSM/purpose. I also keep the towels that I use in the bottom of the panels (for rinseless and waterless wash) separated.
 
AG Red/Black "Clean & Buff" AG Towels: Polish Removal
WM grey two-side MF's: Polish Removal
CG Blue Monsters: Wax Removal
AG Purple Super Plush: Sealant removal
CarPro (orange) BOA's: Sealant removal
AG Gold Plush Jr's: QD/Clay Lube

WM blue "low quality" towels: heavy glass cleaning/wipers
WM green "low quality" towels: heavy Exterior cleaning
WM yellow "low quality" towels: Carpet cleaning
CarPro (black) MF's: wheels
WM graphite "chrome" MF's: Chrome exhaust polishing

Sam's Yellow MF's (36 pack): Interior (plastic/vinyl/leather/headliner) cleaning/protectants. I may separate some and assign to carpet cleaning
Target's green glass MF: glass cleaning
AG White waffle weave glass towels: glass cleaning/buffing
CG "El Gordo" Fatty Limes: Specialty applications (coating)
MFT blue Elite Ultra Plush MF's: Waterless/Rinseless washes 500gsm

CG Grey Matter waffle weave / AG Guzzler Combo Kit: Paint drying

They are grouped in different bins--I've committed their uses to memory--in part thanks to when/why I bought them.
 
This is a fair question and I know you're serious but I'm laughing reading this because some of the folks on this forum are uber obsessive. The answers should be entertaining and instructive. I have always gotten my microfiber from AutoGeek. My non-obsessive answer is:
Guzzler Waffle weave drying
Thick, light blue 70/30 for presoaking in ONR
Thicker orange for interior (didn't see them listed on website)
Blue all purpose for plastics and rubber
Black for rims and tires
Green for carpet & upholstery
Lavender (similar to the Supreme 530, not on website) for polishes, and removing polish from pads
Supreme 530 for wax & sealants
Old and very dirty of any color- engine cleaning
 
-Red door jams
-yellow interior
-white leather
-blue glass
-green rims
-orange drying towel
 
Wow! I need to buy more towels now. I'm so not experienced in my color selection.


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I go by what I bought this year, followed by last year's purchase and then the previous and so on. Newest ones used for best jobs, old for rims, exhaust tips etc

Same for wash mitts
fapatalk
 
It really isn't about color coding going in as much is it is about the GSM of the towels, AND what condition they are in.

Does the color actually matter?
It's been said it DOES.

Way back when I first started buying/collecting/spending WAAAAAAY too much on towels I read that darker towels are not as soft as lighter colored ones. Given that two towels are identical, just that one is black, the other is gold (for instance) the theory is the gold one will be softer. Now I used to think this had to be hoo-haa, that was until I bought some 360 GSM towels in different colors.

I'll go ahead and say it, the black towels are not as soft as the gold ones.
They also bled black dye for several (2~3) washes when new. Enough so in fact that I have some formerly gold ones that are more of an army green color now. :rolleyes:

Bottom line is you'll start buying towels for a particular use. From there it really doesn't matter what color they are, just that they are used for the use intended, and ALWAYS used from a clean bin.

As they get more worn or more dirty you can mark the corner with a magic marker to let you know that although it MAY have been 'upper panel quality' at one time, it's now been relegated to 'lower panel' or 'interior, or perhaps just general duty. For instance... I have dozens of paint quality towels, but knowing that all the best ones ONLY get used on upper panels they don't have a mark on them. As I feel them shifting a bit I'll put a mark in the corner, (say a 1" line). That'll tell me I can still put them on paint, but not on the upper panels, say the back of fenders behind the wheels or bottoms of the doors. Those areas are generally dirtier than the top of the panel. But the back of the car is dirtier than that, especially the bumper(s). Rocker panels are even dirtier than that. So take a towel that used to live in the penthouse, with 2 marks it's now down in the basement.

The key is to visually and mechanically inspect your towels both BEFORE as well as AFTER washing. Don't just use your eyes, use your hands to feel the fibers, feeling with an open hand will sometimes find something that you didn't realize was there before you wash them. Then after washing, inspect them again, pulling out any trash you might find. Then finally after drying lay them out flat, one at a time and do the final inspection. With this method you'll always have the right towel, in the right bin, for the right job.

Color can come into play, but more often it's the type/brand/GSM of the towel that'll tell you what you'll use if for. :)


tenblade2001 said:
I sort them into bins based on GSM/purpose. I also keep the towels that I use in the bottom of the panels (for rinseless and waterless wash) separated.
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:iagree:

Ask me how I know tenblade has (just a few) good microfiber towels? :D (And he's got a black one or two.) ;)
 
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