Microfiber Rejuvenator

[Buck91]

Been using this off and on for a while now with pretty good results, but it doesn't seem to get some of the older clothes as clean as some reviews indicate. Am I doing this correctly?

Currently I use the recommended dosage on the bottle, typically the 1oz/wash with only a handful of towels (very light load), without any other soap/detergent and on the wool/handwash cycle. Clean rags come out clean, very dirty rags come out much cleaner but not 100% (very dirty would be like, ONR washing the door jams after winter- I use fluid film for lube and rust protection). Either way they come out much softer and microfibery than with regular detergent.

Is there any way to improve this or am I going about it correctly?

 

[ScubaCougr]

FWIW, I also can't get rid of some stains. Maybe I should be better at using dark towels for greasy areas

 

[inDetail]

Your doing fine - Just a few tricks
My advice is have a bucket of APC and water to throw the dirty rags in. I usually do a 1/2 cup to a cup per gallon. I use purple power since it's cheap. As soon as I'm done with a towel in the soak it goes.

When I wash I put two teaspoons of white vinegar per towel in the fabric softener cup for the rinse cycle. (eyeball it) And use the MF wash

Only fill the water level to an 1" or 2 above the load of towels. This will cause them to scrub each other not just float around in the water.

The most important thing is keeping them wet in the soak. Wring them out and wash them. When your dealing with grime and polymers from rinseless washes and dirty work as soon as those towels start even being damp or dry those stains are set in.

Grab the dirty MF's you are trying to get the stains out of. Mix a cup of vinegar in 4- 5 gallons of warm water and let soak for a few hours. Wring them out and wash with MF wash. If they smell like vinegar when it's done run another rinse cycle. The stains should improve.
If you keep using vinegar in your rinse cycles the stains will improve.

Another thing is to make sure your washer is clean. I call it stripping. I use the family washer so before my towels go in I run two cups of white vinegar and fill the fabric softener cup to the top and run a XL load to remove any clothing detergent and fabric softener residue. Then I wash my stuff. Never have a linting, smearing, not grabby enough too grabby towel problem ever. I like a little grabby.

And no matter what anyone tells you wash your new MF's first before you use them.