Microfiber Towels - Did I Miss Something ??

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I was just looking at the BOGO and the Microfiber Towels Chart and noticed that the Cobra Gold Plush XL and Cobra Supreme Towels are now 75 Polyester/25 Polymide. They were 70/30 a short time ago. Also the chart now shows the towels listed as 75/25 and others having a 80/20 blend. What did I miss ??? Did something happen that I missed or is old age setting in.
 
MI Mike said:
I was just looking at the BOGO and the Microfiber Towels Chart and noticed that the Cobra Gold Plush XL and Cobra Supreme Towels are now 75 Polyester/25 Polymide. They were 70/30 a short time ago. Also the chart now shows the towels listed as 75/25 and others having a 80/20 blend. What did I miss ??? Did something happen that I missed or is old age setting in.
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What's the diffence between 75/25 vs. 70/30 vs. 80/20?? I don't understand..
 
jimmyjam said:
What's the diffence between 75/25 vs. 70/30 vs. 80/20?? I don't understand..
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Some say there's a difference in plushness, absorption, etc.

Personally I'm not convinced that it makes a huge difference -- as long as they pass the CD test I'll use 'em.
 
I'm hoping that someone from Autogeek will chime in. I have been using the Cobra MF Gold (70/30) because I could not find a 80/20 towel that I liked. IMO the 70/30 seem to be of a better quality. Help Autogeek !!!
 
MI Mike said:
I'm hoping that someone from Autogeek will chime in. I have been using the Cobra MF Gold (70/30) because I could not find a 80/20 towel that I liked. IMO the 70/30 seem to be of a better quality. Help Autogeek !!!
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:confused:If the 70/30 looks like it may be better quality IYO, why are you looking for the 80/20?
 
Rsurfer said:
:confused:If the 70/30 looks like it may be better quality IYO, why are you looking for the 80/20?
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I am only mentioning that there are no more Autogeek Cobra 70/30 towels. There are MF Towels with 75/25 and 80/20 blends only. I was wondering what happened.
 
MI Mike said:
I am only mentioning that there are no more Autogeek Cobra 70/30 towels. There are MF Towels with 75/25 and 80/20 blends only. I was wondering what happened.
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My guess is they may have changed suppliers after the problems with their towels coming in with hot-wire cut edging...
 
I have not heard from anyone at Autogeek yet about the towels I may have to give them a call later.
 
Please keep us updated about their reply to this.
 
Sorta in relation, but I have also noticed the indigo towels are no where to be found either, and I have been waiting to order more of these.

Is something amiss in microfiber land??
 
reality33 said:
Sorta in relation, but I have also noticed the indigo towels are no where to be found either, and I have been waiting to order more of these.

Is something amiss in microfiber land??
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They stopped carrying these because they were coming in with hot-wired edges. It's a shame because these were great towels(pre hot-wire edging).

As far as the 75/25, I wouldn't look into it that much. I got some of the new 75/25 light blue cobra towels with rolled edges from AG, and they're very soft and absorbent. Great towel!
 
In regard to the indigo towels with hot wire edging, I've seen them on sale & I'm wondering if the edges are cut off could they be used for polishing paint or will they unravel? No one seems to have them in stock.
 
I don't think they would unravel, I have cut up MF towels before and not had a problem. Besides, the hot wire cut melts the towel and forms an "edge". If you have ever burnt a piece of plastic you see that the burnt part melts and becomes harder than then rest. Kind of the same thing happens to nylon (MF) when it gets burnt. Hot wire cut MF towels are not something I would touch my paint with. HTH
 
I received an email from Nick at AG this afternoon. His response was. "We currently stock the 75/25 and the 80/20. There is a possibility in the future that we will bring in more microfiber towels."

FYI. I did find a link to the an old mf chart as you can see it has changed dramatically. Look towards the bottom of the list.

Cobra Lime Green Microfiber Towels 12 Pack

I am still interested in how do the new Cobra Gold XL 75/25 compare to the old Cobra XL 70/30, etc. I have had some of the 75/25 MF-towels that did not pass the CD test and just did not feel the same as the 70/30 blend mf-towels. I noticed that the old Cobra Gold has a weight of 380 g/m2, the new 75/25 blend has a weight of 600 g/m2.
 
IME by the time you figure out what's going on with the currently available towels, they will have changed again. Because of the vagaries of the way towels are sourced, there is always something changing, the blend, the weight, the edging.

I mean, you'd buy some towels last year that you really liked and this year someone would ask for a recommendation or you'd want some more for yourself, and you'd go back to the same store and the product might have the same name and be very different from last year's.
 
Godspeed said:
I don't think they would unravel, I have cut up MF towels before and not had a problem. Besides, the hot wire cut melts the towel and forms an "edge". If you have ever burnt a piece of plastic you see that the burnt part melts and becomes harder than then rest. Kind of the same thing happens to nylon (MF) when it gets burnt. Hot wire cut MF towels are not something I would touch my paint with. HTH
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Maybe I wasn't clear; what I meant is if I cut the burnt end off the towel, about 1/2" all the way around let's say, so that there's nothing but the large unburned fiber center part of the towel, it seems like it would be just like a towel without a hot wire cut. I'm trying to figure out why that wouldn't work, especially since the hot wire towels are selling for $3.99. Seems like an easy way to save ~$6 per towel. Ideas?
 
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