Microfiber towels leaving behind fibers.

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Does anyone have this same issue? Many of my towels are leaving behind tons of fibers on my windows and paint. They aren't noticeable but when the sunlight hits my windshield I can see tons of tiny fibers from my towels? Any advice on how to fix this issue? I don't normally machine dry my towels.
 
A member by the name of Mike here on AGO came up with the great idea of running a lint roller over MF's to fix this exact issue. It works great! Give it a shot.
 
Certain towels lint more than others. The split end or "fluffy" towels tend to shed a lot. For final wipe I use Griots PFM or a short weave towel.
 
You have to be careful on windows. One piece of advice is not to do too much "dry wiping", where the towel is grabbing on the glass, it will leave fibers. Other advice would be to use a cotton Huck towel, or a microfiber Waffle Weave, or a flat weave towel, the WW or flat weave are less likely to leave micro lint.
 
I noticed this on my glass especially. Is there a correlation between quality and linting? I noticed my higher quality edgeless 480 gsm MF's don't lint, but my Meguiar's X2020 MF's seem to lint more. BTW, I use the Meguiar's MF for coumpound, polish, and wax removal. Only issue I've encountered is the linting. (First world detailing issue:)

The product used and removed with the MF might have some effect on the amount of lint left behind? The amount of static created by rubbing against paint and glass? I like the lint roller idea.
 
One way to help prevent it is to make sure you do not wash them with other non MF towels, i.e. terry towel or cotton, etc.
Use a dedicated MF cleaner, such as Micro-Restore Micro-Restore doesn’t just clean microfiber, it restores microfiber!
This is pretty amazing stuff.

As far as the lint roller, I like the idea... I could see rolling them as they come out of dryer and get stowed.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
You have to be careful on windows. One piece of advice is not to do too much "dry wiping", where the towel is grabbing on the glass, it will leave fibers. Other advice would be to use a cotton Huck towel, or a microfiber Waffle Weave, or a flat weave towel, the WW or flat weave are less likely to leave micro lint.
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Yep, that is my problem on glass. You know, it is sometimes so obvious, yet it takes someone pointing it out or bringing it to your attention to realize it. The linting on glass occurs much more frequently when I am dry wiping. Thanks for the information.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
You have to be careful on windows. One piece of advice is not to do too much "dry wiping", where the towel is grabbing on the glass, it will leave fibers. Other advice would be to use a cotton Huck towel, or a microfiber Waffle Weave, or a flat weave towel, the WW or flat weave are less likely to leave micro lint.
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^this^
LEDetailing said:
Yep, that is my problem on glass. You know, it is sometimes so obvious, yet it takes someone pointing it out or bringing it to your attention to realize it. The linting on glass occurs much more frequently when I am dry wiping. Thanks for the information.
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I do notice this happens with my Costco Mf towels. I have the white waffle weave I use for the final wipe to make it crystal clear. I have also noticed if I use the expensive lavender Super Plush, it does not lint...


-Mr. Slick.
 
I run a final pass with a glass specific short fibre (green cloth) and this grabs almost all the fibres from the cars final wipe down...
its less work than lint rolling every cloth IMO..
The non looped budget cloths deffo drop more...
 
I'm sure I will get a warning.... But every single microfiber I have purchased from AG, lints. Period. End of discussion, mind you, I have only purchased most all of the Cobras, and lime green/blue edgeless. They all lint. The Rag Co Eagle Edgeless do not lint. Thank me in the morning
 
For me,

1. Only using high quality waffle weave towels on Windows has really shut down any linting. I also only wash MF's with MF's. As for the rest of the car and MF's, I have still been just using Meg's Yellow Supreme Shinesand don't have Ny real problem with them linting on the car.

Using WG Spritz Sealant a lot probably helps to. Dust doesn't like to stay on that stuff to long.🙂
 
willowcat11 said:
For me,

1. Only using high quality waffle weave towels on Windows has really shut down any linting. I also only wash MF's with MF's. As for the rest of the car and MF's, I have still been just using Meg's Yellow Supreme Shinesand don't have Ny real problem with them linting on the car.

Using WG Spritz Sealant a lot probably helps to. Dust doesn't like to stay on that stuff to long.��
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I still really like those Supreme Shine towels.
 
Billy Baldone said:
I'm sure I will get a warning.... But every single microfiber I have purchased from AG, lints. Period. End of discussion, mind you, I have only purchased most all of the Cobras, and lime green/blue edgeless. They all lint. The Rag Co Eagle Edgeless do not lint. Thank me in the morning
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I have those, and some Crazy Pile. Excellent stuff.
 
When you get them new wash them twice with hot water.I dry mine in the dryer.I get my micros from a different source other than ag.
 
willowcat11 said:
For me,

1. Only using high quality waffle weave towels on Windows has really shut down any linting. I also only wash MF's with MF's. As for the rest of the car and MF's, I have still been just using Meg's Yellow Supreme Shinesand don't have Ny real problem with them linting on the car.

Using WG Spritz Sealant a lot probably helps to. Dust doesn't like to stay on that stuff to long.
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+1 on the Sealant Spritz. Under appreciated IMHO
 
Billy Baldone said:
The Rag Co Eagle Edgeless do not lint.
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I disagree. I use their 16x16 480gsm ones all the time and they do lint. (see my avatar) I have a pure black car and it drives me nuts. Even with a coating on it and just about any detail spray, etc. regardless of how slick, that lint shows up.

The only way I've gotten around lint issues is to buy a handful of waffle weave towels and after I polish, is to go over the car one last time with one of the waffle weaves dampened with Rinseless Wash mixed in distilled water. When I wash my Waffle Weave towels it's strictly with other ones and not any other MF towels or the lint will transfer to them in the dryer.
 
pdqgp said:
I disagree. I use their 16x16 480gsm ones all the time and they do lint. (see my avatar) I have a pure black car and it drives me nuts. Even with a coating on it and just about any detail spray, etc. regardless of how slick, that lint shows up.

The only way I've gotten around lint issues is to buy a handful of waffle weave towels and after I polish, is to go over the car one last time with one of the waffle weaves dampened with Rinseless Wash mixed in distilled water. When I wash my Waffle Weave towels it's strictly with other ones and not any other MF towels or the lint will transfer to them in the dryer.
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Can you tell me which towels you use for washing amd which for drying? Im just getting into deatailing. I was originally going to go with chemical guys cleaners and mf towels but i saw a thread on this forum where someone made a point not to be brand loyal. Try different products till you find the ones you like
 
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