Microfiber towels?

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I was at costco today and noticed they had a 50 pack of 80/20 microfibers towels for $12. Is there a huge difference in towels? Colors make a difference?
 
You will find a HUGE difference in microfiber towels. Some I will only use on interiors and under hood, some I will not even use anywhere. I would be very careful picking what goes on your paint and use something high quality.
 
I would only use those for wheels and inside car. When drying cars you should use the highest quality MF you can afford, less chances it will scratch the paint.
 
I've found the Costco micorfiber towels to be a good replacement for paper towels. I no longer use them on the car's painted surface but they're ok for windows, inside dash, wheels etc.

The inexpensive Meg's microfiber is much better than the generic costco towels. I think the better quality microfiber towels are worth the cost because you can use them over and over again.
 
Its like anything else...you get what you pay for. The reason that towels vary in price is simply because of the ability of the more expensive, more plush towels to hold the dirt away from the surface of what you are drying, polishing, or waxing. you can use cheaper towels on things that wont be as noticeable when it comes to scratches.(ie wheels, fenderwells, under the hood) but like stated before you want the best towels in order to not work backwards and put scratches in your paint making you work twice as hard to get the desired results.
 
Thanks, I figured I would ask. I didn't buy them but thought that was a decent price.
 
I would get them if you don't have extra mf to wipe down wheels and other stuff like interior. 12 bucks for 50 is mad cheap.
 
Thats cheap enough to use as shop towels. I will be going tomorrows
 
Those are great towels...

for everything except paint. I have two packages and use them for door jams and interior wipe down. They're so cheap you can treat them as if they're disposable.
 
you're going to need some towels for the non-paint (you can use them on paint, but at your own risk) related tasks (wheels, engine, interior, etc), so buying a pack of these is inexpensive enough to where you can toss them after a few uses or so if need be. get the proforce microfibers from sams club instead of the yellow ones from costco if possible...
 
Just because it says Microfiber doesn't mean it's a quality towel and this is where people get into trouble.

I bought their equivalent from Sam's Club and use them on everything except the cars finish. Because they're so thin I'm able to use them similar to paper towels but with much better results.
 
bimmer325! said:
Its like anything else...you get what you pay for. The reason that towels vary in price is simply because of the ability of the more expensive, more plush towels to hold the dirt away from the surface of what you are drying, polishing, or waxing. you can use cheaper towels on things that wont be as noticeable when it comes to scratches.(ie wheels, fenderwells, under the hood) but like stated before you want the best towels in order to not work backwards and put scratches in your paint making you work twice as hard to get the desired results.
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Not exactly. The big stores like Wally World, etc will get better prices on anything they buy due to huge quantities.
 
i think the only way to find out is to try them in a small spot. If they don't mar your paint or leave any lint, I'd say they are a great deal.

microfibers are funny that way. some of my more expensive mf lints like mad, and some of my cheaper mf are my favorites to use.
 
I use Eurow Microfiber towels that I bought off Amazon. They were $21 for 36. I have not had them scratch the paint on my Honda Civic yet and I use them all the time. They are the only towel I use now.
 
I took this picture to show one of the differences in a good microfiber and a cheap one.

These are three diff MF's folded in fourths. The green is an autozone MF that I use under hood. The blue is DI MF that I use for wax/sealant/glaze removal. The white is the reThickulous MF. I use it for spray wax and the such.

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Now this is just an example of one of the differences.
 
with all due respect, the thickness of the towel has almost nothing to do with the quality. e.g., would a cobra glass towel be considered low quality because it is thinner than the autozone towel when folded?
 
I understand that. You make a valid point. But a lot of the softer microfibers seem to be thicker. I have felt some pretty rough thicker ones. However I don't think my point was 100% invalid. It is just more of a basic observation and generalization.
 
no... definitely not invalid. I understand your point. As a matter of fact, many of the cheaper mf manufacturers don't even make a thick towel.

i really think that it all comes down to linting, and the ability to maintain a scratch free finish.

i completely get where u are coming from and what i wrote may seem to lead otherwise. that is the problem with reading posts. i never know what people are emphasizing and sometimes mis-interpret.
 
Shawn T. said:
I use Eurow Microfiber towels that I bought off Amazon. They were $21 for 36. I have not had them scratch the paint on my Honda Civic yet and I use them all the time. They are the only towel I use now.
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Interesting. I bought some and returned them when they failed the CD test. However, the 600 gsm ones are nice.
 
I just got some pakshak towels, they are the nicest towels I have out of my 100 plus towels
 
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