What towels for coatings?

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As I do not get answers on previous threads and the thread gets lost in the forum here goes again :

I plan to use the gold plush junior towels for wipe off of the coating. However, these are very pricey to sacrifice on the coating rendering them useless after. Are the meguiars supreme shines a good alternative? (I have 20 of those compared to 5-6 of the gold plush juniors).

Plush or Short nap??



Hope to get an answer this time from the oh so many detailers on this forum, who use coatings day in and day out :)

And as Mike just pointed out in his old thread :- A forum where everyone can view and provide answers.... :) :) instead of direct messages to Mike. Now that does sound nice eh?
 
I would recommend that you use whichever towel you feel more comfortable using. I personally use a 2 towel wipe off method when I coat. My first wipe is with a CarPro microsuede followed by either a CarPro Boa or an Everest 800. I always have a bucket with water and apc to toss the towels into immediately after use. After the detail is done I then transfer to the wash. I have had great success with this.
 
Edgeless artic microtowel works very nice .I think that's what there called.
 
fly07sti said:
I would recommend that you use whichever towel you feel more comfortable using. I personally use a 2 towel wipe off method when I coat. My first wipe is with a CarPro microsuede followed by either a CarPro Boa or an Everest 800. I always have a bucket with water and apc to toss the towels into immediately after use. After the detail is done I then transfer to the wash. I have had great success with this.
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I do this exact same procedure, the suede followed by BOA. 30+ coating installs without a single issue.
 
fly07sti said:
I would recommend that you use whichever towel you feel more comfortable using. I personally use a 2 towel wipe off method when I coat. My first wipe is with a CarPro microsuede followed by either a CarPro Boa or an Everest 800. I always have a bucket with water and apc to toss the towels into immediately after use. After the detail is done I then transfer to the wash. I have had great success with this.
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Thank you for that. So as I see it, it is short nap followed by a gentle wipe with a plush am I right?

What dilution would the APC to water be? i would not want to kill the towels lol :P
 
emmjaygti said:
Thank you for that. So as I see it, it is short nap followed by a gentle wipe with a plush am I right?

What dilution would the APC to water be? i would not want to kill the towels lol :P
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Basically yes. I use approx 3-4 gallons of water with about 8oz of Zep Citrus. You can use what you'd like but I've had no issues with this, so I haven't experimented with any other apc's or degreasers.
 
fly07sti said:
Basically yes. I use approx 3-4 gallons of water with about 8oz of Zep Citrus. You can use what you'd like but I've had no issues with this, so I haven't experimented with any other apc's or degreasers.
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Cheers bud.

All I have is megs APC as that is what I can source locally. I can try with a lower concentration say maybe 4-5oz?

Mike also mentioned a warm water with soap solution (towel kleen not car soap) where the towels can soak until i wash.
 
Give it a shot. I'm sure it'll be fine. As long as the towels aren't left to dry for any length of time, I would assume they'll be ok.
 
fly07sti is the MASTER of microfiber towels. If anybody knew what the best towels are, it'll be him. :buffing: :buffing: :buffing:
 
Coated cars day in day out for 5 years already. It depends on the type of coating too as some self level better and some more/less viscous but generally it is short nap every time for me. Some coating manufacturer recommend just suede cloth provided you can apply very thin and evenly using the suede and foam block. Some recommends using just a foam or foam block without the sponge and buff the surface 3 times with different side of the cloth for even courage. Generally it is a balance between removing too much coating and not leveling enough causing unevenness but short nap always for me.
 
fly07sti said:
Give it a shot. I'm sure it'll be fine. As long as the towels aren't left to dry for any length of time, I would assume they'll be ok.
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Thanks bud :)

Marc08EX said:
fly07sti is the MASTER of microfiber towels. If anybody knew what the best towels are, it'll be him. :buffing: :buffing: :buffing:
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Thats very comforting, thank you!

dschia said:
Coated cars day in day out for 5 years already. It depends on the type of coating too as some self level better and some more/less viscous but generally it is short nap every time for me. Some coating manufacturer recommend just suede cloth provided you can apply very thin and evenly using the suede and foam block. Some recommends using just a foam or foam block without the sponge and buff the surface 3 times with different side of the cloth for even courage. Generally it is a balance between removing too much coating and not leveling enough causing unevenness but short nap always for me.
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Thanks bud!
 
I've only done one coating so far which was Gloss Coat. After 30-60 seconds when most of the product flashed, I wiped with the short nap side of a MFT 530 gsm towel. Soaked in D101 solution a 1:128. Washed as usual and all towels came out fine.
 
I've used nothing but short nap for coatings... Basically what Gtechniq recommended.

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wdmaccord said:
I've only done one coating so far which was Gloss Coat. After 30-60 seconds when most of the product flashed, I wiped with the short nap side of a MFT 530 gsm towel. Soaked in D101 solution a 1:128. Washed as usual and all towels came out fine.
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Thanks mate. It helps knowing the dilution of D101 too :)

kevincwelch said:
I've used nothing but short nap for coatings... Basically what Gtechniq recommended.

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Thank you!
 
emmjaygti said:
As I do not get answers on previous threads and the thread gets lost in the forum here goes again :

I plan to use the gold plush junior towels for wipe off of the coating. However, these are very pricey to sacrifice on the coating rendering them useless after. Are the meguiars supreme shines a good alternative? (I have 20 of those compared to 5-6 of the gold plush juniors).

Plush or Short nap??



Hope to get an answer this time from the oh so many detailers on this forum, who use coatings day in and day out :)

And as Mike just pointed out in his old thread :- A forum where everyone can view and provide answers.... :) :) instead of direct messages to Mike. Now that does sound nice eh?
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I think this actually depends on which coating you are using, as they all wipe off differently IME. For Optimum Gloss-Coat and OCP I like using the shorter nap "All Purpose" MF towels, much like the one supplied with OCP. For CQuartz Finest I found the Meguiar's Ultimate Wipe to be the best, far better then the BOA IMO. It's also going to come down to user preference. As mentioned above most towels can be reused if soaked in water/APC right away. I end up doing this and reusing them, but for non-coating related tasks as I don't want to risk it.


Just my $.02
Rasky
 
RaskyR1 said:
I think this actually depends on which coating you are using, as they all wipe off differently IME. For Optimum Gloss-Coat and OCP I like using the shorter nap "All Purpose" MF towels, much like the one supplied with OCP. For CQuartz Finest I found the Meguiar's Ultimate Wipe to be the best, far better then the BOA IMO. It's also going to come down to user preference. As mentioned above most towels can be reused if soaked in water/APC right away. I end up doing this and reusing them, but for non-coating related tasks as I don't want to risk it.


Just my $.02
Rasky
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Thank you Rasky! I only have the Gold Plush junior and Megs Supreme shine in my arsenal. I think I will go with the Megs based on price, nap and qty that I have.

I shall also use the APC / water solution mentioned above (1:128? ) - I will not reuse them for coatings ofcourse, but I might just demote them to engine bay, door jambs etc. Is that overkill?

If not then I can just continue using them for polish removal during the polishing stage - as I do now.

TIA :)
 
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