You guys throw your drying towels in with other MF's to wash?

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Was just wondering about this. Went crazy on the truck last week. Full soup-to-nuts de-con, clay, AIO & wax.

Threw all my towels (meaning my AIO & wax removal towels plus my drying towels) into the wash with my Pinnacle MF cleaner, then dried them like usual on very low heat. They came out very clean as always. Fold, bag, and put back on the shelf.

It rained like crazy here yesterday, and today after the mist subsided, (still cloudy though) I went out and knocked the excess water off the truck.

Thing is, the towels (Cobra Guzzlers) seemed a little lacking from their norm. (IMO). You guys think they got some AIO (Speed) or wax (845) transfer from the wash?
 
I wash all my towels together and have noticed no ill effects. Still using the same soap? I still like Tide Free and Clear. I've used the soaps formulated for microfibers and still keep going back to Tide. Tide just cleans better.
 
Yeah, same product from Pinnacle I've always used. Happy with it too. Maybe I'm old & imagining things, but I'm usually pretty in tune with how anything works (or does not work), and I swear the Guzzlers were not quite themselves today.
 
I separate wheel and tire towels and wash them with heavy vinyl/rubber/plastic dressing towels. The rest I wash together.
 
I don't like my guzzler. Maybe it's just me, but of all my towels (Griots, Big Blue, Dry Me a River, Guzzler), the guzzler doesn't guzzle any more. It is middle aged among my towels.

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kevincwelch said:
I don't like my guzzler. Maybe it's just me, but of all my towels (Griots, Big Blue, Dry Me a River, Guzzler), the guzzler doesn't guzzle any more. It is middle aged among my towels.

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I know they aren't the "cat's meow" lately. But they have always been adequate for me. I use my leaf blower and the Guzzlers do the "mop up" work. Not into buying a more expensive towel right now. It's fishing season here, and bucktails, lead, and live bait cost a pretty penny. :)

Just thought I noticed a bit of difference today.
 
...but the thought had occurred to me that I did get my Guzzler embedded with a bunch of sealant that hasn't come out. Maybe I'll try soaking it in some degreaser for a while and washing again.
 
I wash my towels separately in batches to keep contamination and lint to a minimum. Usually in four batches.

My main product removal towels for polishes/sealants\
Rinseless Wash Towels
Lower end/demoted MF towels for inside doors and interior or wheels
Final buff/gloss spray towels - These I'm realy picky about as I can't have them get any lint or anything on them from other towels
 
pdqgp said:
I wash my towels separately in batches to keep contamination and lint to a minimum. Usually in four batches.

My main product removal towels for polishes/sealants\
Rinseless Wash Towels
Lower end/demoted MF towels for inside doors and interior or wheels
Final buff/gloss spray towels - These I'm realy picky about as I can't have them get any lint or anything on them from other towels
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I do the same thing and my wife thinks its crazy as do a lot of ppl but atleast i know i am not the only one lol
 
pdqgp said:
I wash my towels separately in batches to keep contamination and lint to a minimum. Usually in four batches.

My main product removal towels for polishes/sealants\
Rinseless Wash Towels
Lower end/demoted MF towels for inside doors and interior or wheels
Final buff/gloss spray towels - These I'm realy picky about as I can't have them get any lint or anything on them from other towels
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+1
I also do a separate load for glass.
 
i wash my drying towels with my good paint towels since they dont get very dirty. Thats on the drying towels for paint. The drying towels for trim and door lamb ect get washed with the all purpose towels. I use cotton terry for the real dirty stuff and they all get washed together.

I separate my good towels by light color and dark colors
 
rlmccarty2000 said:
I wash all my towels together and have noticed no ill effects. Still using the same soap? I still like Tide Free and Clear. I've used the soaps formulated for microfibers and still keep going back to Tide. Tide just cleans better.
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im thinking of going back to tide free as well. Not exclusively just back to a mix of microfiber cleaner and tide free IDK.
 
I wash all my "paint towels" together. I add rejuvenator and vinegar to the wash.
Personally I wonder if your Guzzlers are just old. Mine are a little long in the tooth and don't work quite as well as they used to. I was planning on retiring them this summer and buying new ones. Mine are 3-4 years old at this point.
 
The only towels I wash separately are for wheels, tires, wheel wells, and underhood ones. Anything used on the exterior paint gets washed together and in ten years time of doing that, I've not encountered an issue yet.
 
pdqgp said:
I wash my towels separately in batches to keep contamination and lint to a minimum. Usually in four batches.

My main product removal towels for polishes/sealants\
Rinseless Wash Towels
Lower end/demoted MF towels for inside doors and interior or wheels
Final buff/gloss spray towels - These I'm realy picky about as I can't have them get any lint or anything on them from other towels
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If you are getting lint then you have a problem. High-quality spun MF yarn does not shed lint, ever. That is an inherent quality of well-made MF. It is why it is used in the optics field. There is something severely wrong with your product if it is shedding anything at all.


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I never mix anything with drying towels in washer. I use griots PFM and the Gyeon silk dryers and all of them have performed consistently since new with no drop off in effectiveness.
 
rlmccarty2000 said:
I wash all my towels together and have noticed no ill effects. Still using the same soap? I still like Tide Free and Clear. I've used the soaps formulated for microfibers and still keep going back to Tide. Tide just cleans better.
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Just picked up All Free and Clear today at Costco on a couponless discount. I'll probably just use up my existing MF wash and switch to AllFr&Cl since it gets so many positive responses here. I think I'll use the MF cleaner as pre-soak.

Additionally, I have a front loader which tends to clean better because it is a tumble-and-drop method rather than just mix-and-agitate in the same dirty wash tub in a top loader. I have always felt top-loaders were a crazy idea. All industrial laundry is done via front-loader.
 
all my microfiber towels get laundered together with the exception of the non-paint/less important ones (costco/kirkland) which get done separately...
 
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