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I just ordered some of these. And from a recommendation I also ordered pakshak silver surfer towels. My question is can you wash the zaino towels with microfiber towels. The zaino towels are supposed to be cotton. If I read instructions correctly your not supposed to wash microfiber with cotton
 
Why do people keep saying these towels are cotton? There is nothing in the description that says that. They are simply split-fiber microfiber towels.
 
The junkman said they're cotton. The guy seems pretty knowledgeable about this stuff. I'll call zaino tomorrow and find out. They're in New Jersey
 
One forum said the white are MF and the blonde are cotton
 
What was the reason for picking these up?

Are you working with some soft paint?

I would wash them with microfiber detergent or tide. Wash them with any other microfiber towels.

As it was stated they are microfiber material.

You should talk with cardaddy aka Tony. He is very very knowledgable when it comes to MF towels.

I will say I have worked on some very very soft paints and my towels are fine.
 
frankprozzoly said:
The junkman said they're cotton. The guy seems pretty knowledgeable about this stuff. I'll call zaino tomorrow and find out. They're in New Jersey. One forum said the white are MF and the blonde are cotton
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I just looked at mine and the label says nothing about the material, but I can tell you they aren't cotton. There was a big stink about it when they came out, because Sal always said not to use microfiber towels, only cotton, and then he came out with his own MF towel. They aren't anything extraordinary, you can get something similar (and just as expensive) here (or elsewhere):

Duragloss Plush Microfiber Polishing Cloth
Wolfgang Concours-Series Microfiber Towel, german towel

While you're talking to Sal tell him that when the "What's New" page hasn't been changed since 2007, they should call it the "Nothing New" page.

EDIT: or this one BLACKFIRE Midnight Wax Removal Towel
 
Hey Evan. I read that Honda's paint is soft. Honestly I don't know what the hell that means. I'm just trying to find a towel that won't leave lint. I thought those towels from the rag company were top notch. Maybe not
 
frankprozzoly said:
Hey Evan. I read that Honda's paint is soft. Honestly I don't know what the hell that means. I'm just trying to find a towel that won't leave lint. I thought those towels from the rag company were top notch. Maybe not
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Frank its not soft to where you will get towel marks meaning that it will scratch when you use a towel on the surface.

When talking about hard and soft paint its means how is it going to correct.

Generally when talking about a soft paint it means that it can correct very easily but it will take a little bit of finesse to finish it down without hazing.

Hard paints are harder to remove defects and will finish down pretty easy in most cases.

I have worked on a few Hondas and I enjoyed them and they aren't hard to work on even the black Honda paint.

IMO there isn't a need to get the ZBB but thats up to you.

Its always best to do a test spot or a few as do and find out how the paint is reacting to what speed pad and products you are using.

If you use a quality towel you won't scratch the paint.

I always say let the paint tell you whats working ad what isn't.
 
The towels aren't scratching the paint. It's just the lint. It's strange. When I wipe after compound and polish, it grabs a little but no lint. When I wipe wax or sealant, lint covers just about the entire surface. I don't know. I'll have to show you sometime.
 
custmsprty said:
I know one thing for sure, they aren't worth $8.32 a piece, that's nuts! I bet their is like a 400% + mark up on those things. WOW!!!
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Oh come on, they are Made in the USA*

And what that * means is that they were "Developed, processed, inspected, and packaged in the USA" which doesn't really sound like they were made in the USA...but whatever they do it meets the FTC definition for "Made in the USA", which is the important part, I guess.
 
frankprozzoly said:
The towels aren't scratching the paint. It's just the lint. It's strange. When I wipe after compound and polish, it grabs a little but no lint. When I wipe wax or sealant, lint covers just about the entire surface. I don't know. I'll have to show you sometime.
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What are the towels you have now? How are you taking care of them as far as washing and drying them?

I think that might be where the problem is

custmsprty said:
I know one thing for sure, they aren't worth $8.32 a piece, that's nuts! I bet their is like a 400% + mark up on those things. WOW!!!

I've been using these for two years and they work great, got a bunch on bogo:

Super Soft Deluxe Blue Microfiber Towels, microfiber detailing towels, buffing towels, micro fiber towel, detail cloth

Also have a bunch of the gold plush too.
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I have the 530's and the gold plush Jr towels and have never had a need to use anything else.
 
When I started getting into this I bought about 20 edgeless Orange towels from the rag company at almost $5 a towel. Pisses me off. Oh well.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Oh come on, they are Made in the USA*

And what that * means is that they were "Developed, processed, inspected, and packaged in the USA" which doesn't really sound like they were made in the USA...but whatever they do it meets the FTC definition for "Made in the USA", which is the important part, I guess.
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Made in the USA* of American and imported raw materials
Developed, processed, inspected, and packaged in the USA
Country of Origin: United States of America
*Complies with FTC regulations

Exactly!
I sold packaging to a garment manufacturer back in the early 1990's, they used US textile cloth, cut it here, shipped it to Honduras to be sewn, shipped it back to US and sewed the belt loops on and that was Made in the USA, assembeld in Honduras.
 
I wash them with free and clear detergent a few ounces of GG cleaner and rinse with vinegar and they air dry. Goodnight all. I have to get up for work at 330am
 
I'm always up for a heathy debate, but I think the BB have changed. I've used these for a few years and up until the last batch, they looked like the traditional BB towels we are used to. Sorry for the flash washout, but I don't know how to take good pics.
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Here is my last old batch. Used once with a spray nuba. I do think this is some type of cotton blend.

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Sorry for the bad flash, but the old ones say Made in USA on the insert

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The batch from last season doesn't say anything on it, and the towels have a different texture and more of a yellow silk shine to them. the do seem a bit microfibery.

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Old on the left and new on the right

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The interesting thing on the white towels are the older batch says Korea on them but nothing on the last batch

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newbdetailer said:
I'm always up for a heathy debate, but I think the BB have changed. I've used these for a few years and up until the last batch, they looked like the traditional BB towels we are used to.

I do think this is some type of cotton blend.
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I can't really follow what you are trying to say, that they used to be a cotton blend, or they are now?

I bought mine when they first came out, and I'm pretty positive there was a lot of discussion (on another forum) about how for 100 years Sal had been saying 100% cotton only, and ol' Leo the most unreliable towel salesman on the planet used to claim that his cotton microfiber towel was the only towel "approved" by Zaino, then all of a sudden Sal comes out with his own towels and they are...heavens...microfiber and NOT cotton. After a lot of backpedaling it was explained that up until Sal did all his research and put his John Hancock on these, no microfiber towel met his quality and consistency requirements.

Anyway, I'm pretty positive these are just polyamide/polyester towels. When they first came out they had the uncommon split-fiber and borderless construction, but those are pretty easy to find now (as I pointed out earlier, there are several similar towels sold here).
 
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