tom p.
Active member
I ordered a quart of this based upon DavidB’s recent “you don’t know what you’re missing� comment. I have not done business with Auto-Fiber in the past and picked up a couple of their glass cleaning towels, which I highly recommend at $4. I think these are gonna be a “Best Value of 2004� product. I like them a lot.
Micro-Restore…
I washed all cars this weekend so there was no shortage of MF towels and WW towels available. I followed the directions on the M-R bottle, which clearly spells out 2oz. of wash with 8 gallons of wash water. While I didn’t measure the 8 gallons, I just set the washer to extra small load…it looked like 8 gallons.
Here’s what I did. I did before and after shots of 3 different towels. L->R Ranney’s WW drying towel, a Magic MF towel (from CMA, my first MF towel ever) and another Ranney MF towel. You can see the stains present. The Magic towel has some staining that never washes out. I wanted to see if M-R could liberate and restore an old towel. All the other MFs are fairly new.
Before washing in M-R:
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Post wash/dry:
Wash water, some foaming apparent:
Rinse cycle, a tiny amount of visible soap bubbles:
As you can see, the M-R was effective at removing most of the bad stains. In the “afterâ€� shot, you’ll see another Ranney WW towel in the lower LH corner. For some reason, the staining was still very apparent on that towel. It was washed at the same time as the others but didn’t seem to clean up as well…I thought that was odd.
Most notable: There’s no question that the towels are nearly as soft as a new towel. I find after several washes that all my MF towels, especially the WW towels (David’s or Ranney’s) are far less soft than when new and are actually getting “stiffer� as they accumulate more wash cycles. It’s not a big deal but the M-R does appear to be successful at the “restoration� process.
I don’t know if it is the intention to use this product every 4th wash, for example, or if it is supposed to be used exclusively in place of normal detergent. Perhaps our contact at Auto-Fiber can share his/her thoughts on that aspect of the product.
Conclusion: This product is not cheap but I will order it again. I think it cost me $20 (incl. shipping) to get it to my doorstep. The quart bottle should yield me 16 washes. If you’re interested in sampling this product, perhaps people in regional areas can get together and split a gallon. That would make sense.
I am in New England and our water has many minerals in it. Not to an unusual degree (our toilets, drains and faucets aren’t turning green) but I do sense that we have build-up over time in our clothes, MF towels, etc.
Micro-Restore…
I washed all cars this weekend so there was no shortage of MF towels and WW towels available. I followed the directions on the M-R bottle, which clearly spells out 2oz. of wash with 8 gallons of wash water. While I didn’t measure the 8 gallons, I just set the washer to extra small load…it looked like 8 gallons.
Here’s what I did. I did before and after shots of 3 different towels. L->R Ranney’s WW drying towel, a Magic MF towel (from CMA, my first MF towel ever) and another Ranney MF towel. You can see the stains present. The Magic towel has some staining that never washes out. I wanted to see if M-R could liberate and restore an old towel. All the other MFs are fairly new.
Before washing in M-R:
.
Post wash/dry:
Wash water, some foaming apparent:
Rinse cycle, a tiny amount of visible soap bubbles:
As you can see, the M-R was effective at removing most of the bad stains. In the “afterâ€� shot, you’ll see another Ranney WW towel in the lower LH corner. For some reason, the staining was still very apparent on that towel. It was washed at the same time as the others but didn’t seem to clean up as well…I thought that was odd.
Most notable: There’s no question that the towels are nearly as soft as a new towel. I find after several washes that all my MF towels, especially the WW towels (David’s or Ranney’s) are far less soft than when new and are actually getting “stiffer� as they accumulate more wash cycles. It’s not a big deal but the M-R does appear to be successful at the “restoration� process.
I don’t know if it is the intention to use this product every 4th wash, for example, or if it is supposed to be used exclusively in place of normal detergent. Perhaps our contact at Auto-Fiber can share his/her thoughts on that aspect of the product.
Conclusion: This product is not cheap but I will order it again. I think it cost me $20 (incl. shipping) to get it to my doorstep. The quart bottle should yield me 16 washes. If you’re interested in sampling this product, perhaps people in regional areas can get together and split a gallon. That would make sense.
I am in New England and our water has many minerals in it. Not to an unusual degree (our toilets, drains and faucets aren’t turning green) but I do sense that we have build-up over time in our clothes, MF towels, etc.
