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I ordered some towels from a webpage (don't want to say the name and I'm trying not to give away who it is) Well, I just assumed that they were 100% cotton. When I looked after I recieved the order all that is said are "cotton terry cloth towels." Well, they arrived and they a 86% cotton, 14% polyester. I called them and they said polyester in the cotton wouldn't scratch paint. Then she told me that microfiber towels are mainly polyester and they dont' scratch paint. She also said the polyester will make the towels last longer and lint less.



I have always been told you don't want any polyester in cotton towels. Have times changed?



What do yall feel I should do?
 
ok, I think I have an idea of what website you are talking about. I would return them, and always look for 100% cotton. I think she will take the towels back, as long as you have not used them.



$2.50 each when bought in 6 or more?



I always stick with 100% cotton for paint, and these terry towel blends for the grungy jobs (door jambs, engine, gas lids, wheel wells...)
 
That's what I thought. If you read the cotton towel discussions, they say absolutely no polyester. But MF contains 20-30% polyester.



I did a test on my 100% cotton towels (made in USA-Canon) on a CD and they scratched hard time!!



Then I tried my newly bought Neatitem MF (which has 30% polyester in them), and they didn't scratch.



Can anybody explain?
 
Best to use 100% cotton. With polyester it will cause more scrathes. While microfiber has polyester it is mixed with polyamide (from memory) and the fabric has a weave designed to reduce scratches.
 
There a few types of polyester on the market, the polyester in a cotton blend may be different from the kind in a good MF.



I would compare by cd test (a relative test) the best 100% cotton towels and microfiber to see where they stand. You would at last want a blend to be comparable to the best or other known substitutes.



Anyone try the CD test on a soft 100% polyester shirt? Just a thought.
 
MF towels are usually 80% polyester. The polyester fibers in MF towels are many times smaller than a human hair. Cotton fibers (and I suspect polyester fibers) in terry cloth are HUGE compared to the MF fibers. The large polyester fibers can scratch the clear coat. The microscopic fibers can't or if they do it is unnoticeable without a microscope...
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Just wondering, has anybody tried the CD scratch test on one of those high quality Fieldcrest towels?



The neatitem MFs that I have barely scratch. I'm waiting for Yosteve's new ones to try out.



Cybercowboy does make sense though. Since the MF filaments are so much smaller than a cotton towel, the scratches are not going to be as apparent to the naked eye.
 
finish this on a rainy day plus the work was done in a reduce space , lack of pictures, anyway here is the condition before:

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same but under halogen light:
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rear wing corrected and few more after:
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outside in the rain:
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