Does a hot drier hurt MF towels?

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Goofy Yno

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I've read that they should be washed in cold water, and dried on a low setting, so as not to melt the fibers.

I ran a load through the washer (cool, delicate) but when I was out my wife dried them normally (cotton high I think).:wall



Will they scratch my car? or if ruined do they just not absorb water?



(PS- did a search, but didn't find the exact answer. did find more people than I thought wash in hot water)
 
Do you see any melted fibers? Do they still feel the same? I highly doubt you ruined your mf towels. Out of all the mf towels I have (I have a lot and they all range in quality, size, color, type, etc.) I've only had 1 towel where the fiber melted. It looked like a single fiber or a thin fiber had singed and it bacame hard, something that could possibly mar your paint. The whole towel wasn't ruined, just this 1 inch line of fiber.



It was after the hot water wash that I noticed this. I wasn't sure what it was so I put it in the dryer, and I always dry on very low heat, so I don't think it's the dryer that caused it. I continue to wash on hot and dry on the lowest heat setting and all my towels are ok. The only problem I can say I have is that the cheaper towels starts to lose their shape, i.e. they're no longer perfect squares or rectangles.
 
I would advise against putting them in the dryer on high, I dry mine on low but hot water is fine, heck even boiling water is fine for microfiber.
 
I don't feel any hard/sharp areas, so maybe I'm OK. They are all high quality (Sonus WW drying and ultimate detailing)



Sorry to be paranoid, but I have a brand new black car and plan on doing it's first major detail with sealant tomorrow. I'd hate to introduce the first swirls.
 
I don't think a dryer in you house can get hot enough to harm MF

I know mine will not I dry my MF on High all the timeand no problems!



i am sure there are other threads about this if you try a search
 
The search function is your friend. This question keeps coming up! How many times do you guys need to be told that it iss IMPOSSIBLE to melt polyester in a home dryer. To anyone who claims they've done it... I don't believe you, prove it please.



Do the math... polyester melts at 505 degrees F, the home dryer hits a maximum of 135 degrees. If you could melt polyester in a home dryer you'd have also melted a lot of your cheap polyester clothes
 
DFTowel said:
The search function is your friend. This question keeps coming up! How many times do you guys need to be told that it iss IMPOSSIBLE to melt polyester in a home dryer. To anyone who claims they've done it... I don't believe you, prove it please.



Do the math... polyester melts at 505 degrees F, the home dryer hits a maximum of 135 degrees. If you could melt polyester in a home dryer you'd have also melted a lot of your cheap polyester clothes
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It may be your friend but it is not mine. I did search and look thought 5 pages without finding an answer.



But you are right, it didn't hurt them. I did the CD test and they didn't scratch at all. So I can safely say- MYTH BUSTED!!!
 
Goofy Yno said:
But you are right, it didn't hurt them. I did the CD test and they didn't scratch at all. So I can safely say- MYTH BUSTED!!!
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I used to wash in cold water and dry on low, until Leo set me straight too. My microfibers come out much cleaner now.
 
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