Late to the party... pfm first impressions

[DetailZeus]

I too *love* the PMFs for Glass, but they`re too small..way too small. And I generally like my MFs on the smaller side!

Wringing them out...I dunno if I`ve wrung out MF towels enough times to even have an opinion on the subject other than "why do that instead of getting out a dry one?" Some people have said that a damp MF works effectively, but IME they *always* leave a tiny amount of water on the surface that then evaporates, and I don`t want that. I mean...if I get the inspection conditions right I can *see* the tiny drops of water, and those aren`t left there if I use a dry MF. Heh heh, I fully accept that different people have different experiences, but I`ve simply never had a significantly damp drying medium get every last bit of water off any surface, not once in my life.

I agree that a damp towel leaves streaks. And my water is HARD so I didn`t want to let it evaporate, hence the second pass with the waffle weave. Damp towel was a plush microfiber that was a pain to prime when dry and would just smear water around, so the best option was to dunk and wring it. Would have two or three dry waffle weaves worked? I`m sure it would have, but i only owned one. But now I have two little pfms so the waffle is just used for glass

 

[Accumulator]

Umm.. Those instructions are meant for After you`ve dried the car, not for reusing the same towel.

That`s why I use a fresh medium size towel to touch up any spots the larger towel can`t get to.

My comments about them being a bear to wring out were related to DetailZeus`s experience.

Never wrung mine out, just used the prescribed method mentioned in my previous post.

Heh heh...!oops!...sorry, gee, I totally misinterpreted that, huh?

I always wash/dry my Drying Towels after use, so that just never occurred to me.

 

[Accumulator]

I agree that a damp towel leaves streaks. And my water is HARD so I didn`t want to let it evaporate, hence the second pass with the waffle weave. Damp towel was a plush microfiber that was a pain to prime when dry and would just smear water around, so the best option was to dunk and wring it. Would have two or three dry waffle weaves worked? I`m sure it would have, but i only owned one. But now I have two little pfms so the waffle is just used for glass

Ah, OK...thanks for explaining. Sheesh, I`m sure making you guys work at this, trying to explain it to me

Yeah, seems like all of my MF Drying Towels eventually just do the "move water around", at which point I retire them. Whenever I tried the "dampen first, then.." I felt that I was wasting time/effort so I wasted $ instead, buying new/different ones.