bunkeroo26
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Here, very many people are very particular when it comes to their mf towels. The question is, are some people too anal. Let's discuss some reasons that towels are important, and some reasons that detailers might take the quality towel thing too far.
Paint, specifically clear coat, is one of the hardest things to maintain on a car. While we might not visibly scratch the surface, many towels might leave swirls or micro abrasions on the surface. This creates extra work for us, and leaves the surface dinghy. But, what is so dangerous about a mf towel?
Aside from scratching the paint with embedded dirt, the next boat danger to paint is the edges of towels. I decided to write this because of a review of sams club towels where the edge baling was pulling out. I completely understand how this can be an issue. That backing can easily scratch. Is this reason to not use the towel at all?
I think NO.
Towel scratches mostly come from user error (in my lay opinion). If you know that the edges are abrasive, why would you ever run an edge along paint? When washing my towels, there is generally some static cling. I like this cling. What happens with my towels, is the edges roll over onto themselves slightly. This "hides" the marring backing. Does this make it safer?
What if you try everything possible and your towels still marr the surface slightly? Is this a big deal? Some detailers will swear up and down at how much of a time waste this is. What if you are already polishing? Could you use your marring towels pre-polish?
I don't see why not. Clay still Marrs, but most of us use it. The towel swirls will come out with easy polishing, so is it worth it to not use cheap towels at all?
I completely agree with non marring towels after polish, or when you won't be polishing at all. But isn't it up to the user not to put pressure onto marring surfaces on their paint? I can take the best mf, and can scratch paint with extreme negligence. Is the reverse possible? Can you take sub par mf and pamper the paint with extreme diligence?
Of course ymmv, but this is more food for thought. Can fifty cent sams mf be used with minimum damage to the paint? If only used pre-polish, I could argue that no damage was done to the paint. Of course, you wouldn't even think of marring paint that didn't already need polishing. How realistic is that scenario?
Paint, specifically clear coat, is one of the hardest things to maintain on a car. While we might not visibly scratch the surface, many towels might leave swirls or micro abrasions on the surface. This creates extra work for us, and leaves the surface dinghy. But, what is so dangerous about a mf towel?
Aside from scratching the paint with embedded dirt, the next boat danger to paint is the edges of towels. I decided to write this because of a review of sams club towels where the edge baling was pulling out. I completely understand how this can be an issue. That backing can easily scratch. Is this reason to not use the towel at all?
I think NO.
Towel scratches mostly come from user error (in my lay opinion). If you know that the edges are abrasive, why would you ever run an edge along paint? When washing my towels, there is generally some static cling. I like this cling. What happens with my towels, is the edges roll over onto themselves slightly. This "hides" the marring backing. Does this make it safer?
What if you try everything possible and your towels still marr the surface slightly? Is this a big deal? Some detailers will swear up and down at how much of a time waste this is. What if you are already polishing? Could you use your marring towels pre-polish?
I don't see why not. Clay still Marrs, but most of us use it. The towel swirls will come out with easy polishing, so is it worth it to not use cheap towels at all?
I completely agree with non marring towels after polish, or when you won't be polishing at all. But isn't it up to the user not to put pressure onto marring surfaces on their paint? I can take the best mf, and can scratch paint with extreme negligence. Is the reverse possible? Can you take sub par mf and pamper the paint with extreme diligence?
Of course ymmv, but this is more food for thought. Can fifty cent sams mf be used with minimum damage to the paint? If only used pre-polish, I could argue that no damage was done to the paint. Of course, you wouldn't even think of marring paint that didn't already need polishing. How realistic is that scenario?
) marring-free for years on end. NO POLISHING every year or two, that's for sure! So what others would accept as "the normal course of use/maintenance in the real world" is *not* acceptable to me.