Okay to use cotton towels to detail?

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mhuie

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It seem like everyone uses microfiber towels to apply/remove product as well as dry their cars.



I have a stash of probably 100+ cotton towels. Is it okay to use them or do I really need to invest in some microfiber towels? Some of them have been washed more than a few times and arent so fluffy anymore.
 
People used cotton towels for decades prior to MF. Just make sure they are top quality cotton towels....100%.



I would still recommend MF though.
 
Rob Tomlin said:
People used cotton towels for decades prior to MF. Just make sure they are top quality cotton towels....100%.
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Nothing wrong with a quality terry cloth towel. Microfiber towels are just the new fad.



You would be surprised how many pro detailers still use them.
 
I like to use microfiber because they don't lint. Otherwise, a high quality cotton towel like a DF Towel for instance performs as well as a microfiber.
 
do a side by side comparison, and see what you like better. one thing you can do is, QD half the hood and use the cotton towel on one side, and a mf on the other, etc...
 
I'd CD-test 'em first. And I'd retest regularly because sometimes cotton towels can get mighty stiff.



I've marred (admittedly soft) automotive paint with high-quality 100% cotton towels (the reserged Charismas that were so popular a while back). And somebody (was it AutoInt? I forget...this was four or five years ago) had some really scary pictures of previously flawless black paint that'd been wiped once with 100% cotton towels; under 30X magnification the marring was just awful.
 
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