Should I wash Microfiber Towels before 1st use???

stang03

stang03

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I bought some microfiber towels, waffle weave and wash mitt. Should I wash these before my first use??

Thanks
Brent
 
I don't wash them first and sell a ton of them at car shows to people with 10's of thousands in paint jobs, who need to use them right there at the show. If you have the time and enough mf's to do a machine wash, then it wouldn't hurt, but we buy only top quality cloths, that don't lint, and each one is inspected by a very picky person before it's put into its plastic bag.:)
 
awd330 said:
My opinion is that towels should always be washed first. Here is a recent thread about this topic -

Should MF towels be washed before first use?
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I prefer to wash before using as well. If nothing else it does help to eliminate any linting. I should note that this preference extends to clothes, bath towels, sheets, etc. I won't wear anything that hasn't been washed so maybe I'm a bit OCD here.
 
Since the main reason to wash MF towels is to prevent linting, and since most quality MF's won't lint (unlike the cheap Costco MF's) you really don't need to wash them first.

I use to, but not any more. Never had a problem.
 
:yeah

but one exception seems to be Waffle Weave towels...they don't lint, but they seem to have some kind of oil or something on them that quickly disappears if you just rinse them in water. For WW's I prefer to either wash or rinse them before use, for others it's optional depending on your time and how many other towels you have.:)
 
Rob Tomlin said:
Since the main reason to wash MF towels is to prevent linting, and since most quality MF's won't lint (unlike the cheap Costco MF's) you really don't need to wash them first.

I use to, but not any more. Never had a problem.
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First of all some towels made using MF yarns shed (linting) but that is another story. The reason for washing towels before using them is to remove - excess chemical finish in the fabric
- loose threads left over from cutting the fabric
- oils from the sewing machines used to sew the towels
- oils and dirt from the hands of the factory workers cutting, sewing, and handling the towels
- dirt and other particles that may get into the fabric from the towels being dropped on the floor accidentally during processing.
- outgasing from the plastics used to package them for shipping

In other words, it's better to be safe than sorry... I run a very tight sewing floor and I still WASH FIRST!!
 
I never was my MF's first either and I've never had a problem. I don't see how it could hurt, however. To each his own I guess!

Mike
 
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