Testing mf towels

imported_Gears

imported_Gears

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Over time I've acquired a lot of mf towels. I'm not sure if all these towels are of a high quality or if I bought some cheap ones along the way.

I just started testing them by rubbing them on a cd. The good mf towels don't leave a mark but some of the cheaper towels will leave micro scratches.



This also seems like an easy way to compare the abrasiveness of different polishes.



When you hold the cd at an angle any marks on the surface really stand out.

I don't even have to buy the cds, AOL seems to sent me a few every week.
 
Quote: AOL seems to sent me a few every week.



The marketing people do this so that they can sleep easy knowing that there CD's have some use LOL



A couple of â€Ëœtestsâ€â„¢ you could use to assimilate wither or not a towel will cause scratches, they are not at all scientific nor 100% accurate, they are only indicative of what the towel may do to your paint surface, which is preferable to scratch a CD or scratch the paint surface?



1. CD Scratch Test- with a micro fibre cloth, using medium to heavy pressure rub the surface of a CD. If no scratching is evident then it probably wonâ€â„¢t scratch the vehicles paint surface.

2. Burn Test- to test a material for polyester content, light a thread, if it emits a black wisp of smoke and then shrivels up into a black hard ball, its polyester and may scratch your paint.

JonM
 
TOGWT said:
... 1. CD Scratch Test- with a micro fibre cloth, using medium to heavy pressure rub the surface of a CD. If no scratching is evident then it probably wonâ€â„¢t scratch the vehicles paint surface.

2. Burn Test- to test a material for polyester content, light a thread, if it emits a black wisp of smoke and then shrivels up into a black hard ball, its polyester and may scratch your paint.

JonM
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The CD test is only partly indicitave. You really should be using polish or wax on the CD and buffing it with the same pressure you would on our car. You wouldn't use hard pressure with no wax on yhour car would you?



For a proper burn test and info go here.
 
DFTowel said:
The CD test is only partly indicitave. You really should be using polish or wax on the CD and buffing it with the same pressure you would on our car. You wouldn't use hard pressure with no wax on yhour car would you?



For a proper burn test and info go here.
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I apologize for not referencing the DFTowel post on 'The Burn Test" complete info as opposed to my brief intro

JonM
 
I just went out to my garage and tested my Sams club yellow MF's . Pak Shak blue all purpose MF's and my Sonus Plush silk bordered Gold MF's. I did the CD scratch test. All tested ok with soft to hard rubbing. I then tested the edge stiching. Both the Sams yellow and the Pak blue scratched! :eek:

The Sonus gold silk edgeing was fine. I have noticed some minor scratches after QDing and I wasn't sure where they were coming from. I think it was probably that edgeing. I burn tested the edgeing and they both melted slightly and turned the fiber into a little black hard ball.:(

I'm not sure if this was an acurate test, but I may now only use silk edged MF's. I like Paks stuff but I'm now dissapointed in that edgeing. I never cared for the Sams MF's, I use them for rag duty.

Have any of you guys have any issues with that stiched edgeing?
 
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