To Microfiber, or not to Microfiber???

This is interesting to me because I love my Zaino Borderless Blonds (made of cotton, but look identical to microfiber). I also really like my TRC Eagle Edgeless towels (100% microfiber) but when I put both towels side by side against the paint neither mar my paint and the Zaino removes the compound/polish with fewer wipes.

I use my Zaino only for removing compound and polish and my TRC Eagle Edgeless are reserved for LSP removal and final wipes (so far so good). Before I knew anything about detailing I had been using Terry Cloth towels to remove the LSP haze and over time these towels marred the entire car (wasn't noticeable to me then, until I compounded and polished).
 
JeremyHale said:
I was thinking about rounding up some subpar MF and trying a sacrificial load with a new cheap detergent still to be determined. Any recommendations?
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3D Towel Kleen is cheap detergent that works really well, IMHO

I also hear Persil ProClean from Walmart is good OTC soap (Note: not available in Canadian Walmarts, USA only)
 
4u2nvinmtl said:
This is interesting to me because I love my Zaino Borderless Blonds (made of cotton, but look identical to microfiber). I also really like my TRC Eagle Edgeless towels (100% microfiber) but when I put both towels side by side against the paint neither mar my paint and the Zaino removes the compound/polish with fewer wipes..
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While I'm always extolling the virtues of MF and cautioning people about touching the paint with cotton, I absolutely do prefer how cotton performs when it comes to certain tasks.
 
Didn't zaino switch to micro a few years back?

If I recall correctly, he said he finally found a micro worthy of his stuff............
 
he may have, but I was going on the directions that were included with his kit I ordered about 8 months ago. I think some of his applicators were MF that were included and I can not say what he sends out for product removal because I did not order that. I remember seeing the instructions said to NOT use microfiber and only 100% cotton. Then when I saw the same thing from Zymol, I started thinking...what the heck is wrong with these people... but then for the benefit of the doubt, I posed the question just in case there was a specific reason that both said to avoid MF because of possible damage caused by them. It just seemed to be one of things things that stuck with me and always made me go ...hmmmmmmm..
 
Ronkh said:
Didn't Zaino switch to micro a few years back?

If I recall correctly, he said he finally found a micro worthy of his stuff............
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The ones I ordered over the past year said they were made of Cotton. I honestly can't tell the difference between them and microfibers other than there's less static between the paint and the cloth (my bumper covers are made of plastic get very static-y when removing LSP with Eagle Edgeless compared to the Borderless Blonds which have no static when removing compound/polish).

For the costs per towel, I'm very happy with my Eagle Edgeless and Borderless Blonds I purchased should last a lifetime (10-20 years) unless I start detailing professionally.
 
I think almost any soft towel is appropriate, or inappropriate as the case may be. Most often it's not the towel that causes marring/scratches but the evil trapped between the towel and the paint. Any tiny piece of grit and it doesn't matter how soft the towel is.
I dunno, maybe when MF towels were first introduced they weren't as good - I don't recall, but then I'd need to ponder what I had fer lunch yesterday!

In any case, MF towels currently rule in our little autopian universe.
 
I had about 20 or more layers of zaino on my srt back in the day. Looked like it was wrapped in reflective plastic.
 
Maybe... with all this technology the dinosaur may have to evolve or perish...
I used Zaino myself and it did have unique shine and gloss, but I don't find applying it and using it as directed as gratifying as the hum of a buffer or as relaxing as layering carnauba onto my car. It is my therapy in many ways. lol
That is just me though, if Zaino was all I had I guess I would learn to love it.
 
I clearly remember Brad B. (where is he these days anyhow...) being thrilled that the early MF didn't scratch some *VERY* fragile plastic surfaces on the Jag XK he used to have, surfaces so soft he couldn't really touch them with even his best cotton towels lest he cause new marring. Some of earliest MFs were simply superb while a few weren't all that great.
 
Griot's Wax Removal MF's are nice - I like the newer edges.

I wish somebody would make like a 4.5" x 4.5" MF for interior cleaning of steering columns n dash details. The folded up regular microfibers get to be clumsy for certain things.
Then again, I'm just fooling around on the cars on Sunday mornings, so I don't care at all about how long stuff takes. Maybe I need to search these out, while I'm thinking about it...

And there's some stuff I'd still rather use cotton Webril towels on, like gauge covers or places where I just want to throw away the cloths when I'm done, like with metal polishes on exhaust tips.
 
Concourswanna b said:
Griot's Wax Removal MF's are nice - I like the newer edges.

I wish somebody would make like a 4.5" x 4.5" MF for interior cleaning of steering columns n dash details. The folded up regular microfibers get to be clumsy for certain things.
Then again, I'm just fooling around on the cars on Sunday mornings, so I don't care at all about how long stuff takes.

And there's some stuff I'd still rather use cotton Webril towels on, like gauge covers or places where I just want to throw away the cloths when I'm done, like with metal polishes on exhaust tips.
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rag co, makes a 4x4 ww. It's under their spa items 10pcs 7.50 I believe
 
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