Washing and Drying Microfiber Towels

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I thought I saw a post on drying microfiber towels in the dryer. I have done some search and cannot find it. Does anyone remember this and can you post the link.

It seems to me kimwallace had a great idea on drying them and I am looking for that.
 
I dry mine in the dryer. I either use "air dry" or "very low heat." Depends on what capability your dry has.
 
I should clarify my post on the other thread.
I soak the MF towels overnight in a bucket, then wring them out and put them in the washer and rinse.
The towels do come out better when dried at lower temperatures in the dryer.
I have tried the Micro Restore wash and didn't see any difference from using Dawn and All Free and Clear.
 
I wash mine in the washer with some white vineger and a mild soap then into the dryer with no heat.
 
I'm using Charlie's Laundry Soap in the washer for mine. If there are some really bad spots on them I'll pre-treat them with Charlie's Soap APC before putting them in the washer.

I have used Mircro-Restore and Sonus Der Wunder Wasche, but only in a bucket soaking them. It worked fine, but CS is cheaper. And it is made for the washing machine, so I feel safer with it.
 
sgo said:
I'm using Charlie's Laundry Soap in the washer for mine. If there are some really bad spots on them I'll pre-treat them with Charlie's Soap APC before putting them in the washer.

I have used Mircro-Restore and Sonus Der Wunder Wasche, but only in a bucket soaking them. It worked fine, but CS is cheaper. And it is made for the washing machine, so I feel safer with it.
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Charlie's Soap is a great product. I'm washing my clothes in it now too and they have never been softer.

I still like the MircroRejuventor and with 3 bottles I'll continue to use it some...I'm not as likely to repurchase the Sonus though - it is also a good product, but MicroRejuvenator seems to work better for me.

One thing I've started doing with my mf towels and other laundry is using the rinse cycle twice. You'd be surprised how much softer your clothes feel.

I also run a rinse cycle before washing my mf now.
 
rollman said:
I wash mine in the washer with some white vineger and a mild soap then into the dryer with no heat.
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I have tried adding vinegar to the rinse cycle as suggested somewhere. Since I don't have a special automatic adder on my machine (as designed for fabric softener), I use one of those downy balls. It does seem to make the towels a little more soft when I do that.
 
txz28 said:
I have tried adding vinegar to the rinse cycle as suggested somewhere. Since I don't have a special automatic adder on my machine (as designed for fabric softener), I use one of those downy balls. It does seem to make the towels a little more soft when I do that.
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The instructions that come with most MF towels say:
DO NOT use bleach or Softener !!!!!!
The softener actually decreases the effectiveness of the MF towels as well as causes smearing on the paint and glass.
 
I was on www.pakshak.com and I saw that the king of microfiber, Micropak, has a new Micro Fiber Cleaner & Revitalizer coming soon that looks very interesting. I will be the first to Pakshak's microfiber cleaner.

I'm a big fan of Pinnacle Micro Rejuvenator and found that it really does rejuvenate and clean the microfiber better than regular laundry soap.
 
rollman said:
I wash mine in the washer with some white vineger and a mild soap then into the dryer with no heat.
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I haven't found the need to use vinegar since switching to Charlie's Laundry Soap. At one ounce per load it lasts a long time and doesn't leave any residue behind. Running vinegar through the washer with an empty load is a good way to rid the washer of left over residual soap/detergent. I had to do that three times before I used CS the first time.
 
I got a bottle of Pinnacle Micro Rejuvenator during Autogeek's 12 Products of Christmas giveaway program. I've tried it twice now and was pleasantly surprised to find that it did indeed seem to do a better job of cleaning auto detailing MF towels than my regular laundry detergent. I have a bottle of Micro-Restore coming in my latest order from PAC, so I will have a chance to compare the two products.
 
I think another variable that gets overlooked is the quality of the water used when washing the MFs ... I am fortunate enough to have softened water and it means less soap needed and a more thorough rinse ... I also double rinse after washing ... our new washer has that feature.
 
kimwallace said:
I think another variable that gets overlooked is the quality of the water used when washing the MFs ... I am fortunate enough to have softened water and it means less soap needed and a more thorough rinse ... I also double rinse after washing ... our new washer has that feature.
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Yes, I also have soft water for my laundry room plumbing. I don't usually use the double rinse feature on my washer, but I have a front load model that rinses more efficiently than the top load models I used before.
 
kimwallace said:
The instructions that come with most MF towels say:
DO NOT use bleach or Softener !!!!!!
The softener actually decreases the effectiveness of the MF towels as well as causes smearing on the paint and glass.
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Sorry for the confusion. I don't use softener, never ever would.

I use a clean downy ball with vinegar in it. It releases the vinegar into the rinse cycle.
 
sgo said:
I haven't found the need to use vinegar since switching to Charlie's Laundry Soap. At one ounce per load it lasts a long time and doesn't leave any residue behind. Running vinegar through the washer with an empty load is a good way to rid the washer of left over residual soap/detergent. I had to do that three times before I used CS the first time.
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:yeah
 
Has anyone tried putting the distilled white vinegar into one of those "Downy Balls"? Downy Ball It supposedly opens up to dispense the Downy during the rinse cycle, and since i don't feel like monitoring my washer, I think it might work pretty well....
 
rollman said:
I wash mine in the washer with some white vineger and a mild soap then into the dryer with no heat.
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i know this is lame but for a newbie, who is way to literal, please define "some".

i wash mine with laundry detergent and airdry. does the low heat/no heat on the dryer fluff them up and make them softer?

i started drying them on the line because of some of the low cost mf towels, that i purchased from Sam's club, were full of static and rolled on the edges. just continued the practice after getting some of the better quality mf towels. am i doing a disservice to the better quality towels buy not using the dryer.??
 
RCBuddha said:
Has anyone tried putting the distilled white vinegar into one of those "Downy Balls"? Downy Ball It supposedly opens up to dispense the Downy during the rinse cycle, and since i don't feel like monitoring my washer, I think it might work pretty well....
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I mentioned above that I have done this.

It does seem to work well. The towels seem to be slightly more soft and plush.
 
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