Washing cheap microfiber towels with good ones

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I know there was a thread on this somewhere, but I can't find it no matter what I search for! Anyways, I've got a lot of microtek and lexan MF towels that I use for the interiors and such, and I also have two nice Cobra MFs. Is it ok to machine wash them all together? Or should I separate?
 
U shouldn't wash your wheel/grundgy towels with your paint towels, and only microfiber washes with microfiber.
 
BMW335i said:
U shouldn't wash your wheel/grundgy towels with your paint towels, and only microfiber washes with microfiber.
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I never have so many mf towels to make a complete wash in the washing machine so I hand wash. I believe that if you not a pro detailer you cant have enough dirty mf towels to make a complete wash (by just detailing one car).
 
deathlok said:
I never have so many mf towels to make a complete wash in the washing machine so I hand wash. I believe that if you not a pro detailer you cant have enough dirty mf towels to make a complete wash (by just detailing one car).
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I know, I hate hand washing so I usually wait till I have a couple dirty towels lined up..
 
if you're going to wash some grungy mf towels with the good ones, pre-soak the dirty ones in a bucket with some dishwashing soap, detergent, or apc and massage out all the grime out thoroughly, before you toss them in the washing machine with the good ones. speaking of... i am washing aload of mf's right now... :D
 
I throw all my MFs in at once; the cheap yellow ones from Costco which are usually used on doorjams and wheels along with the nice ones I got from Autogeek, Pakshak, Autopia, etc. I usually use MicroRestore, but I'm not even sure that is necessary.



My high quality MFs have held up quite well with this approah. They come out clean and soft and I've had no noticible loss in their capabilities over time.



The yellow Costco ones get brittle and stained after just a few washes and nothing I do seems to help.



In short, I say throw 'em all in at once. The high quality MF will stay high quality, and the cheapo Costco/Sam's/Walmart stuff will just get worse and worse over time.
 
deathlok said:
I never have so many mf towels to make a complete wash in the washing machine so I hand wash. I believe that if you not a pro detailer you cant have enough dirty mf towels to make a complete wash (by just detailing one car).
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I do a MF load about once every two weeks, and I only have one car. I use them for waterless wash (Poorboys S & G), drying, cleaning windows, applying detailing fluid, doing the interior, etc. Its easy to go through a lot of towels very quickly.



I have an old laundry hamper in the garage, and I fill it up every few weeks with dirty MFs, and then I do a wash.
 
The Uncle said:
I have an old laundry hamper in the garage, and I fill it up every few weeks with dirty MFs, and then I do a wash.
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Bingo. Doesn't take long for me to get enough for a load though. I got a ton of MF and i'm not afraid to use 'em!
 
Not sure that I would wash my chemical or protectant towels with towels I use for polish, wax or drying, but thats just me.

We use about a dozen towels for one bike.
 
The Uncle said:
I throw all my MFs in at once; the cheap yellow ones from Costco which are usually used on doorjams and wheels along with the nice ones I got from Autogeek, Pakshak, Autopia, etc. I usually use MicroRestore, but I'm not even sure that is necessary.



My high quality MFs have held up quite well with this approah. They come out clean and soft and I've had no noticible loss in their capabilities over time.



The yellow Costco ones get brittle and stained after just a few washes and nothing I do seems to help.



In short, I say throw 'em all in at once. The high quality MF will stay high quality, and the cheapo Costco/Sam's/Walmart stuff will just get worse and worse over time.
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I'm the same way. I've never seen a negative impact on my nicer towels. It's not like I'm washing my towels with an oil rag or anything like that.
 
I wash all of my MF stuff together.



I use the bulk terry cloth towels from Target for all of my interior and wheel/tire cleaning. I wash these in a seperate load with applicators and other misc stuff.
 
I wash all my MF together, too. I found one quark though. I have a front load washer so the washer uses very little water. I found that if I did not saturate the MF towels with water before putting them in the washer, they sucked all the water up and didn't do that great of a job washing. Instead of the towels swishing around in a little water what I wound up with was a bunch of wet towels rubbing against each other. I use micro restore because I bought a container of it but I don't notice any difference with using that and Tide HE Free with my washer set on extra rinse with a few tbsp of white vinegar added to the rinse.



Tim
 
tstead said:
I wash all my MF together, too. I found one quark though. I have a front load washer so the washer uses very little water. I found that if I did not saturate the MF towels with water before putting them in the washer, they sucked all the water up and didn't do that great of a job washing. Instead of the towels swishing around in a little water what I wound up with was a bunch of wet towels rubbing against each other. I use micro restore because I bought a container of it but I don't notice any difference with using that and Tide HE Free with my washer set on extra rinse with a few tbsp of white vinegar added to the rinse.



Tim
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I've had the same thing happen to me when washing dry mf towels in my front loader....all the water gets sucked up by the towels. Now I presoak the mf towels! Yes, Tide HE works really well!
 
I have a Whirlpool front load washer. Do you put the vinegar in the fabric softener tray for adding to the rinse? I haven't looked at the manual, just looking for an easy answer. Directions, you know.



Thanks
 
I wash all my MF's together. Like someone else said, I am not cleaning up the undercarraige of the engine with them so they aren't caked with grease and grime. If they should happen to get some grease or something on them I will pre-soak them before washing. I use, easily, a full load of towels with every car I do. I have a ton of them and that's what they are for.



I put the vinegar in the fabric softner ball when I wash. It works great!
 
I have the Whirlpool Duet and I add the vinegar to the fabric softener tray. Just a couple of tbsp is all you need. No need to break out your measuring spoons - as Rachael Ray says, "just eyeball it."
 
The vinegar in the wash water helps the MF to rinse cleaner than if you rinsed with just plain water. You don't need it every wash - perhaps every 3rd of 4th load. Also, after I load the washer with towels, I squirt just a little bit of original blue Dawn on them - not too much :) suds city if you go overboard.
 
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