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Any other ways that keep Microfiber towels soft like when u buy them other than the microfiber conditioning stuff suppose to use
Hi, I just read about this on a different board and from I understand you can dry them but on low or no heat only. Drying your towels at a high temp can affect the materials and make them harder, which could mar or scratch your paint. I just purchased some micro restore so when it gets here I'll wash my towels with that but give them a presoak in vinegar. Following the wash I'll dry them in the dryer for a few minutes on low heat or no heat and then hang them to dry. I hope I don't ruin them..I never have luck at this sort of thing.Thanks for that post, Todd! Is it fine to put them in the dryer without fabric softener rather than letting them air dry?
Tinker's advice confirms the guidelines offered by Leo Cerruti, who has had a long association with the Textile industry and appears to know his fabrics. You have probably run across his comments on various detailing forums over the past years. On a recent Detailing World thread Leo writes:Microfiber towels generally are fairly easy to clean with detergent only. Liquid Tide in a home-style washer is an excellent choice. Hot water (in a home washer that is 130-140?F) is okay, but you may want to try the warm water setting also to see if the soil and stains in the fabric are adequately removed. The temperatures used in a home-style washer should not be detrimental to the microfiber textile.
Do not use fabric softeners, as that will affect the absorbency of the fibers.
The use of vinegar may be helpful, but an extra rinse may be more effective in making sure that all the residual detergent is removed. I also recommend soft water for best results.
HOT water will do no harm at all to either cotton or polyester microfiber. Even boiling it won't melt the fibers. Polyester melts at 500F (260C) so if your household water is that hot you have a lot more to worry about than your towels. Same applies to your dryer, HOT setting is no problem at all, the dryer will never reach more than 135F to 140F (60C). Use some logic and think for a minute, if the dryer got hot enough to melt the fabric many of your clothes would either melt away or come apart at the seams if they used polyester thread!
Wash: Simply use a good liquid detergent and hot water to wash, use 1/2 what the manufacturer recommends for the load size, they always tell you to use too much. Use too much and your towels eventually get stiff. Add about 1 tablespoon of distilled white vinegar per towel to the final rinse, ay more and they will smell like vinegar. The vinegar helps the threads release any excess detergent, basically this is the original fabric softener.
Dry: Dry on hot. Depending on the ambient humidity sometimes towels come out with a lot of static, simply spray with a light mist of water and the problem should go away.
Of course, don't use any fabric softeners in the wash or dryer, all they do is add a coating of silicone to the towels.
I used to put my MFs in the washer until one day I hand washed some that were really dirty. After seeing the gray filmy ring left in the sink I vowed never to put my MFs in the washer.Micro fibre Care
If this doesn't completely clean them use distilled water, place your towels in the pan and bring to a slow boil for 10 to 15 minutes. There will be a film that rises to the top of the water which you should skim off (these are minerals and impurities found in regular tap water) Drain the water from the pan before removing the towels, and then hang the towels to air-dry.