Who makes the best microfiber?
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Bill D
Hooked For Life
It all depends on what grade the vendor is selling. For a long time folks have been really happy with Pakshak. I've ordered from him and a few others over the years. Microfibertech was another that really stood out to me,as the ones I from them still perform like new.
wascallyrabbit
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pakshak (microfibertech) and the purple cobra ones are my favorites. yellow eurow (costco), shag eurow are pretty good as well. only thing i don't like about the eurow shag is the size. a little on the small side.
imported_MCA
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I really like pakshak as well - they have never let me down. With that said, it really depends on what towel manufacturer your chosen vendor is sourcing their towel from..and from what I have seen, they tend to switch sourcing partners frequently. What I like now could be completely different a few months later because of a switch. A few years ago, I had bought a 12-pack of MF towels from Home Depot for roughly ~$15. They were pretty much exactly the same as the CG Sasquath Maximus towels (excellent btw)...naturally, I check back in with Home Depot and the towels are of the low-nap variety even though they have the same packing.
Another good place for OTC towels are Target and Autozone. Sometimes you will find Mother's brand which are manufactured by Viking.
Another good place for OTC towels are Target and Autozone. Sometimes you will find Mother's brand which are manufactured by Viking.
Dan
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MCA said:
I fell in love with the Mother's towels recently. I pinged Forrest about them as I had only seen them in the clay bar kits. Turns out you can mail order them! $25/12 for very nice towels!
smokinfastlegen
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I have bought towels recently from autoality.com and their plush towels are very very nice. Satin edged, and very good quality towels. Little pricey at like $7 a towel, but for me well worth it.
SpoolinNoMore
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I really like my Cobra purple & blue towels from AG. Next time I need to restock on fresh MF's I will be going to pakshak due to the countless good reviews on their quality though.
Brad B
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Dan said:
Ditto on the Mothers towels, both polishing and detailing. Very good stuff. And their 'laminated drying towel' is my favorite drying product, period.
I have had the opportunity to work/test with a couple distributors of microfiber products. It's all made overseas, of course, and the manufacturing plants all have different sweet spots regarding quality and technology. Where some make good polishing towels, others weave a more appropriate QD loop. The job of a good distributor is to spec products and test them. China has the edge in quality but some Korean products are getting better.
Bill D
Hooked For Life
It's really great one can go locally and get quality Mother's MFs. Takes the hassle out of always having to order, not to mention shipping costs. It wasn't all that long ago that locally found MFs were really hit and miss or junk altogether, so it's really great that has changed. I'm going to keep an eye out for those mentioned!
solekeeper
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purple cobra from autogeek, it seriously leaves NO micro-marring.
Dan
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MDRX8 said:
Directly from Mother's. They are a standard detailing towel. You can check them out wherever the clay kits are sold as they are in the box.
Dan
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Phishy4 said:
Eeek, major mistake on my part guys, it was 12 for $25, still a nice deal, but not smoking like 12 for $12. Not sure why I remembered them being $1 each. My appologies. You can get them by going here:
https://store.mothers.com/product_info.php?products_id=246&cPath=13
Here's a pic:
Left Mothers, Middle Pro Force, Right Costco
Bill D
Hooked For Life
I have about two bags of those yellow Costco ones I bought mostly for garage as well as household clean up. They *seem* high quality but IME they weren't consistent. Some lint and several don't pass the CD test, so when using on the car, only for the engine, wheel wells, stuff like that. They do last. I've put them through all sorts of cleaning jobs and they don't fall apart or anything. Maybe some folks get lucky and wind up with all of them being lint and marring free. :nixweiss
Dan
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Yeah, after being a supporter of the Costco yellows, I have to eat my words. After about 4-5 wash cycles, they start to scratch for me. Brand new, out of the bag, they are fine. Still don't have enough cycles on the ProForce to tell.
Bill D
Hooked For Life
I have a feeling some people got lucky with those Costcos because I've read accounts of them using them to detail, and they were just fine. I assume it was even with washing :nixweiss
Bill D said:
I've gone through about 3 packs of the yellow costco microfibers over a few years and one bag was perfect (no marring, no lint) and 2 others were about 50/50 with the linting. I just picked up a new pack yesterday and these ones are different than the last pack I bought. These specifically say they're made by Eurow where my old ones didn't, and they're branded detailer's something (can't remember) but they definitely feel different than my old ones. I have plenty of other "good" microfibers, and I've had the best luck with Microfibertech, but I wind up using the costco's on interiors, and when they start to get nasty they move to wheel and tailpipe duty. Hard to beat for the price though.