i have heard a lot of people talk about the micro-fiber towels and how not to get them from wal-mart. where should u get them and why are they different?

 

The wally world ones are quite cheap-- for a reason. They are made from low quality materials and aren't manufactured to the highest standards. RP has some good ones (the best in the market), but I go for Gold Class towels. They do the trick for me, and are easily availible.

autozone or any other auto parts store has them.

 

do they scratch the paint or anything?

 

I have a couple of towels from just about every place out there that is discussed on the boards... in all honesty, I keep coming back to the Meguiar's Supreme Shine (I believe that this is the 'Gold Class' towel that f150 mentioned).

It's a VERY nice towel for the money and does a very good job.

As was mentioned, there are varying degrees of microfiber towels. The Polyamide and polypropolene used to make the fibers vary wildly in quality and durability.

For example, many folks that purchase the 'el-cheapo' towels often find that they leave behind 'microfiber dust' that is nearly impossible to remove without another wash. Many of us have a few towel like this in our supply and -- if they're like me -- have accidently washed one of those cheapos with some of the nicer towels only to have the entire load partially contaminated with microfiber dust. In short, the microfibers should, under no circumstance, break up and cause dusting -- this is a characteristic of a cheap towel.

Pakshak, Meguiar's, DF Towel and a recent snare of 12 from ADS are among my favorite towels...

f150sport - if you like the yellow ones... snare some of the Marine ones ... they're bigger and I like them *much* better than the yellow. ADS has them in a 3-pack if you're interested.

-RP-

 

can i get those from an autoparts place? or should i try the internet? hey RP, since you are in lagrange, did you happen to go to the world ford challenge a couple weeks ago in indy?

 

Absolutely not.... when used correctly with correct technique after being stored correctly.

In short, microfiber, in and of itself, shouldn't scratch the paint. Some of the early versions that Meguiar's unveiled (specifically the "Ultimate Wipe") was an 'edgeless' type of towel. It was laser cut to a specification.

Well, the problem with that was that they were using a heat source to cut the towels and the towel's fibers are similar in characteristic to plastic...

We all know what happens to plastic when it's heated (burned).... it gets crispy.

I have about 10 unopened Ultimate Wipe towels (still in plastic) that are like this that I may opt to send back one of these years and ask for replacements in Marine Supreme Shine towels.

http://www.autodetailingsolutions.co...r%20Towels.htm

This is a great 'one stop' shop for a bunch of good towels... specifically:

1. The Supreme Shine Microfiber
2. The Water Magnet drying towel
3. The Premium Quality 16" x 16" towel (the 12-pack is a steal in my opinion).

-RP-

 

Nope... didn't go. *shrugs*

You can typically find the Supreme Shine & Water Magnet at Pep Boys. I haven't seen it in too many chain autoparts stores -- at least not here locally.

If you can't get to one of those... see my last post for www.autodetailingsolutions.com

 

thanks for the info. i'll get some pics of the truck up soon.

 

Ya gotta get the waffle weave ones at Wally World. They are in the housewares department, not by the car care stuff.

They are 80/20 polyester to polyamide.

You can go to any forums board and they are all using these WWMFT, and yes, from Wal-Mart. Just do a search for Wal-Mart waffle weave towles and set yourself free.

Also check out the Microtex drying towel from Wal-Mart. Easily outperforms the Water Magnet. The Meg's water magnet absorbs well, but it's a bit stiff.

 

rusty where is mishawaka,or whatever it is, close to indy?

 

He's next door to South Bend.

... and I have actually tried both of the towels that were mentioned. In my opinion -- and remember, everyone has an opinion -- they're average at best and VERY linty. They are likely better than what the automotive section at Wally World has to offer but, much beyond that, they're wheel microfibers in my array.

-RP-

 

Yes I'm in the Northern part of the state. 8 miles south, of the Michigan line. Notre Dame football country. And quite possibly the worst climate on the planet for vehicles, come winter time.

As for the towels. It's like RP suggests. There isn't one thing about car detailing that isn't subjective with so many products to choose from. I guess I'd be labeled as a "best bang for the buck" type detailer. Doing a lot of product research really, really helps. That being the case, RP is definitely the go to person here in reference. You listen to him and you can't go wrong.

 

I just ordered a ton of these......my Wally World MF towels just got demoted to wheel and wheel well duty.

 

Got my MF towels delivered on Friday but didn't get really look at them until today.

Here's my thought. I am no expert but you can tell that they are thicker and feel different than the Wally World blue MF towels.

Going to use the water mags tonight on the wifes car.

Good value....I bought the "yellow" Premium and will order 2 more sets of 12 packs in the same color. The blue towels just got demoted to wheel duty.