MicroFiber towels
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toybox
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Maybe when used as thread to, for instance, bound cotton towels at the edge. The process of making a fiber into a microfiber is just cutting or splitting the fiber a certain way. Same polyester just cut to be microfiber.
Do a search on Google and I'm sure you will get a much better explanation about microfibers than I can do off the top of my head.
Do a search on Google and I'm sure you will get a much better explanation about microfibers than I can do off the top of my head.
nathannookie
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I picked up a dozen Microfiber towels at Costco. They are GREAT. Abosorb tons of water, and leave my black paint beautiful.
I got a Sheepskin wash mit too. Does a great job. Just takes a while to dry.
I got a Sheepskin wash mit too. Does a great job. Just takes a while to dry.
Polishing and Waxing
I bought my Runner in October 2003. Do you think it's time to polish, clay, and wax the darn thing?
My car has some mild swirl marks. You can only see them when the sun shines hard light on the paint. I tend to ge paranoid about this. Are swirl marks unavoidable or did I screw up my paint?
I bought my Runner in October 2003. Do you think it's time to polish, clay, and wax the darn thing?
My car has some mild swirl marks. You can only see them when the sun shines hard light on the paint. I tend to ge paranoid about this. Are swirl marks unavoidable or did I screw up my paint?
TranceKrayz
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according to the guys, momo and woodbert, all ya need is a porter cable from griots and clay, polish, then wax. griot's guarantees all their products and say that it should remove swirl marks and even mild scratches. you probably did what i did and went wrong by using 100% cotton towels. next time, only use microfiber towels and u should be fine.
TranceKrayz
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dont' grind down with the towel, lighty dry the car. u can use a chamois first to get the water off, then use microfiber towels to dry.
Woodbert
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Re: Polishing and Waxing
Six months is about the right amount of time to use the number 3 polish on a new car.
I, and others, swear by the Griot's products. You can buy the Porter Cable, model 7336SP, from Lowes for about $107. Griot's charges considerably more but they include a carrying case I believe. I bought the PC from Lowes and the backing plate and pads from Griot's.
Whatever you do, don't buy a cheap, alleged, random orbit buffer and pads. You will ruin your paint trying to save a few bucks.
The way to do it is wash with Dawn to strip the old, dead wax, clay, polish with Griot's number 3 machine polish, and then wax with the Best of Show wax. BOS wax is carnuba based and it will not adhere to any synthetic waxes you may have used so you need to wash it with Dawn diswashing soap to strip the old wax. Don't wash with Dawn again until your ready to repeat the process.
Good luck!
molocono said:
Six months is about the right amount of time to use the number 3 polish on a new car.
I, and others, swear by the Griot's products. You can buy the Porter Cable, model 7336SP, from Lowes for about $107. Griot's charges considerably more but they include a carrying case I believe. I bought the PC from Lowes and the backing plate and pads from Griot's.
Whatever you do, don't buy a cheap, alleged, random orbit buffer and pads. You will ruin your paint trying to save a few bucks.
The way to do it is wash with Dawn to strip the old, dead wax, clay, polish with Griot's number 3 machine polish, and then wax with the Best of Show wax. BOS wax is carnuba based and it will not adhere to any synthetic waxes you may have used so you need to wash it with Dawn diswashing soap to strip the old wax. Don't wash with Dawn again until your ready to repeat the process.
Good luck!
V8Limited4wd
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Outback Paul
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Is it necessary to buy several different types of towels like the ones at Click Here or can I buy a few big towels and use them anywhere, inside or out?
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toybox
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Some work better for some chores than others but most will do a good job at any task. For instance the ones with more polymide are more absorbant and therefore would work better as a chamois. Some have waffle weaves and work better for cleaning. and some have a normal weave and may be better at polishing. Again any microfiber towel should do at least a good job at any task and none of them will scratch.
tkr128
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skman said:
I have a couple of them that I use for buffing off wax or whatever. I don't use mine for washing the car because the nap isn't very thick and it worries me about dirt being trapped on the surface of the mitt and being dragged across the car. With a chenille or sheepskin wash mit, the pile is thick, allowing dirt to "migrate" into the mitt and off the surface of the car. It cuts down on wash-induced swirls.