Microfiber drying cloth suggestions?

[AV8R]

They’ll ship it here, but it cost $28 just for shipping.

Welcome to our world!

 

[Stinger GT SS]

They’ll ship it here, but it cost $28 just for shipping.

Great products though, maybe do a bundle purchase.

 

[ShannonC]

Try Supercheap.

Didn't want to pay full price...lol

 

[ShannonC]

Believe it or not but Kmart sell a super size thick microfibre cloth which soaks up the water well.

Is that the one I bought yesterday?

 

[ShannonC]

I buy the giant pack of microfiber towels from Costco, great value and they work fine for me

I've got that pack too. Have so many clothes now, perhaps I should go into business.

 

[AV8R]

Is that the one I bought yesterday?

No that was a bloody sunshade! Jeez

 

[ShannonC]

No that was a bloody sunshade! Jeez

No, this one.

 

[AV8R]

No, this one.
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Ok, thought you were losing your marbles lol. Yes thats them but my one was blue. Five bucks i think?

 

[ShannonC]

Marbles lost a long time ago. $4, didn't see any blue.

 

[washguy]

Get this bad boy here....serious soft and sucks water like a hoover....Wash
650 GSM Premium Microfiber Towels Professional Car Wash Drying Cleaning Cloth | eBay

lays on the roof and suks the water off from the bottom...bad to the the bone

 

[MerlintheMad]

This is probably a very basic question, but I feel like I’m wasting a lot of time with my microfiber cloths. It takes me way too long to dry. I’m starting to think mine might be inferior. Does anyone have any recommendations? Or maybe it’s the cleaner I use. Any recommendations on that?

Maybe my conditions are fortuitous/lucky, but I struck a homerun with my first microfiber towels. I have two, green, 2'x3' Viking brand microfiber that I bought from O'Reilly's; they are dedicated "DRY" towels, not cleaning microfiber. One towel is enough to get all the water spots off with virtually no streaking. I don't use a cleaner, just straight hot soft tap water. I keep the water clean, changing it out at least once; just a standard plastic bucket like you use for household chores; what is that, 2, 2.5 gallons? Something like that. Anyway, the soft water basically neutralizes the minerals in water spots (mostly calcium), with sodium; and the result is that the particulates in the water lift away from the paint and lose their "magnetic" attraction, i.e. won't stick. So once the car is washed off, the water on the surface has floating, neutralized minerals that will not remain behind when you drop a microfiber on it: the microfiber pulls the water up, it doesn't require rubbing. I drop the opened towel on an area, then lightly move the opened towel to the adjacent areas: starting with the glass first, and moving from top to bottom (naturally). I dry the rims last, and even the heavy (not sopping, though) towel from drying the windows and panels, still has enough absorption to dry the rims without spotting.

 

[Abirud]

Maybe my conditions are fortuitous/lucky, but I struck a homerun with my first microfiber towels. I have two, green, 2'x3' Viking brand microfiber that I bought from O'Reilly's; they are dedicated "DRY" towels, not cleaning microfiber. One towel is enough to get all the water spots off with virtually no streaking. I don't use a cleaner, just straight hot soft tap water. I keep the water clean, changing it out at least once; just a standard plastic bucket like you use for household chores; what is that, 2, 2.5 gallons? Something like that. Anyway, the soft water basically neutralizes the minerals in water spots (mostly calcium), with sodium; and the result is that the particulates in the water lift away from the paint and lose their "magnetic" attraction, i.e. won't stick. So once the car is washed off, the water on the surface has floating, neutralized minerals that will not remain behind when you drop a microfiber on it: the microfiber pulls the water up, it doesn't require rubbing. I drop the opened towel on an area, then lightly move the opened towel to the adjacent areas: starting with the glass first, and moving from top to bottom (naturally). I dry the rims last, and even the heavy (not sopping, though) towel from drying the windows and panels, still has enough absorption to dry the rims without spotting.

Wow, nice. I have horribly hard water. My skin and hair feel it; never thought about it affecting my car...

 

[robz32]

The rag company is my go to when it comes to MF towels, they have an amazing selection and the quality is great.