Towels

[2001C5]

What is everyone using for towels?

Zaino says to use white Cannon brand 100% cotton made in the usa towels. They also say to cut the edges off and stich the edges with 100% cotton thread.

Cannon is not longer in business and my old towels are toast. I found some made in the USA towels at Liens and Things and am getting my wife to stich the edges. I read a lot about using 100% supima cotton. The ones I had are 100% brushed egyptian loom.

The DFConcours towels are nice and I have some. I just like a terry type towel for removing zaino.

BTW, DFConcours towel is the ONLY micro fiber I would suggest using. Most micro fibers have some polyester or nylon. BTW, Zaino has finally endorsed DF Concours as well. For years they did not endorse the the use of micro fiber towels becasue they all had polyester or nylon.

[Bill Shaw]

I'm curious about this also. I see a lot of guys recommending microfiber towels but I don't like them. They pick up the dirt and it doesn't rinse out very well, so I'm afraid it will scratch the finish. With old fashioned cotton the dirt seems to rinse out much easier. Am I doing something wrong with the microfiber?

[LuvAZ]

Vince may be hawking some sham wows at 'bail out' prices!

Sorry- I couldn't resist!

LMAO

Will

[AC]

Have you checked Griot's Garage for towels and car cosmetics? I've been pretty happy with their products and when I called once the person on the line was knowledgable.

[hoppy1]

Originally Posted by AC

Have you checked Griot's Garage for towels and car cosmetics? I've been pretty happy with their products and when I called once the person on the line was knowledgable.

I love Griot's stuff. Much better than Zaino crap I tried. The best part is their store is a few miles away so I don't have to mail order anything.

[danponjican]

I use these towels... best I've tried.

GuruFiber Microfiber towels

[68GT500MAN]

Take a look at the AutoGeek website. They have a lot of car care stuff.

[lv2xlr8]

I have been very happy with the microfiber towels I purchased from Autogeek. I use separate ones for washing and drying. My problem/question is how to clean them after use. The one I use for washing got really dirty this past weekend with tar/grease from a long car drive. I don't want to wash them with other towels and laundry, as I don't want anything that could be potentially damaging for my paint to get on them. So... what is the best way to wash microfiber towels???

[rockpool]

Costco usually has a pack of 25 microfibres for about $15, or 54 for around $30.

At that price I use them once or twice, then consign them to wheels/engine only. Eventually they end up in the boat cleaning bucket.

Wash clean-ish ones separate from obviously dirty ones etc.

The trick is to wipe a blank CD with them every now and again - if they scratch it, they are no good on your paint.

[proeagles]

Originally Posted by AC

Have you checked Griot's Garage for towels and car cosmetics? I've been pretty happy with their products and when I called once the person on the line was knowledgable.

Ditto on these towels. I have the full compliment and when washed and used as advertised, they are awesome. A lot of people mistake microfiber towels as one towel does all and that is just not the case, at least for me. The waffle pattern towel is awesome for drying and the smooth finish towels are great for polishing. I once tried using the polishing towels to dry with and they sucked compared to the waffle pattern which is expressly designed to dry.

[jirehn]

What are the best brand to use?

[Cobra Scott]

I've had good results with old fashioned cotton baby diapers. Wont scrath-really soft.