towel preference
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Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Seneca SC
Re: towel preference (VictorRussell'92)
if i have a old hanes undershirt i'll rip that up and use it to wash with seems like it would scratch less than the others i've tried that are actually made to wash your car with.
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Joined: May 2002
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Re: towel preference (ohsobad)
If you are talking about a towel for drying, I use a chamois. Those things are great with water absorbtion, along with mimimal streaking. They also work wonders on glass. Be careful and make sure that it is free of small objects, as with any other drying aid, it will scratch the hell out of your finish. I find the best way to use them is to spread it, lay it on the area to be dried, then pull it across, wringing it after each pull. Continue until the streaks are unnoticible. It takes some time but the results are outstantding. Oh yeah, use the natural one.
Light the towel on fire and then blow out. If the end is all hard, the towel is garbage, if the end is just black but not hard then the towel is safe.
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From: Lake Mary Florida
Re: towel preference (freakd)
Same here, white cotton Cannon towels. That is interesting that the towel people say they sell lots of towels for use on cars.
I thought on Zaino's site he gets specific about the cotton towels? Seemed like he mentioned specific brands and cleaning preferences. I recall him saying not to use powder detergents and no fabric softener. So I use a liquid. He also didn't advocate the use of a chamois. I stopped using mine after reading that when I switched over to Zaino.
The Zaino Z5 is great for dark colors. It gets all those swirl marks out that you see under florescent lights. But its only temporary, as it washes off after a few washes you can see those fine scratches come back. But then another coat of Z5 and your good to go. I lost count of how many applications of Z5 mine has on it.
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I thought on Zaino's site he gets specific about the cotton towels? Seemed like he mentioned specific brands and cleaning preferences. I recall him saying not to use powder detergents and no fabric softener. So I use a liquid. He also didn't advocate the use of a chamois. I stopped using mine after reading that when I switched over to Zaino.
The Zaino Z5 is great for dark colors. It gets all those swirl marks out that you see under florescent lights. But its only temporary, as it washes off after a few washes you can see those fine scratches come back. But then another coat of Z5 and your good to go. I lost count of how many applications of Z5 mine has on it.
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