Are Microfiber towels safe for the paint
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Burning Brakes
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Are Microfiber towels safe for the paint
Particularly the ones from Wal-Mart? I see on the zaino website that they cause scratches.
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Take your MF towel and rub it on a junk CD like you get in the mail from AOL, hold it up to the light and see if you put any scratches in the CD, if you did there is a good chance that your towel will scratch your clear coat.
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Did the CD test this morning!
Originally Posted by hcvone
Take your MF towel and rub it on a junk CD like you get in the mail from AOL, hold it up to the light and see if you put any scratches in the CD, if you did there is a good chance that your towel will scratch your clear coat.
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I have some of the cheapo ones from Sams and several of the nice Meguairs ones. Neither cause scratches but the Meguairs are a nicer size and thus seem easier to use.
On a side note...the new Meguars body brushes (for car washing) are AWESOME.
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On a side note...the new Meguars body brushes (for car washing) are AWESOME.
-GT
#8
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My mother-in-law bought me some cheapie micro-fiber towels from either Sam's or Wal-mart a while back. I was afraid to use them at first but decided to try them out. No problems at all. No scratches. The cheapies are fine to use.
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Burning Brakes
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Just bought a yellow package with a ton of towels in it from Sam's.
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Originally Posted by VIPERxGTx2000
Just bought a yellow package with a ton of towels in it from Sam's.
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Safety Car
the cheapy towels from walmart can scratch -- if you really press hard with focal pressure -- look closely and you'll see some surface scratches in the clear coat.
you should never really do this -- but I was trying to get off a bird crap with one of these towels and some detail spray and that's what happened. No big deal - just taught me to be a little more careful and not press ultra-hard.
I still use these cheapy towels for wax removal, quick cleanups with detail spray, drying and cleaning glass. The other towel you might consider is the DF TOWEL. Not too expensive. But I find that they don't absorb water as well as the cheapy ones - so not as good for drying. But good for other stuff.
you should never really do this -- but I was trying to get off a bird crap with one of these towels and some detail spray and that's what happened. No big deal - just taught me to be a little more careful and not press ultra-hard.
I still use these cheapy towels for wax removal, quick cleanups with detail spray, drying and cleaning glass. The other towel you might consider is the DF TOWEL. Not too expensive. But I find that they don't absorb water as well as the cheapy ones - so not as good for drying. But good for other stuff.
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Originally Posted by Jay 383
I bought a package from Costco. Also, some compressed air cans. I have had it with water dripping out of mirrors. I am un-easy at a leaf blower getting the water out. It might blow some dust around which might scratch if wiped on to the paint.
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Originally Posted by NDMIKE88
I use a wet-dry vac to suck the water out.
I have a few cans of compressed air. I'll try both as I'm about to wash a car.
Thanks for the tip. We're always helping one another on this forum.
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Definitely better to blow than to SUCK water off your car.
Insert sexual joke here: ______________________
any good vacuum should allow you to move the hose to the exhaust port so you can use it as a blower too. Fantastic unit that I use both to vacuum and to blow dry the brakes, mirrors etc: Metro Vac 'n' Blow
Insert sexual joke here: ______________________
any good vacuum should allow you to move the hose to the exhaust port so you can use it as a blower too. Fantastic unit that I use both to vacuum and to blow dry the brakes, mirrors etc: Metro Vac 'n' Blow