Originally Posted by Overboost
(Post 5860983)
Improper techniques leave swirls...
If you're apprehensive about using a buffer on your car, you can try a mircofiber cloth while using a quick detailer. It's much easier than a cotton cloth and gets the job done. |
Originally Posted by WaltM
(Post 5860998)
A more accurate description.
If you're apprehensive about using a buffer on your car, you can try a mircofiber cloth while using a quick detailer. It's much easier than a cotton cloth and gets the job done. |
Ugh reading all of this is making my head swim. This will be my first new car and ... the second car I've ever cleaned myself. Do they even do this expensive stuff at washes? Clay bars etc. I don't trust myself.
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Originally Posted by Overboost
(Post 5861015)
I suggest that you use nothing but MF cloths for cleaning, detailing, drying your car. NEVER use a bath towel! MF towels are soft and absorbent enough to get the job done and protect the paint. I used a set of Cobra green MF towels to take off the Klasse SG, and it was a nightmare. Tried it a second time with my PC 7424 DA and it worked like a charm. Very little needed to be wiped by hand.
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Originally Posted by eci
(Post 5861184)
MF sucks. 100% cotton bath towels are the best. Obviously you have to trim any binding off of the towel.
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Originally Posted by Overboost
(Post 5861015)
I suggest that you use nothing but MF cloths for cleaning, detailing, drying your car. NEVER use a bath towel! MF towels are soft and absorbent enough to get the job done and protect the paint. I used a set of Cobra green MF towels to take off the Klasse SG, and it was a nightmare. Tried it a second time with my PC 7424 DA and it worked like a charm. Very little needed to be wiped by hand.
Here is my 03 Cobra at the time it was about 5yrs old with 44k miles...This was all done with Menzerna products and Pinnacle Souvern carnuba as it was relegated to car shows and nothing else. All I used was MF towels since 2001 and they produce no swirling or imperfections at all. http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...riverside_.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...idesunny2_.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...braemblem_.jpg |
Originally Posted by eci
(Post 5861184)
MF sucks. 100% cotton bath towels are the best. Obviously you have to trim any binding off of the towel.
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Originally Posted by eci
(Post 5861184)
MF sucks. 100% cotton bath towels are the best. Obviously you have to trim any binding off of the towel.
Originally Posted by corvettedreamin
(Post 5861185)
I'm going to side with eci on this one. I use 100% high quality (like more expensive than what I use for myself in most cases) WHITE COTTON towels. Never wash them with anything else.
I'm not going to disagree, but I will say that you need to do some looking and not buy the huge packs of MF towels unless you plan on using them as rags. Some of the nicer products, like the Cobra towels, are top notch, and do a great job and leave NO residue behind. |
Originally Posted by todd03blown
(Post 5861189)
MF sucks? I find that funny.....
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Originally Posted by DontShoot
(Post 5861204)
MF doesn't "suck" really. The argument is that the 100% Cotton bath towels have more fibers for the the dirt to get caught up and settle down into, leaving the top layers of the fibers clean. MF doesn't have the same amount of "depth," if you will.
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Anyone who actually learns knows 100% USA made cotton bath towels > *.
MF is for people who buy their detailing supplies at Pep Boys. |
Originally Posted by eci
(Post 5861239)
Anyone who actually learns knows 100% USA made cotton bath towels > *.
MF is for people who buy their detailing supplies at Pep Boys. |
MF left very faint scratches in my clear coat the first time I used it. They could only be seen under flourescent lights that I had in my garage. Went back to 100% cotton and haven't had the problem since.
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Originally Posted by 05GT-O.C.D.
(Post 5861268)
MF left very faint scratches in my clear coat the first time I used it. They could only be seen under flourescent lights that I had in my garage. Went back to 100% cotton and haven't had the problem since.
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I was always under the impression microfiber was the best. You're saying that if I buy some nice cobra MF towels my clearcoat will get scratches? What?
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Originally Posted by jokerstars
(Post 5861272)
I was always under the impression microfiber was the best. You're saying that if I buy some nice cobra MF towels my clearcoat will get scratches? What?
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Originally Posted by eci
(Post 5861274)
MF is "the best" because of aggressive marketing. 100% USA made cotton bath towels with any edging/binding trimmed off are actually THE best.
Seems too good to be true! |
Originally Posted by jokerstars
(Post 5861272)
I was always under the impression microfiber was the best. You're saying that if I buy some nice cobra MF towels my clearcoat will get scratches? What?
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Originally Posted by todd03blown
(Post 5861282)
both options are good and deliver great results.
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Originally Posted by jokerstars
(Post 5861279)
So just go into bed bath and beyond pick up some 100% made in the usa bathroom towels? That's it?
Seems too good to be true! |
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