Hi Phil, Just a quick question, I have started using my Uber MF towels and need to wash them. What wash settings and drying settings do you generally use to keep them in tip top shape ? For example warm wash and low heat drying or cold wash and warm drying, ect :shead: Thanks in advance :thumb:
Noticed that with the Uber drying towel, gave it a good rinse before first use and it turned the water slightly reddish. No biggie, all my towels are red so it should be fine :applause2:
Wash the red ones separate from the others, especially from the white ones or those will end up pink, speaking from experience.
In the washing machine I do use hot water with a little bit of detergent and microfiber cleaner. In the dryer I set it to hot but not too long.. maybe less than 30mins.
i used the cg red fluffer with white edges and OMG it turned my sink red.. i figured i should wash them by hand just in case and it was like a dye explosion!!!! after 3 washes they were bleeding like crazy!! hell even the poly bag they came in was stained red from the cheap dye.. i washed them 4 times including the one hand and each cycle was max everything about 90minute washes a piece.. everytime i added soap when i was hand washing them they bled like crazy!!!! i was using microfiber restore too.. i don't get it.. anyways CG said that they haven't had one person call in and that i might have had a bad batch.. they are sending me another 6. after the 3rd machine wash i said screw it and threw in about 5 other towels 2 being the yellow fluffers and a few micro polish cloths from cg.. not the SV ones thx god and they all got died and look orange to a color i can't even describe. i know to be careful with red but damn.. only cg towel that has pissed me off and the best looking and feeling one too. just sucks.. i hope this new batch will be better!!!
I wash&rinse mine in warm water with the second rinse cycle. I use micro-restore detergent. I dry in the dryer on delicates setting. NO dryer sheet.
the glass towels bled that's the first time I heard that one. I know the red ones do from time to time but I haven't heard about any of the other ones.
The glass ones bled only during the 1st wash. I know, because a couple towels I had in there where white. not anymore.
really how are you guys washing them? I have only had the red ones bleed. Typically you should be washing the waffles with the waffles . the glass towels with the glass towels, the red with the red the blue with the blue. We typically dedicate color towels to a certain job... so green /glass towels for glass, blue for polish, red for wax etc... Then we wash them by color. Just so that the wax on the towels don't mix with the glass cleaner and the dirt from the all purpose ones etc.
Well, when I washed mine, I just washed them with the small amount of dirty ones I already had. Didn't think it would happen. I'll have to keep this in mind. Of course, the wifey might ask why I'm doing so many damn loads of laundry:loud:
Back to the OP question, What wash cycle/temp do you use and how do you dry them, air or in the dryer/what temp? Looking to keep them nice and soft! :thumb:
My process: Cycle: Regular w/ extra rinse (add 1/2 cup of vinegar to last rinse) Temp: Hot Detergent: Tide Free Dry: Hang * Grime towels or wax/sealant towels get APC * Most often I run a 2nd wash cycle with just water All towels are segregated and washed with like purpose towels - Example: Paint All Purpose Glass
wash: warm wash/rinse with second rinse cycle and micro-restore. sometimes add vinegar to rinse cycle. dry: delicates/low heat setting on dryer. I use no fabric sheets or fabric softeners at all. Also I make sure that the lint screen is always clean before putting the towels in the dryer.
