Microfiber Detergent, which one?

We have always had top-loading washers, so I'm not familiar with the front-loaders. In mine, when the wash cycle is over, the washer empties itself of the dirty water and then fills up again with fresh water for the rinse cycle.

 

With front loaders, the machine determines the water and you determine the detergent so if you add too much the rinse process may not remove it. If someone has issues or concerns with residue detergent they are using too much detergent -- more does not clean better. It just means you need to rinse more.

If you mix of too much Dawn, it may seem to clean faster but it takes much longer to get a cleanse rinse. Those resorting to boiling, vinegar, etc. are usually too much detergent. If it does not come clean, wash again.

 

I have tried Sonus and micro-restore and they're both great but micro-restore has the upper hand.

 

I actually forget to add the vinegar until I realize the wash is done. So I just add the vinegar and turn the knob back to rinse and spin and it's start to fill up and go through the process again. as for it's roll it actually breaks ups the residue from any detail products,wax , or detergent used that may still be embeded into your MF towels. I would be cautious of adding vinegar to your fabric softner compartment because when it spins to release the vinegar it may actually break up some old fabric softner which would also be released back into the towels with the vinegar. I hope that made sense?

 

I just throw mine in my washer, no detergent, and put it on the "sterile" setting, it rinses them, steams them, then rinses them, never had any problem with that.

Its sad, we all know we have a serious problem when we have a 7 page thread dedicated to laundry! hahaha

 

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Re the use of vinegar for laundry, do a google search. It's amazing all the uses vinegar has--removal of detergent residue, natural fabric softener, stain removal, etc.

 

OK gang, just a minor update on my experiment using APC to clean my microfiber. It definitely gets them clean, and it definitely rinses clean. However, I'd give a small edge in "fluffiness" after the wash to regular old Tide laundry detergent. The towels' absorbency seems to be the same with either choice. So, I'm switching back to Tide, just so I don't have to go out to the garage and get the APC off the shelf when I do a load of towels.

 

Sounds great Karl, I have stuck it out with normal laundry detergent as well.

 

You can get the Micro Restore from Microfiber Products Online. Pint size is about $10 and the quart size is about $18. Great deal from what I've seen.

Enjoy!

 

I've boiled M-F's, I've used Micro-restore, I've used The other Microfiber detergent. I'll just stick to the last 2 things. I've found no need to boil anymore. I have a Maytag Neptune washer, so it's a tumble in water type washer, not the agitator in the middle style. And On my Dryer (same Maytag Neptune also I think ) i can program it, so I made a special setting for drying them.

Just washed a few towels yesterday and they came out great with the Micro-fiber detergent. Either one is fine for me. Just remember, no powder or conventional detergents and NO fabric softener's.

Yes as someone said 70 replies on washing towels??? Well we spend a lot of money for these things and info pops up everywhere on what to use and how to do it.. Guess it really boils down to, YOU have to take a chance and see what works for you. If they make a special soap for the expensive towels, well I guess I'm gonna buy that soap to help protect my investment in my towels. And I did the vinegar before and it did nothing, so that's another urban legend I won't bother with again.

 

I'm doing my drying towels right now and I'm washing it with hot water in the washing machine. 1oz of MicroRestore, I'll let you know on how they are. I'm doing my workhorse towels next. I'll let you know how they are in a bit!

 

Even for a half load you will need more than 1 oz of microrestore to make a dent in them i think....for the workhorse towels i mean

 

I did my drying towels and wax towels (super flys), I haven't used most of my superflys so I did them at 1oz. I did my work horse towels at 2oz, and it didn't get all the stains out but it cleaned it very well. I had three crappy wax towels and one window towel, so I can't mix those so I just washed them by hand. I'm soaking the wax towels, and I'm going to boil them later on. The rest of the towels are in the drier right now. I like the results I got though.

 

Good deal...i wanna say 2 oz for half load and 4 oz for full load but i could be wrong on that for microrestore..i just didnt see 1 oz doing well on workhorse towels...but u were already ahead of me!

 

Alright so all my towels are dried. I washed my EuroW sheepskin mitt in the detergent as well since I was handwashing some crappy old wax towels. Anyways, I threw them in the drier and I swear all my towels are so much softer than when new. Well workhorse towels for sure, the superflys are about the same, the werkstat towel and 530 towel are the same, and my Vroom towels are more soft. I love the results I got with these. One thing though, the WW I got from Obsessive detail ripped at the corner. Just from the wash, I barely used them to, so overall I can't say I'm impressed with them. I'll see how it is though now that I've washed it. I'm hoping that it works a lot better. My MF Washmitt is super soft as well which is awesome!

 

micro restore is definitely my favorite.. i have used cg a couple of times and done tests to see which one got stuff out better washing by hand and the micro restore won.. it seemed 20% more potent.. meaning it got 20% more of the stain out and it made them softer and of course over all cleaner.. i don't use anything in the rinse cycle but i do an extra rinse.. hey i am lucky enough to live next to the largest fresh water supply in the world so why not.

 

I used to use your standard laundry detergent, and for the most part it seemed to work well. I picked up some microrestore, and i've used it twice. it seems to work fine, the towels don't have that greases up and caked on feeling anymore and do feel very soft. when i pour the microrestore into the washer, it doesn't foam up, which had me a bit skeptical of its cleaning power.

it works, but i wouldn't mind finding out a more simple and cost effective way to was microfiber towels.

 

I've started using Distilled White Vinegar as mentioned before.... Towels feel a little softer. Since I have a front loading washer, I just add some vinegar and turn on the "Rinse & Spin" cycle with warm/warm water after the wash cycle and the towels come out like new. Not they they came out bad before, but after the first time of trying this approach, all I said was WOOAHH, it's Nice!

I have also decreased the amount of detergent used. I have mounted a Pro-Blend Proportioner on my Chemical Guy's MF detergent bottle, which makes it easier to keep amounts consisten for each wash. Small loads, 3/4 - 1oz. Large loads, I've run up to 2oz in the pre-wash and then 2oz in the wash cycles, depending on how soiled the towels are ofcourse.

Thanks Guys! :mounty:

 

this is really way out there, but what about washing in a little bit of ONRW?? if it is supposed to soften water, isn't that a plus from what that Mr Tinker said (whatever his name was) Just wonder if anyone has thought to try it..