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If anyones having trouble finding micro fiber towels Costco (at least mine) has a 12 pack of them for 8 bucks! I just bought two, seem to be of good quality too.
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Later,
Ricky
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Rick,
Quick question on these particular MF towels.
Have you experimented with other brands/sizes/styles of MF towels? How do these compare with those types?
I ask only because I've purchased MF towels in bulk as well and was less than pleased with the quality of the towels versus my expensive MF towels. Of course, cost doesn't always mean quality but, thusfar, I've yet to find a MF towel that bucked that trend.
RP
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Well if it ever stops looking like it's wanting to rain more (yes, it's raining in Arizona, it's amazing) I was planning on waxing up the hood of something and doing a comparison. I actually haven't had one of these out of the package until today. Comparing it to these expensive blue brand x MF towels I get from my detail guy it actually feels softer. Of course it hasn't been through the wash numerous times so time will tell.
The tag on it says 20% polyamide 80% polyester. Made by Eurow and OReilly Corp. Anyone ever heard of them? If I can tomorrow or eventually I'll do a comparison, meguiars, vs these, vs the other ones I have.Later,
Ricky
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Great question about M/F towels. There are differences between towels. Without testing the towels, I think price is the best indicator of the quality of the M/F towel, then testing the results. How it performs over time, and washing is the best indicator for these towels.
Hope this helps.
TomComment
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Tom,
I've purchased cheap mfs that are great (from Excel Detail, and the Viking towels from Walmart & KMart) and expensive mfs that are awful (3M's, some strange ones at a local shop), and cheap mfs that are awful (the wrapped ones at WalMart) and expensive mfs that are great (the Cobra towels)!
One thing I've found is that, IMO a towel can be TOO plush to be effective. There's a nice sweet spot where a towel is a "line drive penguin", if you get the analogy.
TomAs the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way.Comment
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Hi Tom,
I agree with your statement about towels. We did a lot of testing of many different M/F towels before we put our name on these towels. We also continue to test our M/F against any new improved M/F that is claimed to be out on the market. One thing that I have seen is a M/F towel that is combined with cotton. Works fairly well, but it is costly.
Another tip is to wash and dry these towels seperate from your cotton towels or anything that may give off lint. These M/F towels act like magnets and lint from other items will attach to the towels..
TomComment
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I have been using the eurow towels from costco for over a month now. I have tested them on every color car you can imagine and washed them many times. I have not seen any marring, none. I have over a hundred and will buy more. They do lint a little at first, but after a few washings they are fine.
For reference I have used MF from meguiars, pakshak, wal-mart, premiumautocare, poorboys, etc.Comment
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another great thing about Costco is ther return policy!!! They take it back with no questions asked!!! Unless of course it is food that you ate or something silly like that.
TomComment
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LOL!Originally posted by Mosca
One thing I've found is that, IMO a towel can be TOO plush to be effective. There's a nice sweet spot where a towel is a "line drive penguin", if you get the analogy.
Tom
I don't get the analogy, but it made me laugh anyways!
I would strongly agree with your statement. There is a sweet spot when it comes to microfiber towels. To soft, to thick, to plush and they become somewhat ineffective.
To short of a nap, or to thin and their performance fall off sharply.
I would also second what Tom MacDonald wrote about washing separate. Microfibers tend to attract every stray fiber in a wash or dryer load. Here at Meguiar’s, we have enough microfibers in the Training Garage that it is very easy to wash a dedicated load of nothing but microfiber polishing cloths.
This always insures perfectly lint and stray-fiber free loads of clean microfiber cloths.
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As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way.Comment
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LOL!!! My first swing I sent that little bird about 500 yards, then whiffed on the next 7 or 8. I found that if your hit them low and hard they skip across the snow and go farther!!!Comment
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Yup; "line drive penguins".As the light changed from red to green to yellow and back to red again, I sat there thinking about life. Was it nothing more than a bunch of honking and yelling? Sometimes it seemed that way.Comment
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How did we go from microfibers to line driveing penguins? Who knows but its quite fun!
I wish there were costcos in IowaBrandon
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Hey Tom,Originally posted by Tom MacDonald
LOL!!! My first swing I sent that little bird about 500 yards, then whiffed on the next 7 or 8. I found that if your hit them low and hard they skip across the snow and go farther!!!
I don't know about you, but I kind of enjoyed hitting the penguin...
Thanks for sharing Mosca!
Mike
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I got a 560 after a couple of hits... is there a Hall of Fame somewhere?Comment
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Costco in Iowa!!!!? Lets stick to the more important issue. Are there penguins in Iowa???
Kidding asside. You might check Sam's Club. They are very similar to Costco and the type of merchandise they carry. If not get on the Meguiar's website and order direct at www.meguiars.comComment
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