Thursday, 24 February 2011

  • Car towels that take detailing to the next level.

    In the previous 10 years there have been many substantial changes in car towels. 1st, the arrival of microfiber has created a towel which is much more durable, smooth, and absorbing than the towels that it takes the place of. These new towels contain more fibres per square inch than cotton or polyester. They were created for the janitorial business, and just in the last decade have they become affordable enough to be integrated into consumer car washes, automotive detailing shops, and the garages of automobile enthusiasts. These new towels are at your disposal as vehicle drying towels, polishing towels, inside scrubbing towels, and window washing towels.

    Because of the fibre denseness of these innovative microfiber towels, their absorbency is about double that of cotton and polyester. This means that as you are cleaning up your car's inside, you have to exchange out your towel for a fresh one about half as often. It is also very important if you use micro-fiber is a car drying towel. This means that you can dry your vehicle in roughly half the effort that you could using prior fibers. There are further advantages when you think about how infrequently you'll have to wash your towels. If you can get twice the consumption out of a batch of towels, you have basically cut your cleaning program in half.

    The second useful improvement delivered by microfiber is its resilience. Natural cotton towels used to suffer a loss of fibers when being laundered and after a significant number of washes these towels became thin and eventually useless. This simply does not occur with the artificial fibres of microfiber. You can wash them frequently for many years with no fibre reduction, and no loss of performance. Some heavy-duty towels such as those used to clean cars will often split or tear with frequent washing and drying out. Nevertheless microfibers react much better to the process of becoming wet and evaporating dry. They maintain their soft qualities, and they keep their absorbency. Although they are a much more costly purchase at first, it is not long until their longevity pays off.

    At a really fine level, the softness of micro-fiber tends to make it a much safer alternative for waxing and polishing car paint. Cotton, which used to be the most common fiber for polishing and waxing cars and trucks, actually leaves some very fine scratches on paint surfaces. These may not be instantly noticeable, but cumulatively they do add up and make paint finishes flat. Particularly darker vehicles display the sort of micro scratching that pure cotton produces. Yet, with micro-fiber towels, there are so many fibers per sq . in . that these tiny individual strings cannot independently scratch the car paint surface in a way that can be seen. The result is that automotive enthusiasts can depend on having a gentle towel to protect the reflection of their vehicle's paint finish. 


Tuesday, 22 February 2011

  • Choosing the right car towel.

     

    When looking for a good set of towels to clean your cars, you should consider three particular things. The first is going to be the maximum absorbency of the towels that you choose. You can certainly buy some cheap cotton towels and get a lot of cleaning power out of a pile of rags, but when it came time to wash your towels you certainly lose any savings that you gained upfront.  In the long run it makes a lot of sense to buy the towels that have the most amount of absorbency. When cleaning out the interior of your car or maybe shampooing your carpets, you have the added benefit of not having to swap out your towel as often.

    Secondly you should consider the durability of the towel that your choosing. A cheap cotton towel tends to fray and even rip after less than 25 uses. Again you could certainly buy some cheaper towels but as they start to break down your savings breakdown with them. When you choose microfiber towels, you generally get 3 to 5 times the durability that you receive from cotton towels. You can use them repeatedly without them shedding or ripping. This is particularly important if you're going to use a microfiber towel to dry your car after car washes. These types of towels to undertake the most abuse, so your drying towel should be as durable as possible.

    Softness is extremely important, particularly for the towels will be used for polishing and waxing. Also include your window towels...they must be as soft as possible. Cotton fibers tend to have a very rough fiber content and these can cause very fine scratching in your paint. If you have black paint in particular the micro scratching, as it accumulates, becomes very visible causes your paint to be dull. But you should select the very softest towels available for waxing and polishing purposes. If you're a perfectionist, you can even pay a little extra to have towels that have folded over edges. Push hard enough of an edge, and you can place some very fine scratches in your paint, so choose the softest towels you can afford.

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