[Rustbucket]

On the back of the "cleaning your MF cloths" thread.

I spoke to someone who has started distributing a named brand MF cloth. He said to me that he was told, that the best way to bring the fluffy'ness back to your MF cloth is to boil it.

Just pop it on the stove, in a pot with water and boil it up.

Anyone else here ever hear about doing this?

[Duratys]

Try vinegar in the second rinse cycle. I noticed a diference with DDs Ubers by doing this.

[Mindflux]

The boiling works well to get out stuff that hasn't been removed from wash cycles. Wax residues and what have you. Usually it's not a common occurrence to have to boil your towels. As Duratys said toss in some distilled white vinegar into the second rinse cycle this will help remove extra residue as well as left over soaps.

[togwt]

Allow Micro fibre towels to boil for twenty (20) minutes (ensure that water does not fully evaporate) you will find that more wax / polish residue comes out even after a towel has been thoroughly washed. Empty out the water and then remove the towel, don't do it the other way or you'll re-introduce debris to the towel again. Micro-Restore is the only detergent formulated for maintaining and restoring micro fibre, it’s a concentrated detergent designed to clean, pamper and extend the life of micro fibre cloths.

[Nica]

Blody hell, how come I never thought of that...boiling my mocrofiber towels..sweet I'm going to try it

[bigpoppa]

Be careful with this, guys, I remember a thread on the topia' where a guy nearly had a house fire when he did this. Always be in the kitchen while the MFs are boiling.

[Cyclo]

Just did it tonight. Used some Soverign MF detergent. I can say this. DON'T mix colours. I had yellow and blue. Now it's green and blue.

When it was done boiling, I threw them in the clothes washer (after running a load of just HOT water in it.) That was to rinse them and spin dry them. Then into the dryer on normal heat.
(My dryer has a moisture sensor. I set it for less than normal, but they were too damp for my taste. So I adjusted it to normal dry)

[Nica]

So Cyclo how did the towels finish?..lol..minus the colour that is hahahahaha too funny.

[Cyclo]

Originally Posted by bigpoppa

Be careful with this, guys, I remember a thread on the topia' where a guy nearly had a house fire when he did this. Always be in the kitchen while the MFs are boiling.

We talking a gas range? I used a lid on my pot. Bringing 4 gallons to boil will take a while and you want a lid on it to keep your house from feeling like a sauna.

[Cyclo]

Originally Posted by Nica

So Cyclo how did the towels finish?..lol..minus the colour that is hahahahaha too funny.

They felt fine, Here was a test I did also. Into that pot I threw 2 extremely small MF's I use to clean my glasses with. If you wear glasses, these are the type you get from your optromitist. The test was to see if after spritzing my glasses if I had streaking. I use to if they were washed in the washing machine. Not this time.

Might have been that I've learned not to use a fabric softener. I would suggest if you use your washing machine to run a load of nothing thru it with as hot of water as you can to remove any built up softener in it.

But I'm satisfied with my towels now.