My favorite source for MF towels is
www.neatitems.com. Their towels give the best bang for the buck (w/free shipping). Properautocare.com's Magic Towels are the best in the market. Slightly plusher than neatitems, but very expensive at $13 bucks each. You can get the same Magic Towels at
www.tacscar.com for a little less. I've heard good things about the towels at PakShak.com & YoSteve.com. And finally, the towels I like to use for 'rougher' things like removing abrasive polishes and drying door jambs, etc. are the green Viper MF towels sold at properautocare and tacscar.
Burn test - is a way to check for polyester content in a towel. Any polyester at all, no matter how minute, will scratch your paint. I normally pull out a few strands or fibers from a towel, set it on fire and drop it into a glass bowl immediately. Be careful not to burn yourself because it'll burn fast! When the fire goes out, closely examine or feel the burnt ashes. If there was any polyester at all, it will have shriveled up into a small hard bead. Polyester also tends to smoke more. When poking through the ashes, there shouldn't be anything hard at all. The ash should be fluffy and soft. I'm sure there's a better procedure than the way I just mentioned. Maybe someone else can chime in with a better way.
I once tested a strand from a Viking Chenille Wash Mitt that claimed to be 100% cotton and even had the cotton logo seal on the packaging. I burnt up a strand and lots of little hard balls of polyester revealed themselves. Needless to say, I don't use that mitt anymore. The Griot's catalog has a picture of what burnt polyester balls look like.
Check this link out....
How to determine fabric content by using the burn test
trkmedic69 said:
Ok cool, thanks again!
Regarding cotton towels - what is a "burn test"?
Properautocare.com a good source for good MF?