Couple of questions for you **** car care types:

Should I clean my microfiber towels after each wash and dry?

I have a separate microfiber towel I use with detail spray to clean bugs off the car after drives. How frequently should I wash this towel? Can I reuse the towel after a good shake to get the crunchies off or do I use a fresh towel each time?

I have some of the microfiber detergent, but with most towels, the fewer the washings, the longer the life of the towel. The finish on my 996TT is really good right now, and I want to introduce as few new swirls as possible. I'm just trying to balance these two out now that I'm getting a little more serious about my car care these days.

 

Use a new towel for EVERYTHING... I wash towels that I use for a quick QD of a somewhat dusty car/bike.... don't ever shake them and think they're fine for use again

I use the Costco m/f towels 95% of the time and even they last long and retain the quality of the fibers, and I can safely assume more expensive ones will last even longer... so don't be scared to wash them every time.

 

There are a couple of keys to washing MF towels, and steps that you should take in order to ensure that you get a 100% clean one each time.

- As far as detergent to use goes, less is more. I use Woolite for all my towels, and I use roughly 30% the amount that you would use for a load of clothes of equivalent size. I wash mine on hot, with an extra rinse, and I dump in some white vinegar during the first rinse cycle as an extra detergent and to ensure that they are streak free when I use them.
- If you drop one or use it for something like bugs, keep it separate from your other totally clean towels. Large pieces of debris that can be found on the ground or on a dirty car can stay permanently lodged in the MF towels weave, and those contaminants can seriously mar your finish.
- Relegate certain towels for certain tasks. Those that are used on the paints surface should be treated with the utmost care to keep them free from all contaminants. Those used for wheel cleaning, engines, wheel wells, rockers, exhaust components, etc. should remain separate and used only for those particular tasks. Window towels should also be kept and washed separate from all others to keep them as clean as possible and cut down on linting and streaking.

 

Thanks guys. Looks like I should get a few more towels, so I don't have do separate loads of two or three towels in each.