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- Hi, I'm Sam.
And I'm gonna talk to you about general microfiber care.
So here we have our two bins.
I've got my cleaner towel bin
that I'm gonna use for all of my paint towels
and my higher quality microfibers
that I don't want contaminated
with dirt and debris and heavy grease
and things that you may get off of a towel
that you're wiping down tires and wheels,
or checking your oil with,
or cleaning off, you know, heavy dirt
and things like pine needles and such.
So in here we have tire towels,
really dirty and tear towels
and towels that aren't typically gonna come in contact
with the paint.
The idea behind the two bins
is that you're not gonna cross contaminate your towels.
So your higher quality microfiber,
isn't gonna come in contact with, you know,
heavy grease and grime,
or things like pine needles and dirt and debris
that may contaminate this towel and render it useless.
So now we've got a nice full bin here.
So I'm gonna go ahead and pull all these out
and we'll make a trip to the washroom.
So, come along and we'll show you
how to wash your microfibers properly.
So here we are in our glamorous utility room,
I've got my microfibers,
my clean and my paint towels and my dirty towels.
We've got our washer here.
This is a high efficiency washer.
Our Microfiber & Foam Pad Cleaner
is compatible with high efficiency washers.
We get that question a lot.
So I'm gonna go ahead and load her up.
I like to do pretty big loads
since we use a lot of towels here.
All of our microfibers are gonna be machine washable.
So every single towel that we sell,
you will use a little different settings
than what you're used to.
And it is very important to always make sure
that you're only washing microfiber with microfiber.
If you get so much as a little piece of cotton in there,
it will produce a lot of lint
in the washing and drying process,
and contaminate all your nice microfiber towels
with tons of annoying lint.
So you always wanna make sure none of your kids
or significant others snuck any cotton towels
into your load there.
So got it nice and loaded up.
Now, we're gonna proceed putting our detergent
and Microfiber & Foam Pad Cleaner in.
So here we've got our detergent.
It is best to use a free and clear detergent,
like what we have here.
You don't want any fabric softeners,
no color enhancers, no bleach, no dyes, no fragrance,
because all that stuff has the potential
to contaminate your microfibers.
Dyes and fragrances can often be oil-based.
Some of them may even be silicone-based.
They may put things in your microfiber
that you don't want in there
that'll rob the performance.
So use a nice free and clear detergent
at the normal quantity for whatever your load size is.
And then we'll also add our Microfiber & Foam Pad Cleaner.
Basic detergents aren't designed to remove silicones
and Carnauba waxes and all of the other ingredients
that are in car care products.
They're meant to remove dirt and general stains
from clothes.
So, Microfiber & Foam Pad Cleaner
is formulated specifically for stripping out everything
from your microfiber towels,
so that they're a hundred percent clean
when you're ready to use them next time.
So we'll go ahead and fill up a cup.
Since we got a nice full load,
we'll go with a full cup of detergent,
in as you would normally add it.
All right, so now we're gonna add four ounces
of our Microfiber & Foam Pad Cleaner.
The instructions are to add two to four ounces
to your standard detergent.
Since we're washing a big load,
we're gonna go ahead with four ounces
using our sweet pour spout here.
I'm gonna fill up my four ounce measuring cup,
and we're just gonna add it right in
with our normal detergent.
All right, so next we're gonna select a washer setting
that's gonna effectively clean the microfiber.
Most modern washers will have an active wear,
an easy care setting.
Those are gonna be great settings for your microfiber
or you can choose just the normal setting,
and then adjust your wash temp and soil level accordingly.
We recommend always having the wash temp on hot.
That's gonna give you your most effective clean
and then you can bump soil level up to normal or heavy,
and spin speed on high.
So we'll go ahead and start her up
and come back in about an hour.
All right, so our washer load is done.
We're gonna go ahead and throw it in our dryer.
Open these both up.
It's important to make sure
that all your towels don't fall on the ground
when you open your washer door.
All right.
Got the drier loaded up.
Always check and empty your lint filter.
All right, so now we're gonna power up
and select our settings.
You can use the same active wear setting
if your dryer has one.
At home, I typically use just a low heat or no heat setting.
The concept is the less heat
you can expose your microfibers to the better,
the longer they're gonna last.
If you dry them on high heat frequently,
the fibers will actually begin to melt together
and your towel will lose its absorbency,
and it'll also become much more aggressive,
and risk scratching the paint surface.
So, got our heat dry temp on low
and we'll go ahead and power up.
You can also air dry your towels
if you're doing a relatively small load.
Microfiber is gonna dry,
air dry normally in a couple hours.
So with a small load even air drying won't take long.
We got 47 minutes left on the dryer
and we'll come back and fold the towels.
All right, so the dryer load is done.
We're gonna go ahead and throw 'em all into a bag
and take them back to have fun folding.
All right, finally done.
That was a lot of towels.
So we recommend storing your microfiber
in a cabinet or a drawer
to prevent them from being exposed
to any contamination like dust or chemicals
that may be floating around the garage.
If you care for your microfibers like I just showed you
they'll last you a long, long time.
Thanks for watching.
And as always have fun in your garage.
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