@@beccssmith6285dish soap will leave a residue in the fibers, you will never fully rinse it out due to the nature of microfiber. Laundry detergent carries that same point, in addition to fabric softeners that ruin the microfibers absorbing ability. Heat is also very bad for microfiber, as it’s essentially very thing plastic fibers. They will melt at any high heat setting or being put in a dryer. If you’re wanting to properly wash your microfibers, The Rag Co makes a dedicated microfiber detergent, wash with cool water. Then either air dry, or if your dryer has an air fluff or air dry setting that will also work.
For pre rinse I like dawn and simple green. Definitely do a pre rinse as you can really work the soap in, it saves your towels and your washing machine. Not needed on things like drying towels. No don’t use a dryer sheet. Use rags to riches, it works much better that laundry detergent. For drying Walmart sells drying racks, use one of those and a fan. They’ll be dry in a few hours. Then put them in the dryer on no heat (air fluff), to restore the electro static charge, and to fluff them up. Also for very dirty stuff like wheels, Costco sells a large pack of cotton towels. Use that and dispose of it. Cotton is biodegradable.
In my opinion dish soap isn’t good unless it’s clear and free of nonsense, if can’t be found i would just stick to baby detergent for pre wash and final wash. Dreft is the one I use as well, it’s actually very good. For very dirty towels I prefer to pre wash them two times minimum but I sometimes go three times simply because the chemicals that I use alongside my towels can be harmful for skin if left in washer to dry, even if it’s a little it goes a long way and your next load will absorb all that stuff. And that won’t be good if you have kids. That’s why prewashing 2 to 3 times is good in my opinion. If your washer has a feature like self cleaning I would recommend using it after washing towels that were used with chemicals that you know are harmful for skin such as degreaser. Also if you want your towels to last, if you’re like me and don’t have the luxury of being wasteful I would do everything with cold water, you can maybe get away with warm water but I’ve never tried it.
If you want to keep your investment in towels at there best use the detergent made for microfiber many brands available no softener shit that stuff bad for you clothes as well dry on low or no heat to high heat will ruin them
No dryer sheets, no hot water (only warm), and no Dawn on microfiber. I hope people are doing their homework as this video is terrible advice for microfiber.
Poor guy try to do it his own way and share it with the world just to find out he was doing almost every single thing wrong😂😂😂 it’s ok tho bud atleast you tried! W in my book keep pushin
Dish soap ruins Microfiber towels and hot water melts the fibers. Dryer sheets clog the pores and leave residue. This guy has no clue what he’s talking about.
Microfiber towels are ok up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Most water heaters max out at 125 I believe. So hot water is fine. In fact many say to boil em to reset. I've never tried that. In the dryer just set it to low or medium. My #3 dries at 130 I tested it with an infrared thermometer many times to make sure. I'm a car detailer so no fabric softener or dryer sheets, and microfiber specific soap
Dude, throw those rags away! You know damn well those are not the same rags you washed. No fabric softener nor dryer sheets necessary. Hang dry or low setting in the dryer.
