A while ago I bought some 100% cotton terry cloths from walmart after reading that I should get them from Autopia.com. I tried to use them to buff off wax and to apply Scratch-X but I noticed that they leave behind residue, like little white strings fall off of them. Is this normal or are these just poor quality? What are terry cloths ment to be used for anyway?

 

Microfiber is the way to go. That or diapers. The terry cloth towls are a very loose weaved fabric an throw off the strands as you have noticed. They are good for drying your hands or cleaning up oil.

 

So there's no use for them for detailing cars?

 

Not in this day and age...........

 

Damn, I bought a walmart pack with a ton of em, oh well....

 

They're good for wiping up oil if you do your own oil changes. Also for polishing exhaust tips.

Pretty much they're good for wiping anything that's not easily scratched like paint.

 

^^ That's exactly what I use mine for. Polishing my exhaust tip, my muffler, and most recently, my new strut bar. I bought it used and it had a pretty bad layer of oxidation on it. Giving it a bit of Mother's mag/aluminum polish and buffing it off with a terry cloth towel gave it some awesome shine.

 

i use them in door jams and detailing wheels...but they would never touch my paint

 

My Black Magic Detail Spray says to use a terry cloth, it's ok to use micro fiber instead right?

 

yup! it's actually better to use microfiber cloths for wiping paint as to minimize scratching.

 

Micro fiber is the answer...I use terry to clean the tires and wheel well's only

 

I bought an 8 pack of microfiber clothes from walmart for 4.88 and it doesn't keave any traces behind.. works very good.

 

I actually bought an extra large microfiber towel from a veterinary website. I guess some people buy them for drying dogs, but it works awesome for my tC.

 

I boght 25 for $11 at Sam's Club. Anybody know if this Black Magic detailer stuff is good? I havn't tried it yet...

 

They're good for interior detailing, wheel cleaning, taking care of grime under the hood. They'll still be good for something. I like to keep a lot of terry towels around for all purpose stuff.

-THE DON

 

what is a good thing to put on my TRD exhaust tip to polish it up real nice...i have noticed that it is starting to tarnish