Final Microfiber Bundle recomendation : What microfiber towels to use for car detailing

[@Knards]

I am glad to see you are using towels from the Rag Company. I think they have excellent products and think they deserve more field recommendations

[@jonnybravo3055]

I'd like to see a 2023 update for what micro fibre cloths and towels you use Jon for different tasks.

[@GBxDynamiicZz]

If you invest in a 4k camera this will be the best channel on youtube

[@ForensicDetailing]

Its not the camera its the operator :) but yer my DSLR is pretty basic. I just bought a nice gopro which can shoot in 4k. eventually I will upgrade camera but all the funding for the equipement comes from patreon so will take time to raise funds for a better camera.

[@GBxDynamiicZz]

Forensic Detailing Channel Yeah I get that, it’s not a problem most of the time, just try use the GoPro when showing the paint and stuff if anything, as it’s hard to see most of the time :)

[@justin94block]

I just ordered some rag company 450s for rinseless washing and will still be using my 2 year old rag company 500s for spray sealant application.

[@ross5029]

The purple in2detailing has to be the best bang for your buck at the moment. I have 8 of them and boy do they last if you treat them right. Funnily enough I picked up a cheapo pack from Homebase last week and was pleasantly surprised at how plush and soft they were. I will try and find out the brand.

[@manxox]

Good call on the paragon microfibres Jon I've been using them for quite a while always been very impressed

[@jackharvey1596]

John, I've just gone and purchased some of the paragon cloths including the fish scale cloths. Over the moon with them, only issue is how to safely remove the labels to minimize the risk of scratching? Brilliant channel, binge watching the past month, great info!

[@ForensicDetailing]

yes I rip them off but it can unravel the stiching on the edge.. really suxs this label thing. if I had more time I would speak to paragone about the possibility of them removing the labels.

[@hermittanimoto9325]

Awesome Mate I'll be building my set around the rag company ones;) (micro madness ones if on good sale as extra bonus) My online detailer has a good range from that company so doubly pleased! Cheers! If I ever do a trip to the UK...I'll try to remember to bring you something nice that you don't have on that side of the pond!

[@tytorrance96]

another great video forensic.. keep up the good posts I'm in Virginia in the US and definitely stay tuned in

[@georgeroberts3227]

I love the Autosmrt grey microfibres personally an can get them for £20-£25 for a pack of 36 it's all I use except from Autosmrt terry towels for metal polishing which are about 80p each

[@Martythemortician1]

LOVE this vid/all...I love your presentation and storage...Thanks from Florida!!!

[@hakman239]

+ForensicDetailngChannel the rag company/the rag master says that the lower gsm blue minx is better this is what they said When the Minx originally came out, the Blue & Yellow had the same GSM. However, with extra feedback, we found that the Minx was even *better* if we lowered the GSM a little bit, which made it feel even softer & more malleable. The blues sold quicker than the yellows, so the inventory of blues cycled into the new GSM batch while the yellows continued with the higher density. Once the remaining yellows cycle through, they'll be the same as the blues again.

[@Audittr2108]

You do like your microfibres John! I have upgraded all mine earlier this year after finding your channel. Favourites for buffing are Korean edgeless from in2detailing. Love the Drinker drying towel too.

[@TheNotimprezed]

The rag company edgeless minx is a very nice towel. The yellow has a higher gsm vs blue (450 vs 380) and rivals the eagle, but with a different nap. Its also about 40% cheaper, near creature priced, but much nicer IMO.

[@Techo1329]

Nice video mate...I've been trying to phase out those Costco towels for years, problem is every so often you walk past them and their 30% off the already cheap price...bang, there's another bag of 'em in my kit.

[@thegarman]

More fantastic schooling on microfiber towels! THANKS!!

[@NipponStiqqyPaint]

I use the purple pearl and the eagle 600 towels from TRC for wax removal. Pearl for Removal and 600 for buff I know I’m in the minority but I love how frikkin meaty the 600 is. I want to buy the microfiber madness edgeless 800 but it’s $15 per towel and I’ve had problems with bleeding from dark blue/purple colors.

[@dejedejsson]

You should take a look on Paragon fish scale glass cloth , seems to be very good ,40 cm x 40 cm, 70/30 blend ,10pieces or more from £0,67/ piece +Vat. Bought 10 pieces for myself together with 10 Premium General Purpose Cloths

[@victorhernandez790]

I bought all those tests except the drying ones because of you! Thanks

[@COOTSY7]

hi mate, really enjoying watching your videos, brought so many new things from watching your videos, very good recommendations, would love to see a video of how you fully prep before using a da polisher, as im looking to buy a das6 pro with the scholl black one stage. keep up the good videos! joe

[@larsdahl6594]

I hear you on getting organized and trim down the number of different towels. I must have 20-25 different kinds of towel and I never learn which is best for whatever task I need them for. I just can't help myself when I see the latest and greatest and have to buy at at least 3-5 just to try them out, resulting in a few that I use for everything, and a lot that hardly ever get used at all. One thing I've noticed is that a towel that performs great on my car (2005 Ford Explorer) doesn't work for my wife's car (2014 Hyundai Tucson) at all, leaving lint everywhere. If I could only have one towel I would go with the Gold Plush Jr. Not sure who makes it, but they sell it everywhere.

[@ForensicDetailing]

It can be more about whats on the car. Ive noticed some waxes can really pull fibers from split pile cloths. But something like an acrylic sealant has a really smooth silky slidey finish wont do it. problem I have is I go and discover a towel and I just like it and then my consolodated "thing" goes up the wall. Ive already bought a load of rag master 360 edgless and in2detailing 350 yellow open piles. I think its never ending :(

[@adamfreeman1219]

pretty much my selection John. apart from cheapo asda ones in place of Costco towel's duties and my general purpose ones I use a good quality Terry I got with a product purchase as a free gift lol.

[@pezamemija7621]

Good video John like always, I want to know maybe you could do tire shine/dressing shotout or comparison like the ones you did with qd and cloths? I think that would be great addition and would help a lot of the undecided ones. Keep up the good work.

[@brianm2677]

John, I was thinking of getting a few Car Pro Boa's as drying towels. What would you use as a drying towel? I can't believe I have only recently found this channel, that's what working too much does for you. I am now hooked and working my way through your great channel.

[@ForensicDetailing]

not as drynig towels mate no.. too small. If you want small drying towels get the in2detailing supersarus I think they are in my master list of products in the description. carpro used to do a similiar small green drying towel but its a lot more expensive. Boa lights are awesome but for polish or wax buffing not for drying.

[@AliK-ql5lv]

Another excellent video, thanks. However, the prices you quote for the Paragon cloths are way out. Your link goes to Amazon where they are £12.52 for 10 + £4.25 for delivery, so £1.68 EACH !! On the Paragon Website they are 67 p each for 10 but this is ex vat and postage, so the actual price for 10 with delivery is £14.04, so £1.40 EACH, not the 67 pence as you say they are. I know you say one needs to add postage on top of the prices, but saying they are 67 pence each is quite misleading, especially when this price does not include VAT.

[@ForensicDetailing]

fair point ali good info.. I ordered a load of stuff from paragon.. so the delivery cost was kind of less significant with the bundle. but VAT needs to be added. but 67p plus VAT per towel.. still pretty damn good price.

[@keithdean21]

Love your channel! Just used your discount code7 to order new microfiber cloths you recommended through the rag company so cheers 😉 Have a question about cleaning leather for spills that may happen when you're out and can't do a full clean and protectant, any suggestions? Any leather wipes good or spray and wipe products that won't remove the leather balm?

[@louicarter585]

Hi John loving your videos! SOO much Information and detail. Have you come across Carbon Collective yet? they have some amazing products! I would like to see what you think of some of them. cheers Loui

[@MrT_1973]

What towel or cloth would you recommend for interior dashboard and trim and external black trim cleaning; thinking of using carpro Pearl for both. Thanks!

[@PixelVogue]

No Paragon Fishscales? They are great!

[@gazzasbike]

Don't suppose you got an up to date link for the paragon ones?

[@ForensicDetailing]

paragonmicrofibre.com/product/premium-microfibre-purpose-cloths/

[@gazzasbike]

Thanks for that

[@MrUzzyful]

What’s the best microfiber cloth for water absorbency? I’m new to the whole detailing stuff, and just wanted to know the best microfiber cloth to get to suck up huge amounts of water. I currently have the amazon basic ones, since in bulk they work out to be very cheap. But they are very small and not very water absorbent. Have loads left, I’m just thinking now to poke though the whole of em so I can finish em and buy new bigger better ones

[@hakman239]

I love the in2detailing cloth that was in your buffing cloth video how would you compare them to some of these

[@ForensicDetailing]

its brilliant.. If I had not have bought a stockpile of eagles back in the day I may well have gone with that because of the quality and the price.

[@dejedejsson]

In2 detailing Korean 470 gsm is most bang for money, Eagle Edgeless Towel is now way too expensive if it would cost around £ 4, it would be my absolute favorite, but the difference to the in2 detailing Korean 470gsm is almost negligible.

[@hakman239]

The blue minx you reviewed is not 450gsm it says it's 380 on the website the yellow is 450gsm

[@Pheland123]

How do you remove the tags on the paragon cloths, they're well and truly stitched on and scissoring would cause a scratch machine?

[@r.taylor7293]

hey old buddy, I just did a forensic marathon man have you been busy...wow!...if u had one towl to do all ...what one would it be ? tricky question

[@ForensicDetailing]

buffing cloths dont work on glass and are too expensive for cleaning.. so one towel for all cheap cost effective 70/30 terry cloth.. paragon microfiber premium

[@alvinlawanto]

Hello. I found this great video about microfibre cloth at my youtube home. Lucky. Hehe I had watched some video saying that we have to use microfibre to wash our car so there qont be any swirls on the paint. If i may, i would like to ask, do microfiber really that soft so that it dont give any swirls on car paint.? Or do you want to make a test? What do you think?

[@ForensicDetailing]

hi alvin microfiber hardness varies.. The more polymide the softer it is. clearcoat hardness varies. The harder the microfiber and the softer the clearcoat the more likely it is to marr from the microfiber. When you polish clearcoat you heat it up and soften it and you also expose it to solvents in the polish (sometimes) this can soften clearcoat even more meaning its more prone to marring when detailing a car. In short there are millions of factors.. dirty and contamintion in the microfiber cloth are often the biggest causes of scratches rather than the microfiber itself. For the most part automotive clearcoat is hard enough that most of this discussion is not that relevent but there are exceptions to these where it becomes relevent..

[@alvinlawanto]

@@ForensicDetailing yes thats right, there are many factor that can make swirl. How about this, the car paint has been compound and polish, but not coated yet. The car is washed properly, and then dried. If we aplly microfiber (the ultra soft one), does it make swirl?

[@ForensicDetailing]

alvin I refer you back to the answer I originally gave mate. clearcoat on car could be hard or soft... etc etc.. theres no "generic" answer to your question but to minimuse risk of swirling.. A nice plush 70/30 open pile cloth with high GSM used with nice low pressure will reduce risk. cheers mate.

[@fraforgt-350r2]

Love the video, just bought 4 rag company eagle edge less 500. Also got some of their 365gsm terry microfibres. Which would you reccomend for wax and autogylm super resin polish removal?

[@ForensicDetailing]

either. the new eagle 500 are very very soft and stretchy different towel to the one I show in this video which is an older model. As long as the wax is not too hard curing the, and for SRP, the eagle 500 should be great. if anything is a bit hard curing then use the 365. Also use the 365 for detailing sprays or spray sealants (wet products) the eagles will be a bit too absorbant and stick a bit when water is involved.

[@fraforgt-350r2]

@@ForensicDetailing great thanks so much, is the creature necessary for door jams or can I just use 365 and also what do you reccomend for drying interior and leather seats after cleaning with brush - eagle 500 or 365 Thanks

[@ryco2000uk]

Hi Jon , are there any products or clothes that should be completely avoided for carbon fibre?

[@zactwhite]

Are the paragon the pearl weave or the premium general purpose terry cloth , looking on there site and both are 300gsm and 70 /30. Cheers

[@GordyCOD]

How do you clean your towels, I was aloud to use the washing machine till I used some tar remover product on my car which then made the washing machine kinda smell. Was then banned from using it 😂

[@nigelkenyon3507]

Hi John Love watching you helpful videos, but what would you recommend for piano black dash plastic as they scratch so easily? would appreciate your feedback, keep up the informative videos.

[@ForensicDetailing]

just handle with care dont ever buff hard on it... almost just dust it.. I would use a good quality 70/30 on it and buff really light..

[@Squats200]

@@ForensicDetailing what does 70/30 mean please as I have the same dash in my Skoda?

[@DiegoRodriguez-wj2nb]

@@Squats200 It is the % of material that they use in the towel. The first number is polyester (good for cleaning and grabbing dirt) and the second is polyamide (good for absorbing water). Typically, as a general rule, you would use 80/20 towels in the interior as you don't need a lot of water absorption, and 70/30 in the exterior (paint) as they absorb more water and tend to be softer (less likely to scratch if used properly).

[@Squats200]

@@DiegoRodriguez-wj2nb thanks for that info 👍🏻

[@MultiTerpen]

What kinda tire gel do you use? I struggle to find a good one that does not cost that much.

[@victorhernandez790]

Anybody know of a Cloth exactly like the Paragon brand one he mentions that I can get in the US? About the same price and quality?

[@joehince4590]

Just an ask sir... Any recommendations for detergent to wash micro fibre/drying towels in. Standard liquid washing detergent or one of the dedicated ones. Keep up the excellent work.....just watching the 2017 Awards 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼🌟

[@ForensicDetailing]

have a watch of the how to wash microfiber vid joe.

[@joehince4590]

+Forensic Detailing Channel Sorry some how missed that one. Thank you for the reply & keep up the excellent work. 👌🏼

[@ashleystratton352]

jon those paragon cloths,are they ok to buff ceramic coating's ?

[@drtysnchz7089]

Theres a brush you use, after drying the towels, to comb/get the lint off in another viedo, what brush was that. Cant find it anymore

[@ForensicDetailing]

tomee tippee from sainsburys its linked up inte 10 fast detailing hacks video.

[@Michael-wx4fj]

Glass cloths, I don't think you can beat www.wo-wo.co.uk for performance and value. Can get 3 for about £4.

[@nashvillecsx]

Looks like CarPro is discontinuing the Boa's. Say's they have a *Linting* problem on their website. I wonder what they'll replace them with?

[@ForensicDetailing]

carpro US.. they suggest its a problem with a "batch" so maybe they will sell this batch off cheap and restock.. hope so because these towels are the bomb.. With all this open pile split microfiber.. aka the plush soft stuff.. all of them can be prown to doing it... its wierd. sometimes you get a load of towels and they are strong and dont lint, sometimes you get one and it lints.. and you think is it the product on the paintwork doing it? Is it the solvent in the products weakening the microfiber as they sit waiting to be washed, is it contamination, is it overheating in the wash, is it something to do with the manufacturing process... the latest pile of boas I got from craig in carpro UK have been fine..

[@scotthalliday]

I hope CarPro does not discontinue them. One of my towels, Only problem I have had with them is finding a reliable supplier here in Canada.

[@wazza1504]

Probably a random question but I've had a quick look around and I'm unsure as what wax application pads to get? Any that are good all round?

[@ForensicDetailing]

we have done video on this with suggestions search best wax applicators on you tube wayne cheers

[@davidpaliotto3637]

hey my friend....I gotta ask who's playing the intro music? love it!!

[@ForensicDetailing]

its me :(

[@Distorted-Vision]

Is there an updated discount code for Ragmaster?

[@ForensicDetailing]

ragmasterforensic is the only one I know.

[@hakman239]

How the paragons holding up

[@hakman239]

For my interiors and wheels I just hide the screwfix microfiber about £7 for pack of 10 there ok for paint but not the best

[@Pierriewargen]

The carpro boas are not 70/30 even though the majority of websites state they are. I bought 10 of them and received them in the packaging that carpro sends them in (straight from the factory probably). And on the bag from carpro it literally says "blend 80/20". I told the reseller I bought them from (a large uk based distributor) and they answered that the bag was correct and that the were going to change the description on the site. Did they? Of course not. :D

[@ForensicDetailing]

yer i noticed that as well actually.. that whole 80/20 70/30.. Its never that accurate.. I suspect the exact ratios will never be known and the exact components might be more than just polyster or polyamide (more than 1 of each maybe, or more to it than that).. that being said these towels feel softer than most 80/20 cloths..

[@Pierriewargen]

Forensic Detailing Channel Yeah, not bashing the cloths for that reason. They feel soft and absorbant. However mine lint like crazy. Tried washing and tumble dry them, but still a lot of linting. I also got a batch where the edge is extremly "crispy". If i stretch the edge a bit it makes a loud cracking sound. Compared to my eagles it's like night and day in terms of both lint and edge cut. Too bad since the cloths are both cheap and feel really soft.

[@dejedejsson]

If you count the frame that the micro fibers are woven around the most 70/30 cloths is only 80/20.

[@Pierriewargen]

Deje Dejsson Well, if that's the case they shouldn't send the cloths in the factory bags at all, or change the description on the websites. Or at least, mention that piece of info in the description. As it is now it's basically false advertising.

[@dejedejsson]

Well,I have nothing to do with it, do not blame the messenger.hehe

[@RevuitNet]

Have you tried the paragon waffle and premium glass cloths?

[@ForensicDetailing]

no m8 :( good?

[@RevuitNet]

@@ForensicDetailing I plan on trying them out soon so if I get to them before you, I'll let you know. They should be sending you new products for free after the glowing report they got on their 75p cloths

[@ForensicDetailing]

Im sure they would actually Ive spoken to them a few times I was going to walk through there range. Ill happily do it because its a no brainer the value it provides.

[@RevuitNet]

Well tell them it would be really useful for us Forensic followers. It's great that you introduced their premium all purpose cloths but they have a large drying towel, some waffle weave towels, a premium glass towel and a few others. Just skip the bath towel review haha

[@IxTeejxI]

Have you tried any of the Klin Korea towels? I've got the glass cloth and the drying towel and I think they're quality

[@ForensicDetailing]

no m8 not yet

[@IxTeejxI]

Forensic Detailing Channel if you have a few spare pennies they're definitely worth trying, I'd love to get your opinion on them as well

[@norcorob4205]

Nostalgic intro.

[@hakman239]

Have you tried the rag master edgless 300gsm 70/30 terry cloths there £1.75 right now usually like £3 for 1

[@ForensicDetailing]

yes mate, ive used the whole range. very nice

[@PixelVogue]

The Costco ones look like the Amazon Basics

[@scotthalliday]

Costco ones are 80/20 where Amazon Basics are only 90/10.

[@annawong1305]

BEWARE: If you buy from the Rag Master UK, you'd better hope the parcel arrives. Royal Mail claim my order got delivered using a photo of a different parcel, and I've lost out with no products nor refund. Shame. Products look nice.

[@ForensicDetailing]

So that's nothing to do with ragmaster then?

[@rockythepitball]

36 pack of Eurow yellow microfibre www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/microfibre-cloths/multi-purpose-polishing-cloths/eurow-microfibre-work-towels-pkg/36/prod_1492.html They use to be cheaper around 3-4 years ago but these are amazing.

[@paulgyro]

I wonder what the best alternative to the Paragon's here in the US is?