Body towels, wheel towels, tire dressing and a new interior cleaner, I reckon this thread has costed me already around 40eur and counting (at least I am not going for the dryer also)
Gave it a thorough interior clean because it was totally disgusting. Tried Gtechniq Tri-clean on the whole interior. Found it very good on seats and textured plastics etc, but rubbish on piano gloss trim, left a smeary residue which required too much buffing to effectively remove. Was ok on carpet. Very antiseptic smell which I didn’t mind.
That is exactly what I was describing! "Smeary" is the right word and if you say you also had to insist to remove it from the plastics then I understand I didn't do something wrong. So I think I'll keep it for the seats and carpets and get something like Poorboys Natural Look which seems to be everyone's favorite interior cleaner??
One more thing that I remembered, how do you guys clean the wash mitt and towels?
Yeah stick to Poorboys for trim, much much better.
If lambswool mitt, hand wash as you might a cashmere jumper. Hand wash in mild detergent, rinse, gently squeeze out excess water, reshape and air dry then if you can be bothered, a brush with a pet brush.
For microfibre towels and cloths:
Non bio washing liquid. No fabric conditioner, as this affects the absorbency of the fibres. Coolish wash 30/40°. Line dry or tumble dry (no dryer sheets for same reason as fabric conditioner) to 80% dry then air dry last 20%.
I’ve been using this lately and it does really make a difference and brings the pile right back up, especially on plush microfibres.
https://wo-wo.co.uk/collections/wo-wo-car-detailing-products/products/wo-wo-microfibre-refresher-500ml This is worth a read about microfibres in general.
https://www.theclayclothcompany.co.uk/page_3289214.html