Hi y'all

Did a quick test on my towels and mits...
used old cds to see how much hey scratch the plastic...the microfiber towel couldn't scratch the plastic at all while the sheepskin wash mits that I got (not cheap ones) scratched the crap outof the cd plastic...they are micro scratches but still there, and I even tried a brand new mit...

So a quick question...

Which is stronger? CD plastic or car clear coat? and how accurate would this test be?

 

Dry sheepskin will almost always scratch clearcoat/plastic, but that isn't the way you use them. Mix up some wash solution in the proper dosage, and drench the mitt, and then run it across the CD with normal wash pressure and see if it scratches the CD then

 

good point...I was thinking about that...

 

A couple of ‘non-scientific tests’ you could use to assimilate wither or not a towel will cause scratches, they are not at all scientific nor 100% accurate, they are only indicative of what the towel may do to your paint surface, but then which is preferable to scratch a CD or your paint surface? Ensure the towels have been washed before carrying out these ‘tests’. If the towel does scratch the CD’s surface that doesn’t necessarily mean that it will scratch the vehicles paint, a CD has a much softer surface than automobile paint so use caution, initially trying an inconspicuous area

1) CD Scratch Test- with a micro fibre cloth, using medium to heavy pressure rub the data surface of a CD. If no scratching is evident then it probably won’t scratch the vehicles paint surface, be aware that the bindings can also cause scratching. On first use of a towel use it on an inconspicuous area first.

2) Burn Test- to test a material for polyester content, light a thread, if it emits a black wisp of smoke and then shrivels up into a black hard ball, its polyester and will probably scratch your paint.

Information resource-DF Alpine™ (http://www.dftowel.com ) Autogeek (http://www.autogeek.net/leabmi.html

 

^ Thats the best idea ever. Thanks.