Mikey P
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Meaning using a clean cotton towle and "buffing" after extraction to remove additional soil and moisture.
Jim is this something you preach and practice?
Jim is this something you preach and practice?
Do you towle off Upholstery after HWE?
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SteamwayPro
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Yes I do. I use a 13'' light blue microfiber bonnet by hand after cleaning upholstery to help absorb some moisture and to help with drying.
Jim Pemberton
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Yes. There is only so much moisture that you can remove with vacuuming. Absorbent towels extract moisture, as well as the soil that's in it.
I think it was Greenie who made the comment that went something like this:
"There isn't any tool that only extracts clean water. If you extract more water, you remove more dirt"
Of course if you remove more moisture, you are also lessening chances for bleeding and browning.
hogjowl
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No
It leaves lint
It leaves lint
Lee Stockwell
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Always.
steve_64
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Depends on what I charged and if I'm being watched.
Arms and headrests usually look better when wiped with a towel and usually get dirt transfer. Not so much on the rest.
I usually brush the lines out with a nylon brush. I don't clean a lot of fancy materials but am seeing more and more delicate fabric.
Arms and headrests usually look better when wiped with a towel and usually get dirt transfer. Not so much on the rest.
I usually brush the lines out with a nylon brush. I don't clean a lot of fancy materials but am seeing more and more delicate fabric.
Thats my goal with these
Charlie Lyman
Supportive Member
Yes. Especially on microfiber. It can help touch up the beading too.
BUT, won't that smear the dirt??? 
Mikey P
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Especially on dark brown microfiber..
Lyman
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100% of the time, white cotton
Lee Stockwell
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Old Coastie
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I did a sofa the other day which had a tidy sawtooth left by the last guy. I think he used too much heat, because it would not brush out.
So I vacuumed, sprayed, scrubbed with a soft brush and washed the sofa with warm water, then toweled it off (section by section). It worked; the sofa looks like spun gold, with no tool patterns. Very gratifying, especially when the owner walked up behind me and observed “The other guy didn’t do ANY of this stuff! Looks great!”
So I vacuumed, sprayed, scrubbed with a soft brush and washed the sofa with warm water, then toweled it off (section by section). It worked; the sofa looks like spun gold, with no tool patterns. Very gratifying, especially when the owner walked up behind me and observed “The other guy didn’t do ANY of this stuff! Looks great!”
hogjowl
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How do you “laundered correctly” to prevent lint?
Never have done that. I do however point two air movers at couches.
Bob Pruitt
Member
Guess I'm a hack. Groom the pieces that can use it and sometimes that will be done with a microfiber towel then aim a small air mover at it and the pillows. Usually dry in a few minutes.
Mikey P
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Kenny Hayes
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Ooooh, you can scampoo with that too. Uuuum
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FB7777
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Yes always I hate leaving lines and prefer all fibers going the same direction
How timely
Just bought 2 $10 packs of 18 count each microfiber towels from HomeDepot
No lint and idiot free
How timely
Just bought 2 $10 packs of 18 count each microfiber towels from HomeDepot
No lint and idiot free
Mikey P
Administrator
Home Depot rags are horrible
Desk Jockey
Member
We buy Sam's Club. Wash them first or they won't work as well and will Leave lint.
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FB7777
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I don't buy rags
They sell microfiber towels as well
https://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-Microfiber-Towel-Set-18-Pack-7-516/203837988
Dolly Llama
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I've bought those cause I was in a hurry and needed "now"...HD was closest at the time
they're crap compared to Sam's Club MF towels (what I usually buy and use most)
to the subject
Only toweled off certain fabrics ..MF uph being one, as well as any fabric that needed grooming (I used rolled MF towels to groom)
..L.T.A
Another good towel that i will buy is pique towel. Great drying towels. You can get them as hand towels or smaller. The high quality white pique towel are the one you want to get. You can get em at bed bath beyomd or walmart if they got em. You want the high thread count and low plush kind. Terry cloth from Costco is better alternative as there is more towel for the price
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FB7777
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Good to know. I'll buy some
We usually just use them up and toss them.
Cheap and disposable
Dolly Llama
Number 5
pretty much same here
especially the ones we used on the TM
(never took dirty or washed but stained towels into res homes)
always new or like new
'cept not being millionaire BD, when they become too crappy/stained, they get tossed into a bin in the garage and used as shop rags before they get pitched
Sam's Club are not only a better/thicker towel , but less expensive to boot
fi'teen bukz for 36
https://www.samsclub.com/sams/mm-microfbr-twl-ci20277-30ct-blue/prod19190193.ip?xid=plp:product:1:1
you'll luv 'em
.L.T.A.
Dolly Llama
Number 5
Sam's has terry cloth too ...60 count for $20
https://www.samsclub.com/sams/mm-te...l15=48777135334&wl17=1o1&veh=sem&source=ifpla
I've used those in the past.
they're a good inexpensive general purpose towel
but they're the ones that tent to shed lint on upl (and terribly when new/unlaundered).
MF towels are more expensive, but I think they're better all the way the block for everything
..L.T.A.
I just use my old undies. Once the elastic waistband stretches out they become a spotting towel. I can't wait to use them to dry upholstery. I'm sure Mrs. Smith will tip me when she sees me drying her couch with my undies.
