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This is my brief yet honest review of Towel Kleen. This was the second item I received for review as part of HD's product promotion.
I want to preface this review by saying that I am just a weekend detailing enthusiast. I may actually detail a car once a month if I am lucky. My cars stay clean so it is hard to build up enough towels to justify a wash.
My first go with TK was washing some all purpose towels that I used for a Sequoia that I did an interior job on. I used HD Carpet and Upholstery in that truck along with 1Z Deep Plastic to get rid of all the nastiness. I think my load was about 25 towels for that truck. I used the 2oz that the bottle recommended. The towels did come out nice and clean with some of the staining remaining on the white terry cloth towels that were used when cleaning the carpets. I did not allow the towels to soak in the washer before washing so maybe that would have helped. The towels did feel very soft after washing.
My 2nd go around with TK was when I washed all my glass cleaning towels. I use a mix of blue surgical huck towels and green glass towels from DD. I wanted to wash all the towels regardless if they were dirty because I wanted to make sure they were really clean from the last wash. I had noticed the windows were not coming out streak free and I hadn't changed anything in my routine. The towels once again came out very soft after washing with TK and the windows went back to being streak free after using a couple this weekend on our cars. Did TK contribute to that, I'm not sure but that was the only thing that changed.
I have only really used Tide free when washing my microfibers. Since I do not wash a whole lot of towels it is hard for me to try different soaps without have a lot sitting on the shelves.
In closing I cannot say whether or not I would buy this again. The only thing that would possibly stop me is the shipping. It does a good job and the price is right for the gallon, but shipping really ruins it for me. I would suggest others to buy it if they were able to get it shipped to them for the same price as lets say CG MF wash.
I want to preface this review by saying that I am just a weekend detailing enthusiast. I may actually detail a car once a month if I am lucky. My cars stay clean so it is hard to build up enough towels to justify a wash.
My first go with TK was washing some all purpose towels that I used for a Sequoia that I did an interior job on. I used HD Carpet and Upholstery in that truck along with 1Z Deep Plastic to get rid of all the nastiness. I think my load was about 25 towels for that truck. I used the 2oz that the bottle recommended. The towels did come out nice and clean with some of the staining remaining on the white terry cloth towels that were used when cleaning the carpets. I did not allow the towels to soak in the washer before washing so maybe that would have helped. The towels did feel very soft after washing.
My 2nd go around with TK was when I washed all my glass cleaning towels. I use a mix of blue surgical huck towels and green glass towels from DD. I wanted to wash all the towels regardless if they were dirty because I wanted to make sure they were really clean from the last wash. I had noticed the windows were not coming out streak free and I hadn't changed anything in my routine. The towels once again came out very soft after washing with TK and the windows went back to being streak free after using a couple this weekend on our cars. Did TK contribute to that, I'm not sure but that was the only thing that changed.
I have only really used Tide free when washing my microfibers. Since I do not wash a whole lot of towels it is hard for me to try different soaps without have a lot sitting on the shelves.
In closing I cannot say whether or not I would buy this again. The only thing that would possibly stop me is the shipping. It does a good job and the price is right for the gallon, but shipping really ruins it for me. I would suggest others to buy it if they were able to get it shipped to them for the same price as lets say CG MF wash.