WHEN YOUR MICROFIBRE CLEANING CLOTH GETS TOO DIRTY, IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ABSORB ANY OF THE OILS ON TOP OF YOUR LENSES AND WILL ONLY PUSH ASIDE THE DIRT OVER THE LENSES AND CAUSE LOTS OF TINY SCRATCHES.

TO WASH YOUR CLOTH PROPERLY, FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS:

START BY RINSING – THE GREAT THING ABOUT MICROFIBRE IS THAT IT IS AMAZING AT PICKING UP DIRT AND DUST BUT THAT IS WHAT MAKES THEM QUITE HARD TO WASH AND CLEAN. TO HELP THINGS GET STARTED, YOU NEED TO TAKE AWAY AS MUCH OF THE TRAPPED DIRT WITHIN THE MICROFIBRES AS YOU CAN. RINSE YOUR MICROFIBRE CLOTHS AFTER EVERY DAY YOU USE THEM TO ENSURE THAT YOU CAN EASILY WASH THEM LATER.

WASH MICROFIBRE CLOTHS SEPERATELY!

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU NEED TO REMEMBER WHEN WASHING MICROFIBRE CLOTHS IS THAT YOU HAVE TO WASH THEM SEPARATELY FROM YOUR OTHER CLOTHES. THE REASON BEHIND THIS IS THAT MICROFIBRE CLOTHS ARE DESIGNED TO PICK UP ANYTHING THAT THEY COME ACROSS, INCLUDING THE LOOSE FIBRES AND LINT FROM OTHER FABRICS.

THESE LOOSE FIBRES WILL CLOG UP ALL OF THE MICROFIBRES, THUS REDUCING THEIR EFFICIENCY AT PICKING UP DIRT AND DEBRIS. THEY ALSO GREATLY REDUCE THEIR ABSORBENCY, THUS RENDERING THEM USELESS. TO PREVENT YOU FROM WASTING ALL OF YOUR MICROFIBRE CLEANING CLOTHS, WASH THEM SEPARATELY FROM YOUR OTHER LAUNDRY.

IF YOU ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF MICROFIBRE CLOTHS, YOU SHOULD STILL KEEP THEM SEPARATE FROM THE OTHERS. EVEN USING A LAUNDRY BAG TO MINIMISE THEIR EXPOSURE TO THE OTHER THINGS WILL NOT HELP. IF YOU DON’T WANT TO WASTE WATER AND DETERGENT, JUST HAND WASH THEM UNDER THE TAP.

WHAT DETERGENT TO USE WITH A MICROFIBRE CLOTH

SPEAKING OF DETERGENT, YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF ABOUT THE SPECIFIC TYPE YOU SHOULD USE. YOUR CHOICE SHOULD BE A GENTLE DETERGENT. IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING WITH NO DYES AND IS UNSCENTED. IF YOU HAVE A BABY IN THE HOUSE, YOU CAN USE THE SAME DETERGENT THAT YOU USE TO LAUNDER HIS/HER TINY CLOTHES.

HOW ABOUT FABRIC SOFTENER OR BLEACH, YOU ASK?

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

THE BLEACH AND FABRIC CONDITIONER WILL DAMAGE THE DELICATE MICROFIBRES IN THE CLEANING CLOTHS. EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT IS ENOUGH TO GREATLY MINIMISE A MICROFIBRE CLOTH’S ABILITY TO ABSORB WATER AND PICK UP DIRT.

OUR CONCLUDING ADVICE IS TO HAND WASH YOUR CLOTH WITH LUKE WARM WATER IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE.  WITH JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF HEAT, THE FIBRES IN THE MICROFIBRE CLOTH WILL START TO LOOSEN UP A BIT, THUS MAKING THEM EASIER TO WASH. THEN APPLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF DISH SOAP IN YOUR HANDS, GENTLE RUB THE CLOTH, THEN WASH OFF THE EXCESS SOAP WITH WATER AND LEAVE OUT TO AIR DRY.