How Micro Fiber Works
Most of our NEATitems.com Ultrafine Micro Fiber Cloths and Towels are a super fine blend of 70% polyester and 30% polyamide. We have 1000's and 1000's of happy micro fiber customers who tell us that they are the best for everything from detailing their cars, to cleaning up after the kids, to drying after a shower.Each individual strand of Ultrafine Micro Fiber thread contains 1,152 'strings' of non-abrasive micro fiber. Each fiber is 200 times finer than a human hair! This is the secret of micro fiber's incredible cleaning ability. Each of these tiny wedge shaped strings acts like a miniature razor that improves surface contact to clean and scrape dirt and oils off of whatever surface you're cleaning, but is totally non-abrasive.
Almost 3/4 of the micro fiber cloths and towels currently being sold in the U.S. are made with non-split micro fiber. You'll notice a huge difference in the cleaning ability and the absorption capabilities between the ultrafine split micro fiber and the ordinary micro fiber cloths that are flooding the market. An ultrafine micro fiber can be as much as 50 times finer than a cheaply made micro fiber.
One of the micro fiber polymers is lyophilic (has an affinity to oil) so oil and grease adhere directly to the fibers without any preparatory treatment. This also is why the ultrafine micro fiber cloths do not rinse well and must be laundered when dirty. The open spaces in between the micro fibers trap dust, dirt and oil until washed away with mild soap or detergent.
The spaces and capillary effect between the polyester filaments and the polyamide core also allow large amounts of moisture to be collected into the cloth making them very absorbent. You'll find that they clean and polish at the same time. The spaces allow for quicker drying time eliminating much of the bacterial growth found in slow drying cloths.
An ordinary cloth fiber tends to push dirt and dust and has very little surface area or contact to collect it. Residue is left behind on the surface that you are trying to clean or dust. Because of their lack of interior open spaces, an ordinary cloth will hold very little dirt and takes longer to dry creating a more desirable breeding environment for bacteria.
An ultrafine micro fiber cloth has millions of tiny 'scoops' that pull dirt, dust, oil and grease up inside the cloth and holds it in the millions of open spaces until you wash the cloth. The results are clean, streak free surfaces. Using water helps to emulsify dirt and oil making it easier for the micro fiber cloth to pick it up.
These features that are unique to micro fiber cloths, allow you to greatly reduce if not virtually eliminate the use of ordinary household cleaners. This not only saves you money, but is safer for you, your family and pets, and the environment. The hypo-allergenic cloths are non-abrasive and safe to use on almost any surface. NEATitems.com Ultrafine Micro Fiber Cloths will last much longer than ordinary cloths. They are virtually lint free.
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