Merry Microfiber Blog

Do you have a “Swiffer” or Pledge Sweeper?

Are you tired of having to buy cloths to use on them?

Are you looking for a better alternative?

Try a microfiber cloth instead!

Just place a 16 x 16 all purpose microfiber cleaning cloth around the head, pushing the ends into the holes on the top of the sweeper, and dust away. When full of dirt, remove and shake out; when finished just wash in your regular laundry or rinse out in detergent and hot water.

Need to mop the floor, just wet the cloth in hot water and mop up those dirty spots. Works great on all hard surface floors.

Got a window you can’t reach, try washing it with your sweeper with a wet cloth attached. Just dry it with a dry cloth attached to the mop.

Got dirty windows, after all the winter dirt and grime, or summer storms.

Is this a job you detest or are you one of those people who love to wash windows?

For me it is not my favorite job in the world, but periodically they do need washing.

But since I found microfiber, I don’t mind so much having to wash windows.

I hated going through all the work to take them apart, wash them, put them back together, only to find them streaked.

After trying many different things in the past, I still would sometimes end up with streaked windows.

Now that I use a microfiber all purpose cloth – to wash with and a microfiber waffle weave towel – to dry with, I don’t have that problem anymore. I can dry allot of windows with a 20″ x 40″ microfiber waffle weave towel, because microfiber will hold up to 7 times its weight in liquids. No need for rolls of paper toweling either.

Microfiber with it’s amazing dirt grabbing ability, grabs the dirt and gets it out of your way. Because of the special make up of the towel, the dirt is pulled into your cloth, not leaving it to streak up your windows. What is great about it – is you only need some hot water to wash with – no window cleaners necessary. Petroleum products in the window cleaner can cause streaking and will attract dirt.

So not only will you be able to clean your windows more efficiently, saving you time and effort, you can save money as well.

For all you window washing lovers – try microfiber products and you will love the job even more.

Do you owe, run or work in a restaurant or bar, or even at a resort?

Then you should try microfiber cleaning cloths, they will save you time and help you clean more efficiently.

Someone spilled a drink, soak it up with  a microfiber cloth.

How about wiping off the bar or cleaning up tables, do it faster with microfiber.

How about those windows or floors? Clean them faster with a microfiber all purpose cloth or as with the floors – a microfiber mop.

With all the flu’s and colds going around – help keep your counters, chairs, door knobs etc. free of bacteria by wiping with a microfiber cloth and spraying them with PureGreen24, a 24 hour natural disinfectant.

Got ceiling fans – clean them with our new microfiber high dusting wand.

Microfiber will help you reduce the amount of cleaning chemicals you buy and are exposed too. Help to make your place of business a “green” business by using microfiber!

Is cleaning your blinds not one of your favorite jobs?

Well cleaning them with a damp microfiber all purpose cloth will help you get that job done quicker and more efficiently. The microfiber picks up the dirt instead of just smearing it around. You will have to use fewer strokes to get them clean.

Yesterday, my husband and I went and washed windows & doors, cleaned blinds, cleaned fans, refrigerator at our church. It was quick work to let the blinds down, turn them so they were flat one way, wipe them off, turn them the other way and wipe off the back side.

My husband used our new microfiber high duster to wipe off the fan blades. It works wonderfully for getting under appliances and removing cobwebs in the corners.

He then used the microfiber mop to wash some of the higher windows that were difficult to reach standing on the floor or ground outside. He just wet the mop pad and wiped down the stained glass windows. The mop comes with 2 mop pads, you could wash with one and dry with the other. Or if you can spray the windows, then wipe with a dry pad. The all purpose cloths will also “stick” to the Velcro on the mop head.

Both the mop and the high duster come with 6 ft extension handles. This allows you to get to both the high and low places.

An easier way to clean the refrigerator is to use a microfiber dish cloth, just dampen it in hot water and wipe out all the areas of the refrigerator. At home, I don’t always remove all the items. If a rack is dirty I just use a damp microfiber dish cloth to wipe it off.

You can clean all these items without using chemical cleaners, all you need is a bucket of hot water.

Have you been wanting a bigger towel for bigger cleaning jobs, or for washing your car. Well the 16″ x 24″ microfiber all purpose towel should do the trick. They also make for fast drying but superabsorbent hand/spa towels.

This towel is a blend of 70% polyester and 30% polyamide, which gives it greater absorbability. Some people may call this a poorer towel, because it has less microfiber. It is actually a better towel, because it absorbs more.

Microfiber refers to “micro” fibers, and that is what polyester is today – “microfiber”, compared to the coarser fibers of the 1960′s and 70′s.

Clothes, sofas, purses, that say they are 100% microfiber, they  are referring to – that they are 100% polyester. It is soft, durable but not absorbent. You don’t want an absorbent couch, you want one resistant to liquids, so they stay cleaner, because the liquids will bead up on them.

Microfiber cleaning cloths and bath towels can be any combination of polyester and polyamide. The higher the ratio of polyester – the softer it is. The higher the ratio of polyamide – the more absorbent it is. So be careful when you buy “cheap” microfiber, for it is microfiber by name, but it makes for a poor cleaning towel. I know I have bought them.

So if you are looking for a cleaning towel – hand towel with great absorbability, this ratio of 70/30, is about the best. They are much more difficult to find in the market place, but I prefer them over the 80/20′s, even though that product can be very soft and quite absorbent.

The absorbability of the towel is also affected by the weight – of how thick it is, with the super thick’s holding more dirt and liquids than a thinner one. But when comparing same weight, thickness, a 70/30 will out preform an 80/20.

With that explanation in place, I had been looking for a wholesaler of 70/30′s, and have now been able to add them to my line. I will soon be carrying again 70/30′s in the 16″ x 16″s.

Are your windows dirty and grimy from all the summer dirt and dust. Get them sparkling clean using hot water and a microfiber towel.

We washed our windows and screens last week. It is cheaper and easier to wash them with a microfiber towel and just hot water. I wash them with a microfiber all purpose cloth and dry them with a 20″ x 40″ waffle weave towel. I can wash almost all of the them from inside the house, since I have pop down windows. That way I can wash the screens from the inside as well.

The microfiber does a great job of grabbing the dirt, pulling it into the cloth, leaving your windows and doors sparkling clean. I dry them with a waffle weave towel, because it is the most absorbent. One 20″ x 40″ towel will dry all of my windows. What a savings over using paper towels. It is washable and reusable.

If you use the store bought window cleaners, they may contain petroleum products which will leave a film on your windows. This film will attract dirt, and leave them looking streaky. Your windows will stay cleaner longer, (as long as you don’t have pets and children “decorating ” them).

Be green and use microfiber – a reusable product!

Washing our vehicles happens about once a year, and we finally got at it this week. An easy way to fully clean your vehicle is with microfiber cloths. Use a terry one to wash  and a suede to polish with. The thicker the terry the more pulling power it has; so we washed with the superplush microfiber towel.

The terry will help pull that dirt, grime right off. I if you use a terry microfiber cloth to polish with after waxing,  it will also pull the wax off. So when polishing – use a microfiber suede polishing cloth. The polishing cloth will give a nice shine without destroying your wax job.

Clean the inside with a terry microfiber cloth. I use a wet cloth to wash all the windows, following up with a dry cloth. Then use the wet one to “dust” all the hard surfaces on the inside of the vehicle. You can even use a wet microfiber cloth to clean up the upholstery also.

A few years ago I found some car washing liquid and liquid wax from Turtle Wax that you could hook the bottle right on your hose, washing and waxing without all the rubbing of paste wax. It worked really well, but now I can’t find their Jet Wax. I did find on www.AutoAnything.com  Griot’s Garage Spray-On Wax and Waterless Car Wash. So with these and microfiber cloths even if you live in an apartment, have a water shortage in your area etc. you can still wash and wax your own vehicles.

Have a beautifully washed vehicle the easy way!

In today’s Everyday Cheapskate’s newsletter was ideas on how to save money by cutting costs in half. Some other ideas are as follows.

One way is to use less paper towels – cleaning up with a microfiber dish cloth will save you on paper toweling. They wipe up spills quickly and easily without leaving hardly a film behind. Wash windows with a microfiber all purpose towel and not only will you save money on paper toweling but you don’t need window cleaner either. Just use water!

Dilute out your soap by using foamer bottles. I found some foamers online @ http://www.bottlesandfoamers.com, quite reasonable. You can get a 7.1 oz bottle for $1.19 plus shipping. Buy a bunch and save money on shipping.

You can dilute your liquid soap from one-half to one-fourth, thereby stretching out your dollar.  These are great for hand soap, most of the time one pump will do, we dilute out our soap for the shower too, using one of these.  Got kids then you need a foamer. Get some for all of your showers and sinks in your house. 

On my natural cleaning products site I have concentrated hand soap and hair and body wash, We use them in our foamers. Diluting them at a half was a little thick for the foamer to work well, so I suggest about filling the bottle one third with the soap and the rest water. Then shake it up to mix.

Use less laundry detergent, when my daughter got a water softener put in, the installer told her not to add detergent to her laundry for the first few times; because her clothes probably contained laundry detergent residue. Look closer at the lines in the cups and use less. As suggested by a reader of Everyday Cheapskate, I did discovered I didn’t need a whole capful, but only a  quarter of a cap. Don’t be fooled into thinking that you have to put in a whole cap of laundry detergent. Figure out your ounces as suggested in the directions on the label.

photo credit: Editor B

Is the vinyl siding on your house dirty, green or moldy?

Clean it with Exterior PROx – Deck & Patio Cleaner, a mop or a microfiber cloth. These products will remove the dirt, grime and mold quickly and easily.

We have cleaned our house with a number of other products, liquid siding cleaners – some are of which are quite toxic to plants. But Exterior PROx is safe for you and the environment. We didn’t have to cover the plants or wait till they had died down in the fall, to wash the house.

This product cut through the dirt and mold quite easily, rinsing completely, leaving our house looking like new again.

We use a microfiber cloth with it’s pulling power on the bottom rows, and with a ladder and sponge mop cleaning the upper rows of siding. I like to wash our “house” about once a year, but the tops of the north and south ends have been neglected, since we didn’t have a ladder tall enough to reach them. But yesterday the whole house got its bath!

While I was at it, I cleaned up my plastic chairs as well, getting rid of the dirt and grime. Another day we will clean the decks.

One thing I noticed is that the Exterior PROx removed spots of black grime left over when I had put linseed oil on our deck and railings. You don’t see the spots until the dirt has stuck to it. Those spots came off quite nicely without allot scrubbing with my microfiber cloth and the cleaner. Other times I have had to try and remove it with a goop cleaner, which didn’t work as well.

photo credit: atul666

Today, March 20th is the first day of spring! Hurrah!

But it doesn’t feel like it, had a little snow flurries this morning, 37 degrees this afternoon with the wind blowing. But the snow is pretty much all disapperared in our yard, and the flowers will soon be coming to life!

So now comes the time to spring clean your home and yard. Think Green! when beginning to clean! Cleaning with microfiber cloths, towels and mops 
will save you time and energy. With its unique dirt grabbing ability, let “the cloths do the work for you”. Use them to wash your windows faster and more efficiently, helping you to perform that task with greater ease.

Enjoy cleaning up your yards and waiting for the flowers to bloom, some of you might already have flowers blooming, but here in northern Wisconsin, we are just finally getting rid of the snow.