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Old May 11, 2018 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Suidae
My bikes have never been washed by water, they have been garage kept, and other than the occasional rain shower and my dirt road don't get terribly dirty. I used Meguire's for years, and now use Top Coat with great success. For the past couple of month, as an experiment, I have been cleaning the windshield with a mist of plain water to test Top Coat. Taking bugs and road grime off isn't a problem, and no scratches.
what about cleaning the engine. To me it seems pretty tough to clean the engine with this “Bounty” method.
 

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Old May 12, 2018 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by eaglefan1
Good quality MF towels are not cheap. The ones at the auto parts store are cheap and not good quality. I use those for wheels and tires, never ever do the touch paint. I have MF towels that are over 3 years old and still very much paint quality.
Here is a good article on MF
https://www.autogeek.net/leabmi.html

And one on how to care for them.
https://www.autogeek.net/mi101.html
I had no idea how poor the quality of the MF towels you get at parts stores and wally word was until I bought some from Griots Garage. Night and day difference. Same is true for any of the chemicals they sell.
 
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Originally Posted by torchmaster
I had no idea how poor the quality of the MF towels you get at parts stores and wally word was until I bought some from Griots Garage. Night and day difference. Same is true for any of the chemicals they sell.
Yup, I've been using Griot's products on my bikes and vintage cars for years, including their waterless car wash.

 
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