If you aren't already using microfiber cloths for your daily cleaning at home, do yourself a favor and try them out. But remember to use the right type of microfiber cloth for each task.
In this post, we'll guide you through what makes these soft cloths so practical and effective.
Optimize Bacteria Control: A good tip to get started is to buy a pack of microfiber cloths in different colors. Then, dedicate each color to an area of your home. For example, always use the blue one in the bathroom, the red one in the kitchen, and let the black one be your car cloth. This way, you avoid cross-contamination.
Benefits of using microfiber cloths
A clear advantage of microfiber cloths is that they clean fantastically well and effectively on their own when simply wrung out in clean water. However, we still recommend adding a suitable cleaning agent for many tasks. If you're mopping the floor with a microfiber floor cloth, use an appropriate floor soap. It often contains care agents that the floor needs. At the same time, the chemicals in cleaning agents also help dissolve dirt and grime better than plain water can.
Other benefits of microfiber include:
- It's extremely effective for cleaning – significantly better than cotton and with fewer chemicals. Microfiber, for example, leaves no streaks on floors, mirrors, or windows.
- It has a long lifespan – many can actually be washed up to 4-500 times.
- It has high absorbency.
- It's soft, gentle, and comfortable to work with.
- It doesn't lint or leave lint on surfaces.
- Some types can also collect and neutralize bacteria, specifically antibacterial microfiber cloths.
- You can get microfiber cloths specifically developed for different types of surfaces. For example, there are microfiber floor mops, microfiber glass cloths, and microfiber polishing cloths.
- The cloth can be used dry, where it becomes electrostatic and can thus attract dust.
But are there no disadvantages to using microfiber cloths for cleaning? Well, you shouldn't iron your microfiber cloths, as they risk melting. But if you can do without them being perfectly smooth, then you have an excellent cleaning tool that can stay with you for a long time and keep your home clean.
What are microfiber cloths made of?
Here you can read more about what microfiber cloths consist of, and see our wonderful selection of many different colors of microfiber cloths for various purposes.
You can use microfiber cloths for almost all cleaning tasks
Below are a few quick examples of where you can use microfiber cloths. You can use them almost anywhere – either in damp or dry condition. They are very effective, as long as you use the right cloth in the right way and on the right surface.
Clean windows – streak-free – with microfiber cloths
One of the big advantages of using these soft and often colorful cloths is that they don't leave streaks. This applies whether you're washing floors, cleaning mirrors, or cleaning windows with them.
We suggest you find a really good glass cleaner or cleaning foam, as it makes a huge difference whether you end up with a greasy film on your window that's almost impossible to remove.
You'll especially get a great result if you have both a wet and a dry cloth. First, use the damp one to wipe off the window cleaner, and then thoroughly dry all corners in circular motions with the dry cloth.
Clean cars with microfiber cloths
You can use microfiber cloths for many tasks when sprucing up your old ride. Polish the paint, wipe and wash the interior, remove dust, clean the windows, and wax the car. But remember, each task requires its own cloth.
The highly absorbent microfibers make the cloths fantastic for achieving a great result without water residue, without limescale spots, and without scratches in the paint.
As previously mentioned, you should use a glass cloth for windows. Wiping water requires a cloth with high absorbency. For applying wax, you need a microfiber cloth with long fibers. The same type can also easily be used for wiping the interior.
Wash floors with microfiber floor cloths
There are special floor cloths or floor mops made of microfiber, which makes them very effective for washing floors. Make sure the microfiber mop isn't too wet. It works best damp. It leaves no streaks and removes dirt and grime with very small amounts of cleaning agent.
Are microfiber cloths environmentally friendly?
Microfiber cloths, on the other hand, are really good for environmentally friendly cleaning, as they can be used in both dry and damp conditions. They last longer than cotton cloths, and they clean more deeply with fewer chemicals.
If you are particularly keen on buying products that help reduce the burden on our climate, then you should aim to buy a Nordic Swan Ecolabelled microfiber cloth, where there are strict environmental requirements for the entire lifecycle of the cloth and its quality.
Extend the lifespan of your microfiber cloth
→ You should do this:- Wash microfiber cloths at 90 degrees – at this temperature, microfiber has a self-cleaning effect, which also means you can save on detergent when washing your microfiber cloths.
- Dry with cold air.
- Wash separately (without other types of fabric), if possible – or place the cloths in a laundry bag.
→ You should avoid this:
- Avoid washing your microfiber cloth at below 70 degrees. Your cloth risks not getting clean, because the fibers only open up to allow water to flow through when the temperature is above 70 degrees.
- Avoid fabric softener when washing the cloths. It forms a film that prevents the cloth from cleaning properly.
Buy microfiber cloths for every cleaning task – at home or in the office
We hope you leave here a little wiser about how easy microfiber cloths make your daily cleaning, and why we believe every home deserves at least three microfiber cloths. That's why we've chosen to have many different types on our virtual shelves for you to choose from.
You can always click on the different types of microfiber cloths we sell. Here you can read all about what each cloth is particularly good for.