proper way to clean a chamois??

Anyone know the proper way to clean a Chamois? Can I throw the thing in the washing machine???

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Member MAXC, NEXTerra
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Check out www.topoftheline.com/chamoiscleaner.html

That should do it.. A little pricey, but chamois ain't exactly a dishrag!!

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SilverIce2k XE V-6 4X2

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Thanks

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Member MAXC, NEXTerra
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Yeahhhh, ok.

I just toss mine in the washer along with the mitt, they both come out brand spanking new and no worse for the wear.

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For all of you using chamois, try The Absorber. You can get it at your auto parts store, and maybe k-mart/wal-mart/target places too. They are the best at drying vehicles. I think they are about $20.

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"Why do today what you can put off untill tomorrow?"

I have to ask - how is the chamois getting dirty? It should only be touching the clean, wet surface of the paint and nothing else.
If the chamois is getting dirty then you've got to be doing something wrong. Without question, dirt on a chamois, or anything else used on the finish, will scratch the paint.
I can't stress how important it is to be meticulously clean with anything that comes in contact with the paint.

dave and xtoy - dirt = scratches, a pain to remove

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Yeah, but once in awhile you drop it, or it comes too close to the underside of a part that you didn't get quite so hospital-like clean or whatever. Dirt happens.

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Just make sure when you put it in the washing machine you DO NOT use detergent.

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Lis
Solar Yellow 2000 SE

Dust from sitting in the Garage....picking up dirt on places I miss while washing(I like my X clean, but I'm not anal about it..I miss a spot once in a while)

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Member MAXC, NEXTerra
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Absorbers are great, they only cost 9-10 bucks not 20 and they last longer and are easier to take care of.

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All your trail are belong to us

Lasts longer? I've been using the same chamois for about 11 years now.

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'01 SE Silver Ice 4X4

I've got the absorber too. $8.95 at Pep Boys and soaks up water like nothing else. I dry over half of the X before I remember to wring the thing out.

AX

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'01 Aztec Red XE
3-pk auto 4x2

My Chamois said to rinse it out with clean water with a SMALL amount of detergent in it, then allow it to air dry. I normally, after I am finished washing, refill my wash bucket and add 3-5 drops of soap, aggitate the chamois in the water, then wring it out and allow it to dry over the back of one of the chairs in the dinig room....(my fiance loves the X too...lol)

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Pains heal,
Chicks dig scars,
and glory lasts forever

I don't need no stinkin' absorber or chamois!
Just go 90mph and you'll be squeeky clean
in no time... Hhehhehee...

- Air B

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Xterra 2001 Alpine Green SE 4x2
Air Butchie Productions
FNG and YANXO Regulator!!! Flame Suits On!!!

I tossed the old Chamois in the garbage today and bought an Absorber....i like it MUCH BETTER!!! Mostly because it has the case to put it in, so it doesn't dry out. It seems to hold more water than the chamois too.

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[This message has been edited by MeWantSnow! (edited 07-20-2001).]