Dedicated Rags

[sixlow]

So how do you guys keep some organization around your cleaning/washing/waxing products ?  My gas can has it's own rag, the brake fluid tool has a rag, wheel rag/grease gun rag, some rags get rotated down the line and end up in their final destiny as an oil pan rag. I added a new one today, the Rain-X for plastic shields rag, all shields rags are new and at the top of the chain, 2 stay wet and one for dry with no wax, then there is the wax as you dry rags...oh boy !

[_Sheffjs_]

 Microfiber rags are only used for cleaning. That's as far as it gets with me. 

[Jess from VA]

I've done exactly what you're doing.

At some point, too many cloths laying around on each container becomes a fire hazard.  Some of that stuff is flammable. (and my bike sheds can get up to a hundred degrees plus).

I keep my bike windshield cloths separate, in the bike bags.

I keep washing my microfiber cloths, and have two piles; the pretty good, and the pretty bad.  

Yes, at some point they become all oil rags, before becoming trash.

[John Schmidt]

If I'm cleaning/polishing the bike and/or windshield, I always grab some new micofiber. Don't have any used specifically with Rain-X, can't use that on most plastic windshields anyway so don't use Rain-X. I have a box I keep used rags in, plus a couple boxes of paper towels. For general use, I'll buy a plastic bag of plain old "rags" that have been commercially washed then cut up into smaller pieces. They're usually quite soft but I don't use them on the bikes and since they're real cheap per bag, I often toss them after a few uses.

I'm not that organized and my workbench shows it. 

[sixlow]

John, Rain-X  has a new product one of the guys told me about, not road tested yet but the shield is happy.

[John Schmidt]

Yes, I've heard of that form of RainX, an aquaintance of mine didn't listen to me and used the original. Got mad when it ruined the windshield on his ride, I just smiled and walked away. On mine, I used warm water to get the surface grime off then use Plexus. It coats the plastic enough so water runs off.

[Steel cowboy]

That new Rain-X is great on your sunglasses and helmet face shield too. My helmet has the flip down sun shield. As far as the rags I have all my old towels to work with, when I'm low on towels I purchase more and retire the oldest ones.

[Pappy!]

commented on it a while ago.
Used it on the Inzane trip and it works pretty well. Really well the day it is applied!