• Traditional cleaning tools cannot clean as deeply as a microfiber towel.cleaning image by Allyson Ricketts from Fotolia.com
  
  Each microfiber towel contains thousands of fibers that work together to trap dirt, loosen debris and deeply clean where cotton towels cannot. A microfiber is a synthetic fiber with a diameter 100 times smaller than a human hair. The ultra-thin fibers are woven or pressed together to make cleaning products like towels and mops. The microfiber towel works best when it is dry and used without chemical cleaning products.
  
  

Cleans Without Chemicals

• Microfiber towels rarely require chemical products to aid the cleaning process. Chemical substances are typically used during cleaning to loosen dirt and dried debris from a surface material (plastic, glass, metal.) Microfiber towels contain thousands of ultra-fine strands of microfibers that loosen the dirt and debris without the need for a chemical substance. The microfiber strands are woven together leaving open areas in the weave of the towel that allow dirt to be trapped through the scrubbing motion.
  
  

Uses Less Water

• Less water is used with a microfiber towel than when using traditional cotton towels making it a good green alternative in water challenged regions. The reason less water is used is because the microfiber towel is most often used dry. Wet, soaked microfiber towels are useless for cleaning away dirt and dried substances. Microfibers are very absorbent (a benefit when cleaning up spills) and soaking the towel in water before use causes the open areas in the weave to fill with water. However, lightly misting the dirty surface with water will aid the microfibers to absorb dirt loosened by the water.
  
  

Deep Cleans

• Microfiber towels can remove tough dirt that other types of cleaning towels cannot. The curly, thin ends of the microfiber material reach into the crevices of a surface and grab hold of hidden dirt. Cotton towels have fibers that are thick and cannot clean as deeply. Microfibers sweep away more dirt and trap the debris in its fiber content thus removing the dirt and taking the debris with it. Microfibers trap and carry away dirt. However, cotton towels cannot trap as much dirt and the dirt stays on the surface of the towel. Loose dirt then redistributes or resettles on the newly cleaned surface.