They do make some with a more suede-like surface that are great for camera lenses, mirrors and eye glasses. The more "fuzzy" ones with "loops" are good for dusting, washing surfaces and the like. No soap or chemicals on them please.

Really no soap or cleaners or using detergent to clean them?! I have never heard that before. Oops
I use them all the time for cleaning, sometimes just water but also with an all purpose cleaner in my bathroom and kitchen. And I use laundry detergent when I wash them.

What’s the reasoning behind that? I am really curious and doing it all wrong apparently.

I try to use them but I hate the way the dry cloth feels on my fingers.

Get Norwex Environmental. The are UNBELIEVABLE. Safe on everything, and will take anything, off anything. With no product added. Expensive and worth it. A set will give you a window cloth, and an environmental cloth. Neither will suck the moisture from your hands, either. In a word? Amazing.

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Thank you. The high gloss baby grand convinces me. I'm sure the cleaning cloths have improved over the years. I remember about eight years ago, my husband used a magic eraser to remove scuff marks from painted walls. In the right light, you could see where he rubbed. That has always stuck with me.

Magic ereasers are not good for many things . The reason for no detergents is tah most have some oills in them similar to laundry detergents that oil keeps the cloth from doing the perfect job it can do. I do my windows with just really hot water and a microfiber cloth they stay clean longer than with windex and dry spot free.

Stainless steel, any type of tile and glass (TV screen, windows, etc.). Three parts DISTILLED hot water + one part white vinegar, using a well-wrung microfiber towel. IMO the distilled water makes all the difference.

I can't imagine a microfiber cloth marring anything you listed, OP. Unless, of course, the cloth picked up hard crumbs or particles of some kind. The ones I have are mainly polyester and I do use them with Windex sometimes when cleaning windows. Honestly, I'm not that impressed with MF for cleaning windows. (Or maybe my windows start off way too dirty. :P) Curious to hear about the distilled water, chiflipper. Maybe I'll try it one day. I'm always intrigued by the claims made for better quality tools. Melissa Maker (Clean My Space on YouTube) has a line of MF cloths, chosen after reviewing over 100 kinds. Maybe I'll treat myself to a pack and see how they fare against the ones I get at Canadian Tire. Btw, how many MF cloths do most of you have? I have a huge stack because I can't help but want a clean one for different rooms/jobs.

Magic Erasers are melamine, if memory serves. Nothing like microfiber. And yes, they leave marks on painted walls. I used one to successfully remove nail polish from my acrylic shower base but apart from that, I haven't had much use for them. I did try to clean my textured shower base with one but it required so much elbow grease, it was ridiculous. Letting Dawn liquid detergent dwell on that surface and wiping with a microfiber cloth was much easier and effective.

One of my favorite uses for microfiber rag is to clean the spots off the bathroom mirror - water only, Windex is never needed, and dry with microfiber as well, after you wipe it. Car windows, stainless steel refrigerator, and sliding glass doors can also be cleaned the same way. They are amazing. I throw mine in the washer and dryer, using fragrance/dye free detergents, and they come out good as new.

You can rub paint off a wall with a microfiber cloth as easily as you can a cotton cloth.

I wash my microfiber cloths in the washing machine using regular laundry soap.

I want to thank you all for your input about microfiber for cleaning. Ive been using it on everything and do think everything stays cleaner longer because it picks up vs rearranges dust/dirt. I love that the towels clean up with hot water only.

I do need to buy new because my hubby washed them with other towels and see how the microfiber picked up lint while cleaning glass.

All of your advice was spot on. Thank you.

I use them for cleaning tables, dining chairs, refrigerators and cookers- I assign colours for different things. They are perfect for cleaning windows and the grooves of windows as they easily pick up the dust- find them much, much easier in fact especially for windows.

For mirrors and class I use cotton towels so there are no smudges etc.

For wooden doors the regular yellow duster cloths.

Towel type cloths are great also for bathrooms.