Scrim or Microfibre?

Do any trad guys still use scrim for detailing or has microfibre cloths taken over?

I am still a scrim man tried microfiber several times over the years they just don't seem to last as long as scrim but saying that I also think the quality of scrim has gone down in the last 10 years or so

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Scrim all the way 

Tried out every cloth going over the years but always end up using um as sill wrags 

Ive started opposite, I tend to use my scrim as the sill/frame rag now and detail with microfibre.

scrim and an old tea towel as a sill cloth

Could be because my prewashed scrims are new and haven,t been boiled a couple of times by me  to really get them bedded inproperly

mike007 said:

Could be because my prewashed scrims are new and haven,t been boiled a couple of times by me  to really get them bedded inproperly

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boil them for 10 mins and run through a 90 wash should sort then out

Thanks for the "recipe" will do and when I wash will not use detergents.

Scrims all the way pal

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When I was first doing windows the old trad way back in the day,no squeegee. Scrim was the go to cloth, and you boiled them a couple of times after buying them.

When I started again bought pre washed thinking they were just good to go. Did not boil them as Clisty1989 suggested so not getting best from them.

Scrim all the way fibre cloths as a sill cloth

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What are we classing as scrim and microfibre? I just started on my own coming from a big company full of old boy windys who all called things different names. I class scrim as the fine netting linen cloths & microfibres as the smooth thick glass cloths. Iv heard some referring to microfibres as those normal dish cloth microfibres, which you can detail a couple of windows with they don't last long at all. I use those 'microfibres/dishcloths' as sill cloths currently but I'm thinking of just cutting up an old bath towel


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