Microfiber cloths - yuck!

[rgrindle]

Do all microfiber cloths feel icky? I want to like them, I do, but I can't stand to touch them. (I also don't like touching cotton balls. A texture aversion?) They stick to my cuticles and my hands if they're dry, they stick to EVERYTHING when you wash them in the washing machine. Static city! Are they all like this, or is it just the ones that DH bought?

[Astoria]

They're all like that. It's the point. They are made with little fibers that are star shaped (or more like asterisk shaped) so little particles of dirt stick, and they have a static electric pull so that dirt clings that way. They are really good at cleaning, but the texture could be uncomfortable, sure. They're amazing at mirrors, glass, and faucets. Just ever so slightly damp. And great for countertops, a little more damp. The best ones I've ever had were from Gaiam -- they're much thicker and soft, but yes, they still have that microfiber feeling. That's what makes them work.

[Denvergirlie]

I'm with you on this one, i hate them as well, just because I can't stand they way they feel. Makes my skin crawl, yuck!

[rgrindle]

Originally Posted by Denvergirlie

I'm with you on this one, i hate them as well, just because I can't stand they way they feel. Makes my skin crawl, yuck!

Thank goodness I'm not alone in this! I was beginning to think I was a freak. I just wish there were some way around it.

[hipmummy]

Torture almost as bad as touching terracotta yikes.....

[jocelyndale]

Just like nails on a chalkboard. *shudders*

My husband LIKES the feel. I think it reminds him of a cat's tongue or something. My skin is so dry that microfiber just seems to drag and scratch, I can just hear the sound . . . ugh.

[rgrindle]

Originally Posted by jocelyndale

I can just hear the sound . . . ugh.

You just made my stomach turn but that's it exactly.

[mamabearsoblessed]

Originally Posted by hipmummy

Torture almost as bad as touching terracotta yikes.....

*shudder* and wet hands picking up newspaper AAAAAGGHHGHGHGHGH

I just can't get past it either

[hookahgirl]

I have to sew a peice of different material on one side to even use the things.ugh.

[northwoods1995]

Originally Posted by Denvergirlie

I'm with you on this one, i hate them as well, just because I can't stand they way they feel. Makes my skin crawl, yuck!

Me too!!

[sarahsmiles]

So funny! DH can't even stand to stuff Fuzzi Bunz with the microfiber. It drives him up the wall. I think it's a bit scratchy but not so bad. Terra cotta, though, yeesh!

[mysonshine]

You're all making me laugh. I get the same feeling on all those. My family always thought I was nuts for the wet hands on newspaper. So glad I'm not alone!

[rgrindle]

Somehow I've never experienced wet hands on newspaper. I'll know to avoid it from now on, though, since I seem to have all these other aversions!

[TEAK's Mom]

Quivering, rubbing hands, ewwwww!

[llamalluv]

I can't touch them, either. The closest thing to a solution that I have found is to grease my hands up with lotion. That of course, ruins me for wiping down the mirrors and stuff.

I even have a hard time with some kinds of paper towels. The "cloth like" ones (Bounty?) I can't touch those, either.

[Best Feeling]

Originally Posted by hookahgirl

I have to sew a peice of different material on one side to even use the things.ugh.

This is a great idea! I don't like the feel of microfiber either. We only have one cloth because of it but it works so great for dusting that I've been loathe to part with it. I wear gloves when using it!

[mamabearsoblessed]

Originally Posted by llamalluv

I can't touch them, either. The closest thing to a solution that I have found is to grease my hands up with lotion. That of course, ruins me for wiping down the mirrors and stuff.

I even have a hard time with some kinds of paper towels. The "cloth like" ones (Bounty?) I can't touch those, either.

ohh me too. wet hands on anything like this.... like kleenex with wet hands,awww gawd!! :

[DaughterOfKali]

I wear gloves while cleaning. (you won't feel the microfiber that way)

[Ironica]

They are great, but I totally agree that they *feel* yicky. We used them a TON when we moved last year, and my hands were sooo dry from all the work we were doing, the cloths pretty much STUCK to my fingers. Eeeeeew!

They're invaluable for us, though, because DH is seriously allergic to dust, and I don't want to use Pledge or whatever... so a cloth we can wipe off dust with that doesn't require chemicals really makes life easier. I put up with the texture issue.

[Sharlla]

Doesn't bother me but I hear a lot of people can't stand the feel of them.