Automotive cleaning services use towels to interface between the wash solution, vehicle surface, and drying step. A towel’s ability to absorb, resist abrasion, and last through numerous washes and drying cycles as textile are all extremely important factors that determine the efficiency, effectiveness, and profitability of the vehicle cleaning service. At Zhejiang Esun Environmental Technology Co. Ltd, we base our philosophy and manufacturing of cleaning towels on our understanding of these critical factors and the role towels play in a vehicle cleaning service.
The most important part of professional car wash towels is their ability to manage and absorb fluids. It all starts with microfiber. At our company, we use a special blend of polyester and polyamide, which after a rigorous separating process, has a very effective capillary network stemming from its high surface area. For our drying towels, we use a high GSM and long nap. This construction allows the towel to reserve a lot of moisture, enabling users to dry off several sections of a vehicle in a row before needing to wring the towel out. For the washing and foaming steps of the car wash, we use towels strucutred with with a medium weight that have very strong and rough surfaces. This allows for the right amount of tremors to agitate and loosen dirt, all without capturing so much moisture to the point of becoming inefficient.
Each operational scenario imposes additional requirements on them. A towel that is used in an automatic touchless or friction tunnel wash system must be able to cope with relentless mechanical movements, high-pressure chemicals, and extreme high-temperature industrial washing and drying cycles. These towels are designed with stitching that is double-stitched and reinforced, with ripstop fibers on the inside that resist tearing to a certain degree. For detailers or hand wash operations, the focus shifts to the safety of the surface. The wash towel must be perfectly lint-free and have a long pile so that during the drying stage, which is the stage that requires a quality towel to prevent swirl marks from forming, it will be safe. The economic necessity is obvious as a long-lasting and highly efficient towel that is designed to wash a car will save a business money on a per-wash basis. A towel that lasts hundreds of washes will save money from having to regularly purchase disposable wipers or low-quality towels that wash poorly and generate a large amount of waste.
As a manufacturer, we have the capability to develop tailored solutions to meet your needs through our OEM/ODM services. We work with owners of car wash chains, automobile chemical brands, and distributors to develop proprietary products such as car wash towels. This includes creating towels for a particular proprietary wash process, designing a color-coded (i.e., one for the wheels, one for the body, one for the glass) system to mitigate cross-contamination, or customizing a towel to a certain size and weight to fit perfectly into a branded wash kit. When it comes to retail or B2B distribution, packaging becomes a major part of the equation, for which we provide a range of options that can include bulk polybagging or retail-quality individual hang tag packaging. We can modify every detail from the fiber denier of the towel to the stitch type in order to meet specific performance and brand alignment for the target. For businesses that want to improve their wash process, minimize consumable wash costs, or start a wash branded automotive care line, car wash towels become a key product in the offering. We encourage you to get in touch with our team for a tailored consultation and we can provide the technical details. We can provide material samples for your evaluation and testing, or provide a detailed quote even on an ad hoc basis to cover the tailored or standard product offering for car wash towels.