ArizonaPete said:
I just bought 6 micro fiber wash cloths at Kragen Auto Parts. They're regularly $2.99/pkg of 3 but are on sale this week at $.99/pkg of 3. I haven't tried them yet but a read a blurb somewhere that they're very good to use when wiping your cue.
When it is real humid and it is just not convenient to hit the wash room, a microfiber towel is a savior. These are non-abrasive towels that suck up moisture much better than cotton ones. (used to clean cars, so they better not scratch) Cotton towels are great too, but the difference is;
1. a microfiber towel will pick up moisture and dirt much faster and more completely than a cotton one.
2. a microfiber towel generates a positive charge and particles have a negative one, the result is that these towels pull the particles and moisture deep into the cloth. The result is that instead of wiping and just spreading stuff around on your cue shaft, pulling particles deep into the towel keeps them away from the shaft while wiping.
Long post here but informative I hope;
BTW, as mentioned here earlier, yes we do have large size microfiber towels with a clip. We are not in the business of selling towels, rather we use these as promos for billiard rooms and shows. Our business is in sports cleaners and conditioners. We spend lots of research to improve equipment play Repackaging products and concoctions are not our interest, it is through innovations by design. Given microfiber towels already exist, we do not consider them a base product of ours.
An example is; It took us well over a year to develop our billiard ball cleaner and finish. The primary objective was to eliminate the need for the tacky cleaner-polishes. If you took two billiard balls and pressed them together following a normal cleaning-polish, you can feel the tackiness as you slide them on each other. We worked long and hard to change this, and we did. This new product is a finish and not a polish, you would need to magnify the billiard ball significantly to notice any surface layer at all. It is however a similar compound to the composition of a ball itself, though with a more "luberous" finish. No other product exist in the market like this at all. Cue ball draw is more easily controlled and so is follow, the reason is by making ball contact truer, there is less CB lifting on contact causing loss in english applied.
Likewise our newest felt conditioner formulation is not found on the market in any other product. It will not change the properties of the felt period. It is NOT silicone or Teflon based. It is however a newer revelation in chemistry today. Today's felt products break down with alcohol and most are oleophilic (oil lovers). These also attract moistures. Moistures and oils attract dirt, though easy to clean, they dirty fast. The wear and slowness to felt is a result of what you collect on them, worse is the sharp particles can easily break the fibers. Broken fibers cause the ball to slow down and lose reverse english after striking the rail.
Most importantly, when we sit down to develop products we have three goals in mind; 1. We do not and will not change the natural properties of equipment 2. It must repel moistures and oils. (Lots of products say repel, that is until you touch them, once touched, they then start immediately mixing with moisture and oils causing a mulch. This mulch is now the attraction to grit and the tackiness felt. This is why you see players constantly cleaning their equipment. Even bare wood with nothing on it will create a mulch.) 3. They must be safe for humans, the environment and the ozone (for this reason we are pulling our blue cleaner bottle from the market.)
Realistically because of the cost to develop, our products should be much higher priced, we maintain a lower costs. This new chemistry will inevitably become a standard in years to come as more process facilities adapt to required equipment. There is a scientific reason why each product performs so well, and each one can be proven. We simply want to make the game more enjoyable.
Our web site will not be updated with these new products until after the BCA show.
). I do not use water or anything like that. 
