Nabob Wipers Auto Mechanic Shop Towels 100 Pack Bulk Rags 100% Cotton Commercial Grade Shop Rags Size 14"x14" (100 Pack, Blue)

Bought the blue ones for everyday uses. Nice product. Wash first and they come out almost lint free. Work really well working on my gun collection

Good shop quality rags intended to wipe your hands from grease and oil, undercarriage crud and such. These were never intended to be used for detailing nor for soaking up water because they don't have the thickness to absorb and hold water or water based products. Knock over your beer or soft drink don't expect these to soak it up unless you use a dozen of them. Keep a roll of paper towels around for that.If you use these rags for grease and oil hand wiping and parts wiping do you really think you can save them up and throw them in your household washer???? Good luck with that. Take them to a laundromat. Back in the day most shops and gas stations got their rags from a laundry and uniform company and those companies rinsed these rags in solvent to get the petroleum based products out of the rags before machine washing them and they always leached out a little color even after repeated cleanings. It was always the newer rags that leached their color. Not the older faded rags so much. These rags look pretty fresh (new) to me.Some might have ugly stitching repairs. Because shop rags are usually recycled over and over, as they became torn or had a hole punched through them the rag vendor or servicer would simply stitch them up to close the hole or even stitch on a patch. Either way it wasn't pretty but did not prevent the rag from continued use.I have never counted my bulk rag purchases but if I did and I was shorted some then sure, I can send the whole lot back to amazon. It would be better (if I have the info) to contact the original vendor and see if they will send me what they shorted me. I'll bet most vendors would throw a few extra's in.If the price for the 100 pack is really cheap like these I'm not gonna sweat it over 5 to 10 rags. Beyond 10 somebody is being dishonest if I were to be short on every order.Now I feel I should be sheet counting my paper towel and toilet tissue rolls !!!!

These towels are a great buy. They are reasonably sized for any job. I bought these because I ran out of old tee shirts to use. I am pleased with how they are able to clean parts covered in grease and oil, however, these towels really do not absorb liquids very well. They are also a little on the thin side. I managed to snag a couple on some bolts and they did get holes and tear. If you’re using them for wiping and cleaning parts, they work great. If you spill liquids you’ll need to use multiple rags or use another absorbent cloth. I would recommend these towels for the light mechanic. For the amount of towels you get for the cost, it’s a great buy.

I'm so happy to have these. They come in so handy to have around for a variety of things. I love using them as a wet rag to wipe down outdoor tables before eating dinner. They are not meant to be the type of rag that will soak up a big wet mess, but they do make great little cleaning rags. That's the only reason I gave 4 stars on those categories, but they aren't expected to be super absorbent. There are enough of them to have them stored under sinks in various parts of the house for handy use.The review in which they mentioned to be sure to wash them first and add some bleach was very helpful. It keeps me from being afraid of bleeding of the dye with my other laundry. So throw them all in the washing machine when you get them and run them through a cycle. That will help them shed their initial lint too.And for the person who took the time to count each and every one to be sure there were exactly 100, I say that's a waste of time. There are lots and lots of them and if you're short one or two it's no big deal. I wouldn't want to be the poor worker who has to make sure we get exactly 100. :)

Great product at a cheap price

I ordered green shop rags to use as cloth napkins for my household. They're cheap, thin, and if they get too yucky it isn't a big deal to toss as they wear out.These are NOT 14x14. They are clearly labelled 12x12. After laundering as instructed they shrink to considerably smaller. The shrinking doesn't bother me. What bothers me is the item being clearly labelled as 12x12, but it is listed for sale as 14x14.The count is also off. I had 98 and 95 in the two packages I purchased. They may sell these by weight.One of my rags had a candy wrapper sewn to it.I cannot recommend these. I've purchased red shop rags in store for use in the garage and not had any issues with them. These must be factory seconds being sold here with all the issues.Really watch your dryer when you dry these. I've had to empty the lint trap 3 times, vacuumed out the vent because it was spewing green lint out the side of my house, vacuumed the internals of the lint trap because even after emptying it still had lint in there, and now I'm running it on air dry no heat to pull out the rest of the lint.Update: 4 months later, and the color is still bleeding. Wash these separate from your other rags. The dye DOES stain.They no longer create wads of lint, but did for the first couple of months. They do still leave a hefty amount of lint, lint screen is full after drying these, but I don't have to vacuum out my vents and lint doesn't fly out of the outside vent hole.So far, none of the rags has come unraveled or developed holes. The candy wrapper is still firmly sewn into the hem of that one cloth, and is kind of a running joke in our household. So that says something about the quality of stitching I think.They've all shrunk considerably. Some into trapezoid shapes, some rectangles, and some into smaller squares.I'd still give these 1/5 stars, due to the dye still bleeding, the months of needing to vacuum out the dryer, and odd shapes these dry into. But, if I could rate durability I would rate these a 4/5, deducting one star for the dye bleed. I've used these in place of paper towels and paper napkins in the kitchen and dining room, and they've been washed once or twice a week for 4 months now.