What is your rule if a towel is dropped on concrete?

[hemi1300]

Have been a bit clumsy lately and dropped a microfiber towel on the garage floor a few times. Should I discard the towel or just shake it good and throw in the dirty pile? Tried h20 the other day with a microfiber sponge block and it worked great until I dropped it face first on the floor. Instantly went in the trash as it was wet and i'm sure picked up a bunch of dirt

[Ls1transam]

For me. It turns into a door jam or wheel towel.

[csikx]

I shake it off.  I'm not rich enough to have 1,000 towels.

[duke4165]

Depending on the surface I dropped it on, and whats on the surface. I will try to get any debris off by hand, shaking the towel out, or using compressed air. Like others say, if I have any doubts it gets demoted.

[galaxy]

At a bare minimum, even if there's no visible solid contaminants, I will refold it so that the side that touched the ground is completely folded to the inside. If I see or feel any contaminants, it goes straight to the dirty basket.

[Audog]

Dirty towel basket, don't fold and reuse, I don't want to take any chances.

[chops1sc]

Shake it off, inspect for large debris, put in the dirty bag.

[Nathan]

I shake it off, pull off any big chunks of dirt, if there are I spray it off than wash.

[2Fords]

Shake it off,and toss it into the dirty rag bucket to be washed.

[hemi1300]

Sounds like I did the right thing lol. Hate it when I drop a fresh towel

[chops1sc]

I once dropped a brand-new wash pad. My heart almost broke....

[galaxy]

I once dropped a brand-new wash pad. My heart almost broke....

Aaaaahhhh...that right up there with dropping a clay bar. No going back from that, hahahhahaha!

[ocdrifter]

Thank goodness I've never dropped a expensive towel, knock on wood... I have dropped cheap towels and some I've thrown out, others I have kept and used a marker and put a X on them so I use them for engines or something nasty.

[LT1xL82]

I live in the north east (read: lots of salt and sand on the roads in the winter!). Compare some of my rinseless towels immediately after use to a towel merely dropped on concrete kind of puts things in perspective!

 

A close inspection coupled with the normal, rigorous towel washing regimen works well for me.    

[BrianT]

Wait, these aren't 1 time use towels???

[SumBeach35]

 

Pick off any big debris, a few snaps of the towel then it goes into the wash.

[LT1xL82]

Wait, these aren't 1 time use towels???

 

Yes they are.

 

Use once, send to me! 

[Hupp2it]

My garage is pretty well cared for and the floor is epoxy coated.  So it is really easy to clean and I do so -a lot-, like my friends tease me about it.  Anyway, I'll inspect a towel I drop on my garage floor and use it if I see nothing on it.  Now to be fair I inspect it closely, but still.  Anything I drop on the driveway is relegated to wheels or indoor cleaning.

[Zoutlawss]

My garage is clean too but still when I drop I toss. I'm rich in towels  So plenty of nice clean soft ones available

[mathews31]

I just had a similar post and someone suggested shaking them off, washing them, and then using a lint-roller which seems fine on the lower GSM towels...

[Draper]

Burn it. No exceptions. 

[tmevilsizor]

All of these "shake it off" replies remind me of a T-Swift song. Not that I know from listening to the actual song. lol