Cobra Guzzler 16x24

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Trip

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Recently purchased 3 of these towels, not sure why but the micro marred the heck out of my car.

I recently re coated and corrected using Angel Polish Viking Coat. The car sat for 4 days before getting washed. Did my usual wash routine of foam cannon with CG Honeydew, two bucket and leaf blower to dry. I had a few water areas on the car and used my guzzler pick it up. Closer inspection in the sun I had micro marring in areas were I actually wiped off water?

I did a quick buff and the marring went away. These towels have only been used a couple of times and washed using Pinnacle micro fibre cleaner and air dried.?

Anyone else have this issue

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I’ve never had an issue with mine. What kind of vehicle is it? Does it have soft paint?
 
It’s a typical 2016 Chevy Malibu would say it’s on a harder side could be wrong. Just a strange after effect.
 
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So if you spritz a test spot on your car and use the guzzler to wipe, does the same thing happen? What about with another towel
 
When you say recoated and polished with PA Viking Coat. Did you polished with something before you coated the car? And what pad did you use to apply Viking Coat with?

Did you try to wipe off with another mf towel?
 
Are you wetting those towels before drying the car? They should be wet/very damp before touching paint, and this also "primes" the towel so that it will absorb better.

I use Meguiar's D156 as a drying aid, but I've gone without and have seen no marring with the same towels.
 
Thanks for the responses, Car was near perfect after the coating which was applied with a black pad. I’m going to come to the conclusion about priming the towel wet first then complete a drying process and not start with a dry guzzler.
 
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I use these towels all the time to dry cars. Most of the time I'm drying BEFOFRE buffing out a car, in other words, I'm washing and drying to get the car ready to buff.


I do use them on my car and the wife's car that have been buffed. I use a cleaner/wax on my rig and I keep PBL Ceramic Coating on the wife's MB. I don't see any marring after use and I start out using them dry. I also use a gentle touch as it's how you touch paint and what you touch paint that determines what happens at the surface level.

If you continue to have issues, call Customer Care and cite this thread and I'm sure they will take care of you.

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This might not help. But I’ve been using the guzzlers fir years and not had the issue.

Biggest tip I learned years ago & employ to this day: Start with drying the windshield first which ‘primes’ the towel and it is now damp for use on the other surfaces. If using more than drying towel, place the 2nd one on the rear window or sunroof to let it absorb water before moving it on the paint.


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No disrespect toward those who use these towels without incident, but this Thread just changed my mind on buying these.
I use that same Pinnacle Wash on all my towels too, you'd think that even after doing that there'd be some "Softness" within them.
Thank you for saving me money, and looking at something else!

Gunny Out........
 
I have never had a problem with these either and they are one of my favorites. They actually do work better if they are damp. I use Wolfgang Uber as a drying aid and that seems to help with the finish.
 
Mike Phillips said:
I don't see any marring after use and I start out using them dry.
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Same here, I always start with a dry towel and I’ve never experienced any issues. The moment it gets too damp, I switch out to a fresh dry towel.
 
Gunny Fitz said:
No disrespect toward those who use these towels without incident, but this Thread just changed my mind on buying these.
I use that same Pinnacle Wash on all my towels too, you'd think that even after doing that there'd be some "Softness" within them.
Thank you for saving me money, and looking at something else!

Gunny Out........
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I just received the Griots Garage drying towel, it’s pretty damn nice. Worth looking at if your in the market. But you can get 2-3 guzzlers for the price of the Griots.


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Ebg18t said:
I just received the Griots Garage drying towel, it’s pretty damn nice. Worth looking at if your in the market. But you can get 2-3 guzzlers for the price of the Griots.


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The PFM is amazing. Worth every penny.

Guzzlers are good, The PFM is incredible.
 
So I ended up wetting down a guzzler prior to a dry session on my black car. Water pickup seemed better and very minimal marring if any after the full dry session with no blower.
 
Trip said:
So I ended up wetting down a guzzler prior to a dry session on my black car. Water pickup seemed better and very minimal marring if any after the full dry session with no blower.
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Great! I know others here have said they use them dry, but I've always wet mine before using. Like, literally spray them with the hose and wring them out. It's for this reason that I only need *one* medium guzzler to dry even a large 4 door pickup. I don't see a need to grab a new towel when the guzzler gets wet. Wring it out and keep going.
 
Ebg18t said:
I just received the Griots Garage drying towel, it’s pretty damn nice. Worth looking at if your in the market. But you can get 2-3 guzzlers for the price of the Griots.


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Some things, like divorce and Griots PFM drying towels, are expensive because they're worth it
 
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