Do you towel dry or blow dry?

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I was always a towel dry guy until about 6 months ago. I got a sweet deal on a blower. Now I blow dry only. What do you do and why?
 
If it isn't too early in the morning or too late in the evening I use a McKee's blower. My car seems to like to hold water around the taillights, trim and the mirrors, etc. I feel blowing takes longer, but I am not chasing water drips for an hour. I love it for tires, a quick blow and they are ready for dressing.
 
Blower, then towels for mop-up duty. Truck is too damn big to towel dry only, and Hammer is dead-on about chasing drips from mirrors, door handles, etc.
 
Unfortunately, I have to damp towel dry. I live in a community where it will be difficult to blow dry because of the noise. I will damp dry my ride. I use a damp WW MF towel. I will use the Blaster Jr to get under the mirros and spot of excess water. But that is for about 3 minutes. Do not want to disturb the neighbors with a large blower. Electric blowers are loud too!
 
blow the majority of the water off (with below) and wipe down the last 10% with a qd/waterless wash/spray wax and microfiber towel to get the remaining droplets (don't expect any blowing device to get rid of every last drop of water)...

McKee's 37 Turbo Car Dryer
 
Since my cars have CQUK, blow drying is a no brainer. And in conjunction with about 98 to 105 degree heat, no problems... :)

For new customers cars (that have never been detailed), I'll blow dry to get the tight spots, cracks and crevasses, but I don't spend much time. They'll get guzzled, then ready for clay and some form of correction....
 
For a traditional wash blow dry and then towel dry any remaining water. For rinseless, I blot with a waffle weave.

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Blow dry, then followup with quick detailer, spray wax, diluted rinseless wash and wax, etc. as a drying agent to break down the surface tension of the remaining water.

Cleans out well around windows, rear view mirrors, front-end, license plates, etc.
 
Route246 said:
Blow dry, then followup with quick detailer, spray wax, diluted rinseless wash and wax, etc. as a drying agent to break down the surface tension of the remaining water.

Cleans out well around windows, rear view mirrors, front-end, license plates, etc.
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^^ this. coating a vehicle makes it a breeze to dry with a blower. bad pun intended :)
 
Blow dry only when a 3BM wash is done. Both vehicles are coated and the water flies right off. Only use a towel (GG PFM) if needed or to catch water blown from gaps.
 
I typically towel dry and then blow out the nooks & crannies.
 
McKee's Turbo Dryer is pretty good btw. Works well, easy to use, rubberized tips so it won't scratch should you accidentally touch the surface while drying a vehicle.


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RaskyR1 said:
I typically towel dry and then blow out the nooks & crannies.
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I blow out the nooks and crannies, and drive the water off the car if reasonably possible. Then dry with Waffle Weave towel and some QD. Wheels/tires/lights/trim/mirrors... all that before wiping IMO.
 
Blow dry and 3 minutes of blotting with a Pluffle towel and QD spray. Gave my McKees 37 to a friend and use a Metro Blaster 8HP Revolution, plus a small Milwaukee workbench battery blower now.
 
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