What do you dry your car off with?

Re: What do you dry your dry off with?

That's not a bad deal on BOGO, I always have trouble drying with the terry weave, though.
 
I use waffle weave towels. Unfortunately, although they all claim to be the only towel needed, I end up using several. I'm thinking of picking up the BOGO waffle weaves today.
 
After a shower, I use a large bath towel. After washing my car, I use a waffle weave....on the car body, not mine.
 
I use my Metro Vac N Blow, then spray each panel with UWWC+ and then dry with a waffle weave.
 
Those towels actually dry amazing well. I am glad they are on BOGO. I'm ordering a few more.
 
90% sure the BOGO towels are the same ones sold at DD. in which case, they are awesome!
 
I use a shop vac that has a blower. I blow 95% of the water off and spray detail the whole car 100% dry.
 
SkateForGirl said:
I use a shop vac that has a blower. I blow 95% of the water off and spray detail the whole car 100% dry.
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Are you every concerned that the intake may pick up dust/dirt that ends up getting blown onto the just cleaned paint surface? I have one of these, but don't use it for just that reason. Maybe I'm too cautious.
 
Detail_Dude said:
Are you every concerned that the intake may pick up dust/dirt that ends up getting blown onto the just cleaned paint surface? I have one of these, but don't use it for just that reason. Maybe I'm too cautious.
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At first I was but I saw everyone here does it so I figured I'd give it a go. I've been doing it for 2 years now and I've never had dirt/dust get blown out. I do it both indoor and outdoor as well.
 
Detail_Dude said:
Are you every concerned that the intake may pick up dust/dirt that ends up getting blown onto the just cleaned paint surface? I have one of these, but don't use it for just that reason. Maybe I'm too cautious.
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I've had that happen. You never get all the dust and dirt out of a hose that's been used for vacuum. I've tried. At a minimum have a dedicated blow hose and HEPA quality outlet on shop vac like a Gore CleanStream filter. Or get a master blaster...can't vacuum with that!
 
SkateForGirl said:
At first I was but I saw everyone here does it so I figured I'd give it a go. I've been doing it for 2 years now and I've never had dirt/dust get blown out. I do it both indoor and outdoor as well.
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I guess I have the wrong kind of dirt. :dunno:
 
I use waffle weave towels. I hate using microfiber because they never work very well. Always streak no matter what.

I bought a leaf blower to try out and it works pretty good. But I still have to go over it with a waffle weave in the end so I dunno if its worth keeping.
 
armoredsaint said:
I've been using Waffle Weaves from AG and PakShak for many years, but I've been looking into the large Cobra Deluxe Ultra 600 Microfiber Towel, 25 x 36 inch.

Would the latter be better for my paint or prevent marring? I always wash my towels after each drying session too.
http://www.autogeek.net/cobra-deluxe-ultra-towel.html
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I have the 530's in that size and they're pretty good. Big. Almost too much towel. They don't mar my soft black paint. A lot of my other towels do. The 600 towels on bogo should be even better than mine, at the same price I paid. I would buy some but I bought 6 of the 530's for $40, it would just be a waste. If I could magically trade my 530's for 600's at no cost I would. But since I can't, what I got is pretty good.

Buy 6 for $40 and get your 20% off (so $32) and you won't run out of towel.
 
I spray the car down with distilled water and finish it off with the Cobra Guzzler and a standard waffle weave.

Every now and then I'll use an electric leaf blower to blow out crevices- nothing worse than a dry car that has headlights, trim pieces, mirrors, taillights, etc that are dripping water!
 
I use waffle weave towels and my craftsmen 210mph gas leaf blower :dblthumb2: Gotta get an electric though :rolleyes: oh and of course come back and QD....
 
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I use a leaf blower at first, then I wipe down with this huge drying towel I got at another retailer. It was 6.5 sq. ft. for $8. Really soft IMO.
 
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