What do you use to dry your car?

Flooding method, then hit it with the cg wholly mammoth or pak shak ww towels, and finish off with compressor to the nooks and cranny's


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I use a Mit that my local supplier recommended me.

Where do I get these towels everybody is talking about? The real soft ones and ww ones.

Also how does the flooding process work?
 
Dude, your going to have to use the search button eventually :)
 
SoFlo1 said:
So after I wash the car, I can try flooding it? Which means take just the hose and let it run right up against the cars surface?

Then wipe clean with MF only? or spray detailer and wipe down? (Until I get a master blaster)
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You kind of said it, just take a hose without an attachment and pour water on the panel let it gently sheet off and your left with a little water left over, it's kind of hard to explain I'd have to show you lol


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Master Blaster. Been using one for 2 years and still love it.
 
Chamois never worked for me. I had a silver car back in the years and (as you may guess) swirls and fine scratches weren't a big issue for me, but just the difficulty (as compared to terry cotton cloth I used as alternative to wipe my car in those years) made it unlikely pick for me after trying it once or twice.
Since I started using MF towels I never even considered chamois.

But everyone has something they are comfortable working with.

As to a problem as a damage to a car, again, I can't say much because I used it on silver car and only on one or two occasions, so I don't even remember if it left any swirls behind (which would be hard to notice anyway).
But if you really want to know the amount of damage any towel can make, then park your car in the garage and place a bright light to it's side , so it can perfectly reflect from the top panels. Position your eyes at the level and the angle with the best detection of any imperfections on a paint surface. Then, put a product on, or (if you want to test it fully) wipe it dry. Of course your car must be in pristine and clean condition, else the dust particles will be scratching your paint, regardless of what you use to swipe them around. But once you do everything right, you will notice what the difference towels can make. Especially if the coat/paint is soft, you will immediately notice the hair thin trails left behind as you move your hand placed above the towel. Those fine swirls marks and scratches will not be noticed by 99% of the customers (who, frankly, don't give a screwball about hardly noticeable defects left on paint), but as a dealer you should know what effect your products and tools have on the vehicles you or your employees work on.
 
After leaf blowing do you spray on car one section at a time and just wipe? After using detailer spray do you then proceed with polisher?
 
i bought an electric leaf blower. 250mph one is more than fine for me.. what ever is left, i dry it wit micro fiber towels. thats been working fine for me... that flooding technique i believe will only work on cars that are in very good paint maintenance.. as in wax and polish on a regular. leafblower was pretty cheap in the the $30's ballpark.
 
This is my individual opinion,and in no way to argue with anyone or suggest that anyone is wrong using whatever technique works best for them.

And my opinion is that there are few things as simple and easy as washing and drying a car (when compared to other things, such as claying, correcting the clear coat, polishing, compounding, removing all kinds of damage and etc.)

All you really need are two buckets, a good sponge, a car wash shampoo and a garden hose. Sprinkle the entire body of the vehicle first, let all the dust and dirt soak and soften. Then , using your buckets and a sponge, wash one panel at the time (I usually start with the top panel) , hose it off and then dry it.

If you wash your panels well and hose off the shampoo you will leave only clear water behind. If your car has any wax on it it will repel water quickly and you will have a little droplets to dry. If not then you will have somewhat more water to wipe off.

The key always is to let the water subside/slide off/reduce on panels but do not let it dry. If you let it dry you will have stains left (and you will have to wash it again). If you jump on it while it has too much water then you will be doing more work and using many towels.

You have to know/feel the right time when you begin to dry the panels and from there just gently finish until your car is in perfect, clean and dry condition.

I never used blower before and I don't think I ever will (not to say you shouldn't. If it works for you then I am glad and it's great).
IMHO , you can get pretty good results doing it the old fashioned way (buckets, sponge and a hose).

Good luck!
 
Another thing I noticed when I went to dry was a lot of small hair like particles in a few places. And when I went to blow it off it seemed like they were stuck. I think the hairs are coming off of my sponge mitt?
 
I sheet off the water so there is very little left then use D156 spraying each section and use a MF towel to dry/spread the D156.

Works extremely well for me. :xyxthumbs:
 
I think if I sheet off water it may help me. Is that what you do as soon as your done washing? Say I got soap everywhere and I am done washing. I sheet it off? Or use my pressure washer?
 
SoFlo1 said:
I think if I sheet off water it may help me. Is that what you do as soon as your done washing? Say I got soap everywhere and I am done washing. I sheet it off? Or use my pressure washer?
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Sheeting it off works the best IMO......

Make sure the soap is gone 1st...

Then sheet the water off after.....
 
OK so wash/soap. Use pressure washer to rinse. Then Sheet.

I thought I was moving pretty fast and I try to keep everything wet at all times but the back window dried and had lots of streaking.
 
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