California Water Blade

[skottsmith@sbcglobal.net]

I was curious how many forum members are using a California water blade and what is your opinion of them.

Bill;) ;)

[JasonC8301]

I personally have 2.



I like them, gets most of the water off the car, a follow up with a towel and the car is almost dry. Just those darn nooks and crannies that are hard to/impossible to get without a leaf blower.



Its also a double edges sword. I swipe the T part (touches the paint) after every swipe or so. Keeps the blade clean and minimizes the chances of scratching.



Jason

[MikeLS]

I`ve used one for a couple years now and I find it`s a great product! It works best on the flat surfaces as the water is quickly eliminated. I`ve never noticed any scratching from it, so I`ll keep using it, and it`s brother the CCD. I also use an Absorber for the spots that need blotting, and I think that combo is very safe and effective...



:xyxthumbs

[imported_Intel486]

Here`s what I think of it.


http://theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/031502/waterb.JPG

[Bobby G]

Say what you will, but I`ve never had a problem with the CWB, and I have been using it for many years. I use it on my black 911 with NO problems. Love it, love it, love it! However, it`s not a tool for morons. You do need to take car of it, and you should wipe the edge with every pass.



db



P.S. Love the pic and humor, Intel486!

[imported_JeffBruce]

I have one used it..and no problems ..but am worried it will scratch....I have big blue towel from CMA and it is great...

I use the water blade on the company vechicle and BB on wify;s



jeff

do a search there are many opinons on this C-Blade

[imported_Intel486]

I have to admit. The two cars I detailed today I did use the waterblade on simply for speed. Using a pressure washer and going for speed I didn`t have time to sheet the water off so the Blade was the best way to go.

[Caldy]

Blower is faster and gets cracks and nooks and nannies. I dont know how safe the water blade is also so i dont know i just feel the blower is safest and most effective

[Jngrbrdman]

I`ve been using it for years. I would imagine that if you use it improperly (like with everything) then it can do damage. If you use it properly then it is as safe as microfiber. A leaf blower isn`t quite as portable as the CWB anyway. ;)

[aorbeta]

im very surprised with CWB! i use it on my 01 BMW and have yet to discover that it had left scratches...not a bad product to say the least....:bounce

[mikenomad57@hotmail.com]

Just make SURE there is nothing embedded in the blade...or when you swipe it across nothing gets lodged into it.





I love the blade, but once something bad happened. Something got into it, and when I went acrross the hood with it, I was wreching in pain, cringing like a madman. It left huge deep scratches across the hood on my car that was only a few months old.



It looks fine now though.

[gtivrx]

I have used my CWB for about two years without any problems that I am aware of.

[boywonder]

......and I have no problems. :D

[JimO]

Wow, last year when I started on Autopia, a lot of members suggested NOT using the CWB. Now, this thread is showing full support. Anyways, when I did use the CWB, I did not see any scratches at all. I guess I`ll go back to using it as others have shown their OK for the CWB.

[vettefan67]

<blockquote class=`ipsBlockquote` >

<em class=`bbc`>Originally posted by olivher [/i]
<strong class=`bbc`>Wow, last year when I started on Autopia, a lot of members suggested NOT using the CWB. Now, this thread is showing full support. Anyways, when I did use the CWB, I did not see any scratches at all. I guess I`ll go back to using it as others have shown their OK for the CWB. [/b]</blockquote>I will NOT use the CWB on my car. If I had one I`d use it for windows for sure but that`s it!