Where does the water come from?

[pgwlm]

Hi all,



Just finished washing my new WRX (357 miles). I just received my 1st shipment of MF towel`s(PakShak).



Washed with no nozzle using Gold Class, used the 2 towel tech(1 to blot the 2nd to clean up).Opened all the door`s,hood and trunk and wiped down with a cheapy MF.



Went back over the car with one of PK`s MF and caught up the dripping`s. Took the car around the block, went around the car again for more water,cleaned that up and thought I was done.



After throwing the towel`s in the wash, I went back out to look at the job(checking for streak`s and the such) and lo and behold there was more water.



Where does it come from? Is there like a unknown reservoir holding back some of the water for a later date?



I know that there are a lot of place`s that you can`t get to with a MF.What does everyone else use to eliminate water coming back after 2 hr`s time?



I have learned alot from this forum and thank everyone for their contribution`s.



Bob

[CharlesW]

Some people use leaf blowers to get the water out of the various nooks & crannies. I open the trunk, hood and doors and get rid of a lot of residual water that way. After a few washes, I usually learn the areas that seem to trap the water. Quite often you can wick the water from those cracks with your towel. Even then I always have a few places that I hit with a QD and then can call it quits.



Charles

[imported_Intel486]

Use your air compressor if you have one.



Otherwise go to a computer shop and buy one of those cans of compressed... well, they aren`t compressed air. One of those air dusters. They work well for shooting water out of those cracks.

[shaf]

Originally posted by CharlesW

Some people use leaf blowers to get the water out of the various nooks & crannies. I open the trunk, hood and doors and get rid of a lot of residual water that way. After a few washes, I usually learn the areas that seem to trap the water. Quite often you can wick the water from those cracks with your towel. Even then I always have a few places that I hit with a QD and then can call it quits.



Charles Good advice. :up Open and "snap" the door handles a few times, and be wary of water being trapped wherever there is a seam or two surfaces meet. On my car in particular this means door handle moldings, door trim moldings, gas cap door, tail lights, under and around the spoiler, etc, etc. I just place an edge or corner of the towel up against these areas to wick the water out like Charles said.



I also use a can of compressed air as a quick way of blowing water out from the slats on my grille. Otherwise it`s either wicking (tedious) or blowing them out with my breath (wear a helmet for when you pass out!). :)

[agnOstos]

A leaf blower works terrific! It eliminates alot of the smaller drips that happen after the car is dried. The one I use is electric. The neighbors think I`m a fruit, but my car looks ten times better than theirs! :D

[Iconoclast]

and they just seem to hold the water.. nothing you can do short of a leaf blower or air compressor. I really notice it around the side mirrors and front grill. BTW since I wasn`t ready to drop the couple hundred for the air compressor I went and bought one of those refillable air dusters at compUSA that I saw people talking about. That was a waste of money, at least the refillable one. The compressed air lasted through one brake light and then I was using my lungs to remove the water.

[clint]

I use a leaf blower too- my neighbors thought I was nuts too- untill a mobile detailing van did some neighbors cars and used the very same cheap toro electric blower.



I think water hides between the metal and the rubber in all the door openings and trunk etc. ANd under the trim.. It knows when you have put the towels away..

[MTO44]

Anybody try a product called the revolutionizer. Someone said it connects to your hose and removes spot-causing contaminants. Car will dry spot free? Does this really work?