Back to basics.... what do you dry your car with?

**MnRiverman** · 04-12-2003, 09:27 PM

100% cotton bath towel? Natural Chamois? Synthetic? California Water Blade?

I always use a 100% cotton bath towel, and I really don`t think it`s swirling my car. I use a leaf blower to get off most of the water, then I just gently have to drag the towel across the surface to get it dry. I usually wash these after 3 or 4 drying uses.

So, what do you guys use?

- Anthony

**imported_Ronin** · 04-12-2003, 09:34 PM

I use 2 Microfiber towels to dry my car after running the hose over it (without a nosel). Not much water on the car anyway at that point. Works for me :up

JD

**PakShak** · 04-12-2003, 09:40 PM

Hi adg44,

I use a large size waffle weave micro fiber towel and follow-up with a 24" x 24" micro fiber towel as a final wipe towel. Then I get a smaller 16" x 16" micro fiber towel and some QuickShine QD to give it a just wax look. Works perfect everytime...unless it rains in Honolulu, HI

With Aloha,

~Ranney

**imported_Wes** · 04-12-2003, 10:29 PM

I use 100% cotton towels for drying and works great.

But I wash it the same day after using it. If you use it a couple times without washing it really hardens unless you have super soft water.........but even then I recommend washing them after each use.

**evor1** · 04-12-2003, 11:00 PM

Big waffleweave MF. It is amazing. Perfectly soft, and amazingly absorbant.

I will never use cotton again. It seems "harsh"compared to MF.

**shaf** · 04-13-2003, 02:10 AM

You don`t want to know!

I use the dreaded CWB and follow up with different things to try drying the spots the blade misses. Up until recently I didn`t have any MF waffleweave-type towel so I`ve been experimenting or reverting to those felt-like synthetic chamois typically sold by people with microphones at fairs.

(Purchased pre-Autopia.)

I managed to acquire a ridiculously tiny waffleweave MF recently and found it absorbs water the best with the least water trails, which is probably why people have been continuously converting to waffleweaves more and more.

**Scottwax** · 04-13-2003, 02:20 AM

Terry cloth to remove most of the water and microfiber to finish drying.

**TurboCat** · 04-13-2003, 04:19 AM

I do a final rinse with an open hose to reduce the amount of water left on the car. Then I use the Big Blue towel from CMA (waffleweave MF).

I would like to get an air compressor to blow the water out of crevices!

On the trim, wheels, grille and inside of trunk lid I use a clean soft terry towel because it seems to absorb better in those areas.

**raymond_ho2002** · 04-13-2003, 04:27 AM

open hose rinse, followed by blotting with a cotton bath towel, wipe in short strokes with waffle-weave microfiber, final wipe with microfibertech MF using QD.

I get water out of the sideview mirrors by putting my mouth to the gap and blowing.

**Pats300zx** · 04-13-2003, 06:56 AM

I am with Ranney on this one.

I use the hose nozzle to sheet off the water. I then use a waffle weave or Absorber, followed by a 24 x 24 MF towel.

Works great...:up

**JimS** · 04-13-2003, 07:35 AM

I use the CWB to push most of the water off, then a large MF waffle weave then I use my Vac-n-Blo to blow out the crevices that drip for hours after. Ranney`s waffle weave are on the way and I`m anxious to give them a try.

**edwin907** · 04-13-2003, 07:39 AM

Hose most of the water off, then use the Absorber, followed by the Big Blue. Then the same Big Blue is used on the wheels, grill, etc.

**Nagchampa** · 04-13-2003, 07:48 AM

I use a cotton bath towel and follow up with a MF.

**tkr128** · 04-13-2003, 09:03 AM

I use Carguy`s "Perfect Drying Technique." I use a waffleweave MF towel, followed by one or 2 16x16 MF towels on the paint. Another 16x16 MF for the trim and any extra water drippings. I then use the cheap "cotton" terry towels that come in the big bag for the wheels, tires and other places that are "dirtier".