breakneckvtec
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California water blade to get most water...Then waffle weave MF towel to BLOT up the excess and a pass with a regular MF to finish. Good idea or bad?
Drying careful....
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jcattarulla
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70% of the people here will tell you to avoid the Water Blade because one grain of sand or spec of whatever will get dragged along your paint by the blade and scratch your paint.
30% of the people here love the Water Blade, and they use it VERY carefully.
My technique: I dry the entire car by hand with the Big Blue Towel, a huge waffle-weave MF sold by CMA.
Now the choice is yours.
30% of the people here love the Water Blade, and they use it VERY carefully.
My technique: I dry the entire car by hand with the Big Blue Towel, a huge waffle-weave MF sold by CMA.
Now the choice is yours.
breakneckvtec
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Yeah, if CMA would start selling the BBT again, they havent had it for a while now. I think thats what I will be doing to, blotting as much as I can to avoid rubbing and then final wiping with a MF towel.
procareman50
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Anyone had any trouble with the absorber??
I have occasionally dried initially with the absorber - it's hard to blot though with a chamois - then finish it off with a waffle weave and touch up with a MF.
I have occasionally dried initially with the absorber - it's hard to blot though with a chamois - then finish it off with a waffle weave and touch up with a MF.
jasonatv22
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I use an absorber since my new water blade makes me paranoid. Most of the water runs off before the absorber anyhow, after that I use a MF to get up the water around the glass and trim.
Can you wash an absorber?
Can you wash an absorber?
Accumulator
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Postwood- I've machine washed an absorber, with regular (liquid) laundry detergent, MANY times without problem. Don't use a fabric softener, though.
thevolvoguy
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Hmm, im kinda scared to wash my absorber.
Last time I washed it in the sink with dawn it took me about 30 minutes to get all the soap out.
But, if you dont wash it... it gets dirty and you cant use it. So I dont anymore.
Last time I washed it in the sink with dawn it took me about 30 minutes to get all the soap out.
But, if you dont wash it... it gets dirty and you cant use it. So I dont anymore.
csssaint12
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I think MicrofiberTech got their Big Blue towels in. they also
have one that's larger yet. I think it's 28 x 54.
have one that's larger yet. I think it's 28 x 54.
thevolvoguy said:Hmm, im kinda scared to wash my absorber.
Last time I washed it in the sink with dawn it took me about 30 minutes to get all the soap out.
But, if you dont wash it... it gets dirty and you cant use it. So I dont anymore.
Gotta think you used waaay too much Dawn in your wash solution.
Anyway, your solution worked for you.:up
Charles
procareman50
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I think that getting two big blues or waffle weaves would be the best option. The first gets the big stuff, the second collects the straggling drops, and then a little MF can touch up the rest....POOF.......DRY CAR!!!! The absorber is a little worrisome because it does really "grab" the surface and then you have to drag it to take the water off
No offence, but why using anything? I dry my car about 90% with water.
I keep a good enough coat of polymer that the water beads up like a fiend. If you simply spray off, you get all that water still there.
Instead, I take the nozzle off the hose, and let the water pour out of the hose directly. I then take one panel at a time, and as the water pours out, it makes a sheet of water on the panel. I slowly follow the sheet down, "pushing" the sheet of water off the car.
If I'm parked on a slight incline, it helps, and by doing this slowly, I get 90% of the water off the car. Then I take a 100% cotton (though I have ordered a waffle weave MF towel), and PAT the remaining water off...I never wipe at all. Then I take a drive around the block, shaking out the excess water from the mirrors and such (and off the brake rotors), and PAT dry again.
In this fashion, I can dry the entire car without ever wiping anything across the paint. Make sense? :wavey
I keep a good enough coat of polymer that the water beads up like a fiend. If you simply spray off, you get all that water still there.
Instead, I take the nozzle off the hose, and let the water pour out of the hose directly. I then take one panel at a time, and as the water pours out, it makes a sheet of water on the panel. I slowly follow the sheet down, "pushing" the sheet of water off the car.
If I'm parked on a slight incline, it helps, and by doing this slowly, I get 90% of the water off the car. Then I take a 100% cotton (though I have ordered a waffle weave MF towel), and PAT the remaining water off...I never wipe at all. Then I take a drive around the block, shaking out the excess water from the mirrors and such (and off the brake rotors), and PAT dry again.
In this fashion, I can dry the entire car without ever wiping anything across the paint. Make sense? :wavey
Welcome to Autopia jnstella. :waveyjnstella said:
And yes, it does make sense. Check this out: The PERFECT Drying technique
jnstella said:
None taken, we all do that!
The Perfect Drying Technique is well known to Autopians.:xyxthumbs
Actually, I use the water blade and get the rest with blotting. Seems perfectly okay so far as I've seen. I also just can't have all that water going everywhere - especially this time of year. Also in the summer there are places with things like water restrictions. To be honest, I'm not sure the majority of people actually DO use the Perfect Drying Technique. It's often recommended to those who ask because it IS superior, but it's not for me personally.