Drying completely?

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CharlesW

The Rainmaker
It has always been my procedure to leave the surface competely dry when:
1. Drying the car after washing.
2. Cleaning windows
3. Using Spry & Wipe
4. Using any QD product
5. Cleaning vinyl or leather

I was recently told that it wasn't really necessary to have it completely dry to do a good job. I guess I don't feel comfortable with that, but I have been wrong before.
Do most of you dry the surface completely after those processes?

Charles
 
when i give my car a wash i try my best to dry everything. i mean. its pretty impossible not to get drips hear and there.

normally i just dry with WW, dry door jams, trunk jams, wheels, tires, and stubborn wiperblades. then just follow with qd one last time to just perfect it. i still end up with water drips when i drive off, but noticebly a lot less than if i just dried with waffle weave and walked away.

sometimes when i feel i have the will to take out the extension cord, i use the exhaust on my vac and blow out water from crevices, tire ridghes, and wheels.
 
Charles

You and I are old school...my cars are completely dry everytime....I use the WW MF to get as much of the surface water off...Leaf blower to get the rest in the cracks....and finish up with the WW MF again....When appling product like S&W or QD I always use two MF towels one to dry and the other to buff and get dry......One thing that I found was on my black BMW that if you didn't get it dry there was a haze from what little moisture was still on the surface that air dried...I always feel like its the best way to get the surface ready for clay, polish, etc.
 
I also dry completely, all cracks and crevices throughout the car get wiped clean, but my car is very easy to wash with out hose, bucket, soap, and lots of water, i clear cold water sponge entire car every 3 days and dry it off with a mf towel and finish it off with another mf towel....
haven't been to a hose or car wash in years..........
don't drive in snow, salt etc.......
plenty of claying, polishing, and waxing, and lots of california dusting in between............ :angel_not
 
I just did a wash on my truck knowing that i was going to go over it with a paint cleaner and a wax. Did not dry completely. Thought that it would save some time and not make any difference.

The long and the short of it is I will not ever do that again. Have been having water spot problems anyway. All this did was add spots to my problem.
 
one thing i always get when i polish after a wash is water magically apprearing from crevices and running and slings my polish, no matter if i blow dry the cracks or not.
 
joyriide1113 said:
one thing i always get when i polish after a wash is water magically apprearing from crevices and running and slings my polish, no matter if i blow dry the cracks or not.
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I get this too, and it drives me nuts. It's especially bad when you're polishing and the drip has some grit in it. I try to wait a 1/2 or so after drying before I polish. I also open/close the doors & trunk a few times which seems to shake the drips loose. I my wife would let me buy a da** BMW M5, I probably wouldn't have issues with drips! (LOL)
 
My wife bought me the the BMW 2006 M6 for my 68th birthday and i haven't looked back. my previous car was a ferrari and that car could not come close to this baby......

clean it every day :wub: I'm really in love......
 
I blow out all cracks, crevices and most of the body with my Black Baron then finish up spots with WW. Normally takes less than 10 min to do my C/K2500 with topper.
 
Interesting information, but I guess I need to rephrase my question.
What I meant was the use of enough towels to leave the surface totally dry when you make the final pass in your drying routine. No mist or haze left on the paint or glass at all.

And yes, I also have the odd drips no matter what I do. I just go back over them with a QD or S&W after they seem to stop dripping.

Charles
 
CharlesW said:
Interesting information, but I guess I need to rephrase my question.
What I meant was the use of enough towels to leave the surface totally dry when you make the final pass in your drying routine. No mist or haze left on the paint or glass at all.

And yes, I also have the odd drips no matter what I do. I just go back over them with a QD or S&W after they seem to stop dripping.

Charles
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I use the larger blue WW to get the majority of the water up and then followup immediately over the area I just dried with the smaller grey WW. It seems to work very well for me. I hate not having the surface completely dry. I have three of the big blue WW and I think about seven or eight of the smaller grey ones, so I have enough.
 
mgm2003 said:
I also open/close the doors & trunk a few times which seems to shake the drips loose. (LOL)
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thats halarious i do that too! which is why now i finish up washing inside my garage. neighbors already think im nuts.
 
patches said:
My wife bought me the the BMW 2006 M6 for my 68th birthday and i haven't looked back. my previous car was a ferrari and that car could not come close to this baby......

clean it every day :wub: I'm really in love......
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Like to start off by saying that I am extremely jealous. I love those cars. Have fun detailing it.

I always dry the car completely. On cooler days, I drive it around the block to blow the water out.
 
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