How do you Dry your car ?

[SuperBuick]

I may be crazy but I agree with Accumulator. Dedicated blower. I have a dedicated gas backpack leaf blower that I bought new to use for drying cars.

 

[Accumulator]

I see the point but in reality what comes out of even a dirty leaf blower has nothing on the crap that gets thrown on a car while driving.

I`ve never experience that either, well...other than stonechips/etc. The often-discussed "stuff that hits the paint every day" simply doesn`t seem to happen to my vehicles; once polished to perfection, they simply stay that way indefinitely rather than incrementally degrading from "all the stuff that happens to every car". Not arguing, just sayin`...and I`m sure that there are a scad of variables. Somebody living in a windy desert area will have a whole `nother experience!

I may be crazy but I agree with Accumulator.

Heh heh heh...maybe not so crazy, at least IMO

Now...everybody with a dedicated blower: stick an AirWand on that thing! Sorry, couldn`t resist

 

[Coatings=crack]

I bought a leaf blower (toro f700). Does a good job but doesn’t get it all. It blows! (140mph 725 cfm’s) just doesn’t get all the water. Maybe it’s the big round opening? All good follow up with homemade elixir and a couple of PFM’s and she sure is purdy.


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[titsataki]

i think we need a way to attach a much smaller outlet to the blower to focus the stream of air.
I looked the same Toro but I think the design is focused on blowing leaves and very wide opening.

I also used an air wand in my compressor but it is a bit of a pain to wind and retract the air hose.

I have looked at the dedicated tools like
McKee’s 37 Turbo Car Dryer seems to be $200
Metro MasterBlaster for $450

I am just a weekend warrior for personal cars I cannot really justify the prices

Regards

Nick

 

[Accumulator]

Also i did use the air wand and i have had no issues just is a bit of a pain to pull the air hose out and back in not that is cold.

You have an AirWand? Gee, I didn`t think anybody else tried it.

What were you doing, removing/reattaching it from the blower each time?

 

[titsataki]

I have a few different air wands but all are based on an air compressor.
I would love to see what you use in regards to blower and air wand attachment.


Regards

Nick

 

[Bill D]

I haven’t used my Air Wand in forever. I’ve just gotten really efficient with a PFM towel

 

[Accumulator]

titsataki- We`ve (or rather perhaps "I have") miscommunicated a little. I`m referring to a leafblower attachment called "The Air Wand" that I posted a review/recommendation on a while back. Google up "The New Air Wand" on an internet search and you oughta find what I`m talking about.

The compressor-driven air nozzles in your pic are the kind of things I use for the nooks and crannies, but I get >90% of the water off with a leafblower fitted with the AirWand that you can find via that search.

 

[Accumulator]

I haven’t used my Air Wand in forever. I’ve just gotten really efficient with a PFM towel

Well, we`re doing different vehicles. I`m still using plenty Drying MFs but I definitely save a lot of time blowing most of the water off first, and that also helps keep my Drying Aids (on which I rely a lot more than I bet you do) from getting too diluted. When the AirWand needed servicing I was actually kinda surprised how much I missed it, vowed to *never* go back to just using towels. But again, that`s just me and yeah I am all about making this stuff as, uhm...bearable for myself as I can, and that`s a kinda high bar to clear.

 

[Bill D]

What kind of servicing did your Air Wand need?

 

[Accumulator]

What kind of servicing did your Air Wand need?

It was the first time the hose wore out while in-use. I missed it so much that I cobbled together a temp fix with an unused piece of shopvac hose when fixes to the worn oe one wouldn`t work. Didn`t want to wait for the replacement (he`s a good guy but not all that quick about responding to customers) before doing another wash.