Is the BBT Towel the king of all towels

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jsoto

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My Waffleweave JT Towel ain't cutting it on my X5 SUV. There is just too much to cover. I fell for your Ford Trunk Owners.....I would love to have a F150 for pulling the boat though.



Anyways, what towels do you guys use. 2 Waffleweave towels ?

I've resorted to doing the inital pass on the important panels with the JT WW towel and then I follow up with a P21 Synthetic Towel I've had for awhile now...........
 
Yep, multiple waffle-weaves, especially on vehicles that don't get the CWB. Usually finish up with the gray ones from MicroFiberTech. They seem a little softer than the BBT's. I occasionally get out the old Water Bandit for the first pass.
 
Can't say that I have ever used theBBT. I use PakShak's waffle weave for drying the 'Stang. It does take 2. You can minimize drying though by taking the attachment off of your hose and starting at the roof let the water flow like a sheet over the surfaces. This breaks the tension and you wind up with much less water on the car. I can almost dry the 'Stang with 1 towel but use 2 anyway to catch any streaks that would have been left behind.
 
Water blade will definately speed up your drying.



I finish up with a big waffle weave.



In case your wondering ... a CWB wont damage the surface as long as you clean and pre-wet it.
 
Smoker said:
Water blade will definately speed up your drying.



I finish up with a big waffle weave.



In case your wondering ... a CWB wont damage the surface as long as you clean and pre-wet it.
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Never used the CWB but, they just make me paranoid. What happens if you run into something on the paint surface and it gets dragged along by the blade? With a towel at least there is a chance it will be pulled away from the surface into the weave of the towel. It would seem with the CWB it would be dragged along the surface.



As I said, never used the CWB so there are just irrational fears probably :) Can't see much of an advantage though.
 
rjstaaf said:
Never used the CWB but, they just make me paranoid. What happens if you run into something on the paint surface and it gets dragged along by the blade? With a towel at least there is a chance it will be pulled away from the surface into the weave of the towel. It would seem with the CWB it would be dragged along the surface.



As I said, never used the CWB so there are just irrational fears probably :) Can't see much of an advantage though.
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If you run into something thats on the paint it prolly needs another wash ;)



Honestly, we use it all the time and its never damaged anything yet.



But each to their own I guess.
 
I have both the JT International Wafflle Weave and the Pakshak Waffle Weave. I would have to say that the comparison between the 2 is night and day.



I think the JT towels are ok but the Pakshak blows it away.



I have a F150 Extended Cab and after using the Perfect Drying Technique I have no problems with drying using one Pakshak Waffle.



I would definitely give one of the Pakshak's a try if you get the chance.
 
DFTowel said:
Why not use a leaf blower first?
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I've tried my gas powered blower and it will not budge the beads off my truck that has P21s on it unless the outlet is held so close that you run the risk of hitting the paint which consider not worth the potential damage. Two towels blotting the surface or sheeting the water off with a low pressure flow of water seem like tow superior approaches. CWB...use it only on the glass.
 
Pats300zx said:
I have a F150 Extended Cab and after using the Perfect Drying Technique I have no problems with drying using one Pakshak Waffle.



I would definitely give one of the Pakshak's a try if you get the chance.
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I use the same method and one PakShak waffle weave dries my 2500 Quad Cab 4X4 with no problems. I love my PakShak waffle weaves. As a matter of fact I just received two more in the mail yesterday along with some more mfs.
 
I love my "absorber" Synthetic chamois. It must be 6 years old. Just wash and it's as good as new.My QC Dodge is big also, but keep ringing it out and it dries well!
 
Since I started using QEW with a CWB, I've never needed more than 1 JT International waffleweave to dry any of my vehicles. When I was using P21S shampoo and the Perfect Drying Technique I still only needed 1 waffleweave towel to dry my vehicles.



If you're washing your vehicle with water and shampoo and not following the Perfect Drying Technique, I could see how multiple towels would be needed, but why would wash and dry any other way. :nixweiss
 
HellrotCi said:
Since I started using QEW with a CWB, I've never needed more than 1 JT International waffleweave to dry any of my vehicles. When I was using P21S shampoo and the Perfect Drying Technique I still only needed 1 waffleweave towel to dry my vehicles.



If you're washing your vehicle with water and shampoo and not following the Perfect Drying Technique, I could see how multiple towels would be needed, but why would wash and dry any other way. :nixweiss
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If you are actually following the Perfect Drying Technique you should be using 2 towels.:nixweiss



Not sure what the big diff here is. I just happen to prefer MF over Cotton. I use the first waffle MF to blot most of the water up and the second for the final wipe down. :xyxthumbs
 
I have a Silverado with a tonneau cover so there's lots of surface to dry.



I use the water blade on the horizontal surfaces and the windows. I've been using the blade for several months now and never had any problems with it. It saves a lot of time and work, there's very little chance I'll get anything under the blade and cause a scratch because I've just rinsed the truck thouroughly and I figure that if I ever do cause a scratch in the finish I'll probably be polishing the truck in the near future anyway so what the heck! Even if I've just done a complete detail I can always do a spot polish if there's a mark from the blade.



I dry the rest of it with one or two large waffle weave towels. I have ww towels from Ranney, CMA, JT...etc. I can't tell any difference and frankly I don't know which are which any more. I have gray and blue large WW's and I love'm all! Much better than absorbers or chamois....imo.
 
I park at a slant down the drive way and let gravity do the work for me. Then I use the leaf blower and use two pakshak or JT MFs to dab up the rest. I love using the leaf blower I sometimes wonder how I detailed without it!
 
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