After a good old clean what do use to dry the car with without making swirl marks ? chamois ?


Ben

 

No, these leave swirls.
Use microfibre towels. Really cheap at Asda

 

I use a pod quality drying towel

 

pod quality ? whats that all about

 

Check the polished bliss site mate.

 

The great powers of the sun..

 

Couple of these, 1 to go round and get the worst off, then final dry and buff up with the 2nd one....also i spray some quik detailer onto the wet paintwork to aid streak free drying
http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/microf.../prod_634.html

 

nice one for the link , ive never heard about sprayin quick detailer on the wet car ?

but if it works it works


Ben

 

It does indeed work mate.. Not too much though else I find it goes a little smeary.
But that might just mean I've mixed my detailer up wrong, lol!

I also find if you 'pat' the car with the first towl, to soak up the worst of the water,
Then use the 2nd one to go over it lightly,so you don't put any swirls in it.

 

I use a Raceglaze waffle weave drying towl to get the worse off.
Then use a quick detailer and a large microfiber cloth to buff up afterwards

 

For a cheap drying aid use Car Plans Demon Shine available from Asda. Spray it on and wipe down with a drying towel.

 

i use these, http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/index....Id=436&added=1

 

+1

My dad uses one of those squegee things and it makes me cringe, could easily ruin the paint work by dragging small bits of grit etc

 

A megs water magnet waffle towel to start, then a Tesco pet drying microfibre towels. Huge, dead soft and cheap

 

the absorber got it from the states and its awesome


failing that a leaf blower

 

i have been using on of them for donkeys years and still use it today on my cars
never left a mark on any of them and i dry with a dodo juice super thick drying
towel after that top marks time and time again

 

Microfibre drying cloths

 

One of these http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/washin.../prod_154.html

MASSIVE and can easily dry a whole car without even wringing it once, best drying aid ive ever used, so easy and doesnt leave a mark anywhere including windows

 

yes ive had one of these before, but u know what its like , as soon as you get a bit of oil on it, it is useless , now its just another oil rag

 

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/washin.../prod_154.html

ive got one of these there not bad

 

http://www.the-absorber.co.uk/ this is the absorber ive tryed micro fibers the meguires waffle weave ect and they are all crap in comparison

 

I just use a big micro fibre towel.

 

I use my compressor to blow the worst off then a supernatural drying towel to mop up the remains if its been polished and waxed but if its being washed prior to polish then a ordinary microfibre does the job

 

I use either my Sonus drying towel or my Autosmart dryin towel. i think the Autosmart one is very good value for money @ Ł4.50

Oh and i use demon shine too.

 

get you self over to costco, 36 micro fibre cloths for Ł13 odd, bargain if you ask me.

 

Then dont dry the bits of the car which your most likely to have missed when washing, i.e the bottom of the doors etc, i just dry the bits which i know are clean, like the roof/windows/bonnet/doors/boot, after 8months its still clean, only one or two spots of black

 

How often do you all change your microfibre towels? Do u machine wash them after every use?

And do u all have an old one for then doing round dirty door shuts etc after?

 

i used to used a chammy but now i only use microfibre towel, dirt cheat and a lot softer

 

You cant get any better than these imo

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...owel-cat5.html

 

Silicon blade then a microfibre towel

 

Megs towel. friend of mine is a pro detailer and it is his 1 bit of kit he won't leave the house without. do a big car without wringing. then start the polishing. if you get it dirty its your own fault as you have not washed properly. same as getting stains on your bath towel after a shower really

 

Lol stu

 

NOOO......not the dreaded blade lol

 

I must admit to using a blade on the roof and front and rear screen but i drench the roof again with hose a second before i use the blade and touch wood ive never had a problem.

R.e. Microfibre towels, poundland are doing them , for a pound obviously, at moment, they arent small either. Not all stores have them tho, chelmsford didnt yet i was in southend the other day so had a look and they had loads, so i bought 8 lol and they work just aswell as my meguiars one which was about 8 quid.

 

Thats what I use too mate,they're amazing.

 

Thought you used your cheesy Y Fronts Kev

 

Your maws pants work wonders