Okay, I don't like using a blade, and I don't like using a blower. I love using cheap yellow microfiber towels like from Costco and I must say after 1 1/2 years I've never noticed or had anyone else ever point out and swirl marks in my finish. I use Zaino Blonde Border Free towels for polishing and detailing.
BUT ... I just had the car completely repainted. A beautiful job with a gorgeous new depth and zero peel. So, I'm thinking I might buck up for some real drying towels.
I've done a search and been to Autogeek and other forum vendor's web sites and am still unclear on what I want. I like smaller, easy to hand ring out towels rather than big super absorbent bath sized towels. I have also wanted for years to buy a wall mounted good old fashion ringer but man are those things expensive!
Anyway, any and all recommendations appreciated.
Here's a poor quality picture of my newly painted 2007:
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Thats an awesome color there Poppy! Well I see that you don't want to use a blower. I would go our Big Blue III Drying Towel to dry the Corvette. It only takes a minute to take the nozzle off and do this final rinse and it will cut the your drying time in half!
Do you final rinse with the free-flowing method first, then go with the Big Blue III Drying Towel, you should be able to dry your entire vehicle without ever wringing out the towel.
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Remember to wash your towel prior to it's first use.
I use a blower for the initial drying, but good advice above.
Use of the sheeting action helps a lot.
In case you don't know what that means, you turn down the water pressure to very low on your final rinse and with no nozzle what so ever let the low flow sheeting action take off what I consider to be an amazing amount of water. This works great.
I then use a leaf blower for a lot of the water, but if you don't want to then move on.
Then use a quality ww mf towel for most of the water.
Then I use a quality mf towel and a light Z6 for a spot free shine.
use a leaf blower when possible leaving a light dampness on surface, spray with a quick detailer (key=lubrication), and a quick wipe to remove any spotting. Quick Detailer helps avoid swirls and better lubricated than just plain water.
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mazda5@properautocare.com[/email];1572710289]Thats an awesome color there Poppy! Well I see that you don't want to use a blower. I would go our Big Blue III Drying Towel to dry the Corvette. It only takes a minute to take the nozzle off and do this final rinse and it will cut the your drying time in half!
Do you final rinse with the free-flowing method first, then go with the Big Blue III Drying Towel, you should be able to dry your entire vehicle without ever wringing out the towel.
Angelo www.ProperAutoCare.com
Always Toll free 800-628-7596
All Corvette Members get a 10% Discount using (Corvette10)
Remember to wash your towel prior to it's first use.
BUT ... I just had the car completely repainted. A beautiful job with a gorgeous new depth and zero peel. So, I'm thinking I might buck up for some real drying towels.
If I may ask, what happened that required a complete re-paint......?
The Big Blue III Drying towel has been around for many years and very happy car owner's love it. A great towel for the money and it does the job perfect! Here's a link on our Big Blue III Towel......... http://truthindetailing.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=65
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I have really hard water where I live and use Mr. Clean's Auto Dry (now discontinued), only for the water filter, not the soap...I use Zaino's for that.
Didn't read the directions (when all else fails, please read) and thought I was using the water filter when I rinsed off, used the leaf blower and then a chamois for detailing.
Lo and behold, I had been using the wrong setting on the Mr. Clean. Used the right setting, which engaged the water filter and when I used the blower...I DIDN'T HAVE ONE WATER SPOT AFTER DRYING IT OFF COMPLETELY WITH THE BLOWER !!! I didn't even have to use the chamois.
If I may ask, what happened that required a complete re-paint......?
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Nothing major or mysterious. Got into some rocks on a mountain road and it required the replacement of the passengers side rocker panel and rear quarter. Once I needed to get those replaced and repianted and we started talking about blending the paint I figured I might as well do the top in black and fix what the General did poorly. Voila, a total repaint and deep, orange peeless paint
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