unbelievable way to wash car streakless
 

One day while I was at my chevy dealership in the early AM, when there was alot of dew on the cars in the parking lot, I saw a guy who wiped down at least 20 cars in less than 20 minutes, spotless.
After being amazed at how he did it, I went over to ask him.
Basically, since there was dew on the cars from an early fog, the cars were allready wet. He showed me a microfiber towel that he purchased in Wallmart auto dept. (blue one about 2' X 3', $10.00). Then, he gave me a free lesson.

I went home and tried it and actually washed and dried my car spotless within 3-4 minutes.
I never use any soap on my car, only water.
You rinse the car off with a hose. Then wet the microfiber towel and wrench out all of the water from it as usual. Then fold the towel in 1/2 so that the size is about 2' square and start with the top of the car. Lay the towel flat and drag the towel from the front to the back. Then make several other passes again only where it is still wet. Squeeze out the water and continue on the sides and the rest of the car. I assure you that if you do this correctly, all of the water will be removed with only one pass with 0 streaks!!!

Try this, you won't believe the results.

Charlie

and how does the dirt come off if you don't use soap???

You don't need soap to get dirt off! But you do need soap to NOT SCRATCH the car! :willy: :nono:

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I would not try this on my black Vette unless it already was dirt (grit) -free. But that means I just washed it... which means I need to dry it.:willy:

:cool: Thanks for the tip!

drying car
 

The point is, no matter how you choose to wash your car, the drying is the icing on the cake. Every time it comes out spotless with one swipe of the open microfiber cloth. Just remember to wet the cloth in the beginning and wring it out. I have only used water on my car to remove the dust. My car doesn't see rain so I rinse it only with water. The drying will work no matter how you wash it.

sounds good will try after I get my car back

Mr clean car wash accomplishes the same thing,and I get to wax it when I'm done!!No rubbing to dry it or anything!:D

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i think that method only works if the car is already almost spotless.
if it has any real dirt on it, you need soap. and as someoelse said - i think u risk scratching it .

Who gets streaks on his car from washing it properly?

You get streaks on your winter beater when it's filthy and you go over it half-assed with a bucket of water and an old towel.

This kind of thing gives me that queasy feeling. I never had swirl marks until I took my car in for some servicing at the dealership. I suppose they thought they were doing me a favor by turning the hose on my freshly waxed car and wiping it down with a scratchy old towel. :mad:

Why touch it?
 

More than you have to? i think the more you rub a towel across the cars finishthe bigger the chance you have to scratch the paint.:nono:
Use the leaf blower! :thumbs:

:iagree: Plus it blows the water out of all the "nooks and crannys".

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If you use any method that touches the paint, it could swirl. Electric leaf blower is the best. My biker buddies showed me the light years ago. :cheers: :cheers: And remember....never let the dealer "wash" your car.:nono: :nono:

The best way to dry a car after a carwash is to air dry. Use your leaf blower. It;s effortlesss and complete in 5 minutes.

You never heard of a microfiber towel before?

PS Use soap before rinsing or you will be sorry

That's why every new black car I've seen on a dealership lots already has a disgusting amount of swirl marks in it! :ack:

You need the soap more for lubrication than for removing dirt. I would be real careful about washing my car with just plain water.
An even better way to dry your car is to use an electric leaf blower. The less you rub on your car's finish the better.

I use the same towel. Actually I have three of them. They're great! I haven't been to the carwash in at least four weeks but after three coats of RejeX the water just rolls off the car. It rained today on my way home from work. The car was still wet, I dried it off and took some quick detail spray and voila, not one swirl mark in my black paint either.

I use a Zaino car wash on a regular basis and use dove dish soap before waxing. If you rinse without spraying there won't be much left to dry. The sheepskin shamie from Costco leaves it shinning like a diamond.

I would never use a micro fiber towell and I would never start swiping around morning dew on an otherwise dry car. Dust settles on the car and you will swirl the paint unless you gently float the grit off with water before drying it....with a 100% cotton all white PREMIUM quality towel....and a second wipe down with Zaino Z6 is a necessity.

We all have our own formula for pampering our paint. I just do what Sal Zaino says and it flat works.

:iagree: There is a lot of dust floating around and I would certainly run water over the car as well and then use my leaf blower. Micro for the tiny touch-ups.

Sooo highly agree!

I use 2 buckets when i am washing my car, the first bucket is to let the dirt collect after wringing out the mit the second is to lather again with soap.

You will end up getting clear coat marks from dirt collecting between the fibers. It will lift only to an extent but sooner or later the dirt will mark up the paint.

Drying I use one microfiber per panel of the car. The car looks better then 97% of dealer corvettes after 3-4 weeks of them washing it.

It's not a substitute for washing your car properly but for drying you can't beat the Absorber brand towel. My son worked one summer for a 'high end' car dealer and turned me on to it. I used it once and never used another leather chamois again. I dry my C6 with the Absorber and one large terrycloth towel. When I'm done the terrycloth towel isn't even damp.

I think the blue towel is "The Absorber." It dries better than a chamis. I have started using an electric leaf blower as my main means of a spotless and fastest dry.

:iagree: A squeegee works well too. :cool:

exactly! and jabez above is right, too.:cheers:

I had to purchase a water softener because of hard water stains in my appliances, and this also helps to keep the water spots away. I use a leaf blower to get about 90% of the water off my car, then wipe down the remaining water with a 100% cotton towel.

Use Wax As You Dry from Eagle with the absorbant towel. You will be amazed.

Microfiber towls have polyester in them. thats why they snag your hand a little when you rub accross it. microfiber will microscratch. very bad for black. i would always use 100% cotton made in america. its hard to find, but there out there. also i would never dry my car by touching it with anything. i have owned a lot of black cars and have learned the hard way.

Sounds kinda like my absorber. Kinda the same method for drying my car here.

You take your car to a carwash?

So, is my gas powered echo leaf blower no good? Everyone keeps mentioning electric; you think the gas powered blower emits particles of oil?

Not all.

The DF Concourse MF towles are all natural fiber. I have a black car and I have no swirl issues from the MF towels. :thumbs:

On another thread someone mentioned that some of the gas powered units exhaust through the blower.

For gas-powered blowers that run their exhaust through the air nozzle to help reduce sound levels, the gases and particulates in the exhaust could adhere to your paint.

I use an air compressor with a water trap in the line to eliminate condensation buildup in the air line.

Love your avatar, or whatever it's called. Rat pelosi in person...I've been using Eagle 1 Nano car wash--best I've ever used! Gives a shine like a spray wax was just used. I may start using the leaf blower, as even the water blade in one hand and a mf towel in the other can't get the water off quickly enough to not spot and have to go over it again. Or I may try Mr. Clean's spotless system. My driveway faces west and the sun is always shining when I wash the black Vette, so water spots are a big pita. :cheers:

I always blast the car with plain water prior to soap to loosen and remove some surface dust. I'd never just wipe down no matter what kind of material. It depends a lot on what's in the air to settle on the car and what you've recently picked up on the road. There's no substitute IMO for CLEAN soapy water and CLEAN wash towels.

i just use one of those california dusters as long as its nothing more than dust

gas is NOISY!!:eek: dirty exhaust, heavy,

electric you have to deal with cords uhhh]]

the ABSORBER is the BEST!!! i used lots of things over the years
but this is amazing it feels kind of like soft rubber, you dont even need to wipe with it, just Dab the water beads!!:thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

A handheld high pressure nozzle carwash bay yes.

Never to an automatic drive through carwash. :nono:

All I use is:

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A leaf blower is also very good... :cool:

I've got a blower attachment for my Ryobi gas powered weed whacker. No exhaust through the blower to worry about. I haven't used it to dry the car yet but I'll try it this weekend if it ever stops raining.

Exactly! :thumbs:

OK, I have tried it all.

I like to use a good soap for lubrication.

I like like to rinse with plane or filtered water.

I squeegee off most of the water.

I use the leaf blower to get the tires, wheels and crevices but you can chase a single drop of water for ever.

Then I use my absorber to finish.

My big microfibers towels which I buy at Big Lots for $5 work well for removing wax. I suspect they would work well for drying water also.

Then I go drive it and get all dirty again!:toetap:

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:rofl: Especially the tail light cavity and rear end in general. :eek: