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I'm fond of WW MF towels for drying, one of the things I do to help is to remove the nozzle this way the water sheets off the car and there is less water to remove.
 
I think that you will find most members use one form or another of microfiber towel to dry their cars. I've tried several brands and models within the line. Ultimately, I like Jay like using a Waffle Weave microfiber towel.
 
thank you all for taking the time to give me advice

would it be a good idea for me to use a chamois to knock most the water off followed by the micro fibel towel?
 
Re: thank you all for taking the time to give me advice

turbochargedv8 said:
would it be a good idea for me to use a chamois to knock most the water off followed by the micro fibel towel?
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I may self use this method in my process followed by an air gun to hit cracks, crevasses, embloms etc...
 
I do beleive he is serious. I in fact used that method until my big aircmpressor had to come home to the farm where I needed it more. Some on the detailing sites use leaf blowers, and heated air blowers which I am interested in so if someone knows where that post is please PM or post in this thread.(this machine would be a dual purposemachine if the price I can find is under $375 for the heated blower with the hose.)
 
How would you all go about polishing the small sections between the two windows as shown in pic also do you all mask off the windows and trim with masking tape before polishing or did i use too much polish because i had polish everywhere
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What I do is open both doors and first tape the rubber seal between the two doors, next I tape off the bubber trim around the windows. I do not tape the glass because I always hit the glass with a very mild polish and a white foam finishing pad after I complete the rest of the polishing of the paint. The mess you have on the black rubber trim was something that I used to struggle with until I started taping everything up. I read that peanut butter and a toothbrush will clean that dried on polish off of your trim and that worked well for me although it was a little messy. I am about to purchase an actual product for removing that stuff from trim. I saw some sort of wax remover stuff on autogeek's site or maybe it was detailcity.com I'm not sure where but it looked like a shoe polish bottle with a sponge applicator. Good luck and remember the only stupid question is the one that is not asked so hang in there.
 
thanks for the tips
so after taping how should i go about getting that small section polished by hand or with my DA polisher? im thinking it would have to be done by hand and if thats the case what do i use? as in what type of cloth?
 
If it's taped, you should be able to use the DA, provided the tape adheres properly. Otherwise it'll lift it when the pad touches it. If you do it by hand, a foam applicator will work fine and remove it with a regular microfiber cloth.
 
im ready to buy a da polishing kit any reccomendations i like porter cable what would be a a all around kit pads polish polisher

do i need all the different pads to start out with or can i get decent results with one color cutting pad and one type of polish
 
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