California Water Blade

I personally have 2.



I like them, gets most of the water off the car, a follow up with a towel and the car is almost dry. Just those darn nooks and crannies that are hard to/impossible to get without a leaf blower.



Its also a double edges sword. I swipe the T part (touches the paint) after every swipe or so. Keeps the blade clean and minimizes the chances of scratching.



Jason
 
I've used one for a couple years now and I find it's a great product! It works best on the flat surfaces as the water is quickly eliminated. I've never noticed any scratching from it, so I'll keep using it, and it's brother the CCD. I also use an Absorber for the spots that need blotting, and I think that combo is very safe and effective...



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Here's what I think of it.


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Say what you will, but I've never had a problem with the CWB, and I have been using it for many years. I use it on my black 911 with NO problems. Love it, love it, love it! However, it's not a tool for morons. You do need to take car of it, and you should wipe the edge with every pass.



db



P.S. Love the pic and humor, Intel486!
 
I have one used it..and no problems ..but am worried it will scratch....I have big blue towel from CMA and it is great...

I use the water blade on the company vechicle and BB on wify;s



jeff

do a search there are many opinons on this C-Blade
 
I have to admit. The two cars I detailed today I did use the waterblade on simply for speed. Using a pressure washer and going for speed I didn't have time to sheet the water off so the Blade was the best way to go.
 
Blower is faster and gets cracks and nooks and nannies. I dont know how safe the water blade is also so i dont know i just feel the blower is safest and most effective
 
I've been using it for years. I would imagine that if you use it improperly (like with everything) then it can do damage. If you use it properly then it is as safe as microfiber. A leaf blower isn't quite as portable as the CWB anyway. ;)
 
im very surprised with CWB! i use it on my 01 BMW and have yet to discover that it had left scratches...not a bad product to say the least....:bounce
 
Just make SURE there is nothing embedded in the blade...or when you swipe it across nothing gets lodged into it.





I love the blade, but once something bad happened. Something got into it, and when I went acrross the hood with it, I was wreching in pain, cringing like a madman. It left huge deep scratches across the hood on my car that was only a few months old.



It looks fine now though.
 
Wow, last year when I started on Autopia, a lot of members suggested NOT using the CWB. Now, this thread is showing full support. Anyways, when I did use the CWB, I did not see any scratches at all. I guess I'll go back to using it as others have shown their OK for the CWB.
 
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<em class='bbc'>Originally posted by olivher [/i]
<strong class='bbc'>Wow, last year when I started on Autopia, a lot of members suggested NOT using the CWB. Now, this thread is showing full support. Anyways, when I did use the CWB, I did not see any scratches at all. I guess I'll go back to using it as others have shown their OK for the CWB. [/b]</blockquote>I will NOT use the CWB on my car. If I had one I'd use it for windows for sure but that's it!
 
Just dont hit the car with the hard plastic and you should be fine. And of course make sure you don't go over any dirt.
 
Been using a CWB on a jet black finish (you know that kind of finish that reaches up and slaps you silly whenever you attempt to use anything harsh on the finish?) and absolutely NO problems whatsoever with the CWB. I might add though, as a precaution, I ALWAYS put alittle rubbing alcohol on a cotton towel and clean the surgical rubber edges prior to every use, just to be sure its 100% clean.

CWB and Synthetic Chamois, my drying is done in less than 5 min.:up

One other note: What are you more likely to scratch your finish with? A drying towel, or Chamois that can pick up and hold a potential foreign object? Or a water blade that essentially is pushing a " micro-wall-of-water" with a potential foreign object rolling around in the water? Clearly a towel or chamois has a much higher chance of scratching the finish with a foreign object, since the surgical rubber on a CWB hasn't the capability to <em class='bbc'>hold[/i] such debris as the fibers of towels/chamois do.
 
The CWB is great. I've been using it for many moons.



I agree that wiping the blade after every pass will insure that no particles are trapped on the blade edge.



I use the Absorber to finish up. Gets the surface just right for CM (2 coats after every wash).:xyxthumbs
 
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I think it's all a matter of how you use it.... I personally have never had a problem with it. Keep the pressure lite and only use it on the wet parts of the vehicle and follow up with the absorber for the rest. If you're really concerned, swipe the blade with your finger inbetween sweeps on the vehicle.



I can't say that I have added any scratches while using it so far. Just make sure the car is *clean* before using it.
 
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