drying with waffle weave

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sahiwal007

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hey guys



today i bought my meguaires waffle weave towel, and i noticed that it doesnt pick up alot of water, it just spreads the water on to othe body, am i using it correctly? please help
 
Did you wash it first? Aside from that I've tried a few and find that some just don't work very well and they get assigned to other duties. Shop around, buy just one from a few sites, try them out, load up on the ones that work. I always keep a list of products along with my own ratings to make sure that I don't re-buy dogs by mistake.
 
I notice this has happened with my towels, but believe it is due to washing technique. The worked really well at first, but after the second wash stared spreading the water around.
 
i have a water magnet too and mine doesnt work as well either, but i have noticed it doesnt work well on cars that dont have a coat of wax. If the car is waxed, it works like a magnet, but if its unwaxed, be prepared to have some fun spreading water. It worked well when i first got it but since then its just been down hill. I am thinking i may pick up some sonus pad cleaner/microfiber cleaner to see if it might make this towel more absorbent.
 
I have large light blue ones(had 3 years) and noticed that they work better after they get wet. Seem to spread water around at the very beginning.
 
I bought a pair of these on sale.



Big Blue III Drying Towel



They had free shipping before Christmas though, so it was a bit cheaper. They're noticeably softer out of the package than any of the off the shelf brands that I found locally.



They seem to work very well. Washed them once before using, and they really soak up the water for me. I wash with Meguiars NXT car wash, then sheet the water off using the no nozzle rinse method. After that I can dry my whole car ('95 Camry) with one towel without ever having to wring it out.
 
There are a few waffle-micro-fiber towels in my mix that behaves the same way. I also wet it first, give it a good wring and then start drying. It works like it’s supposed to when I do it that way. Almost as if you have to 'prime' it to get it work right.
 
Saintlysins said:
There are a few waffle-micro-fiber towels in my mix that behaves the same way. I also wet it first, give it a good wring and then start drying. It works like it’s supposed to when I do it that way. Almost as if you have to 'prime' it to get it work right.
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Yeah, my older WWs (that no longer work optimally) do pick up water sorta-OK once they're primed in that manner. Gotta follow up with a dry one that *does* work well though, othewise I can get tiny water droplets left behind.



I do find it odd that new WWs aren't working well :think: Maybe washing them will help...IME it's after WWs get used for a while that they quit adsorbing water, they usually work great when they're new.
 


eddie926 said:
I bought a pair of these on sale.



Big Blue III Drying Towel



They're noticeably softer out of the package than any of the off the shelf brands that I found locally.



They seem to work very well. Washed them once before using, and they really soak up the water for me. I can dry my whole car ('95 Camry) with one towel without ever having to wring it out.
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For $18, they better work well :D







 
I have WW's from www.waynestowels.com that are still working great but not as great as when I first bought them. The first time I used them I had clayed a Lotus Esprit. The water after I re washed it was just standing on the car like puddles. I used one towel to absorb more than half the car, I couldn't believe it worked so well. I haven't had another towel that can do that. (They wont do that now, more than a year and a half old). I will probably order some more of them. They aren't the softeset out there but my experience they work better.
 
I use two waffle weaves when drying. One to soak up the majority of the water that will obviously leave behind some water since it's wet. The other to mop up the left behind, and then the opposite side of that same WW towel that is completely dry to finish it up.
 
boozman said:
I buy them at Wally World in the kitchen section there white but they do the job and cost a lot less.
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Me too! Plus if you run out of towels it is easy to pick some more since there is a wal-mart around almost every corner.
 
Raz5219 said:
I think as they get more damp, they work better.
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Yup. My time tested routine is to dry w/ the leaf blower leaving enough water on the panels and windows. I then dry the glass first so the WW towels will be damp enough to dry the panels without streaking. Works for me.
 
I second Pakshak! I have been using the same two for years now, and they still perform like new. My car doesn't see too much water though :) Only when caught in the rain. :)
 
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