Perfect Drying Technique...too perfect?

I wash at night inside my garage when evaporation rates are much lower and wind is typically calm. This should take care of your issue.



Joe
 
This might sounds stupid but the way i dry my car of is,

I went out and bought a electric leef blower that blows winds at 215 mph and it takes about 10 min. Then i go around and whipe the door gams down. It sounds stupid but it works really good
 
Slacker, your method is time tested and Autopian accepted ! I simply use my compressor........works wonderful around door handles, emblems etc.....blowing mirror housings dry..
 
Drying your car as fast as possible is what I meant... :)

Didn't mean it to sound the way it probably did. I just hate my black car now - if I pass wind when walking by, I get swirls. :(
 
I don't have a black car but this is what I do to avoid water spots.



Keep my car wet all the time.



Use a leaf blower. Electrical works best for me because is light weight.



Follow with a towel.



Drive around the block to relase the last drops.



Dry with a towel.



No water spots whatsoever.



:cool:
 
I am in the middle of prepping the paint for Z so far I have got the car clayed and have buffed one section. I washed the car twice so far today. Both times I would use the sheeting method then whip the car into the garage and start on it with the waffle weave. One towel to get the majoirty off and then a clean dry one to finish up, it worked very well. Ok, gotta finish lunch and get back at it :)
 
Blackregal's comments on drying are something I have wondered. Maybe someone can explain it to me or point to faulty reasoning but I don’t see how wiping dry (not rubbing, scrubbing, buffing or applying much if any pressure) the car with a properly cleaned waffle MF towel is going to damage the paint.



It would reason, that if a car is cleaned properly then when it is ready to dry there should be nothing there except water. Right? And water by itself does not mar the surface (other than by drying and resulting in water spots) And if MF towels are safe to use then they should not by themselves damage the surface. Right? So how then does a clean wet car get damaged by “wiping� the water off with a MF towel?



I have tried both the blotting method and the wipe method. I have not noticed any more surface marring with using either method. Therefore, I wipe as it is much more quick and thorough than blotting.



It just doesn’t make sense. I mean, look people wipe dirty cars with a MF towel and QD spray and claim that it doesn’t mar the surface. I know the QD spray is suppose to lubricate the surface and all but water also has lubrication properties and the MF towel definitely doesn’t have the damage potential of dirt. Don’t get me wrong I am not trying to debate the right or wrong of QDing but merely trying to use it as an example to explain my reasoning on wiping vs. blotting.



I seems logical that if someone is getting marring from wiping dry a car then one of two things is happening. One the car is not as clean as they thought or two the towel they are using is not safe (via contamination or just a surface marring towel). What am I missing?
 
Konowl said:
I just hate my black car now - if I pass wind when walking by, I get swirls. :(
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dayum, what are you eatin? ;)





bet993 said:
It would reason, that if a car is cleaned properly then when it is ready to dry there should be nothing there except water. Right?







I mean, look people wipe dirty cars with a MF towel and QD spray and claim that it doesn’t mar the surface. I know the QD spray is suppose to lubricate the surface and all but water also has lubrication properties and the MF towel definitely doesn’t have the damage potential of dirt.

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bet993, you are correct, you car should be completely clean after washing it. But is it usually? No. It never is. This is why, IMO, the CB isn't the greatest, because in all my years of 1 inch washing (yes I use a 4"x4" microfiber towel to wash my car, rinsing like a mofo) I still have yet to dry the car with a completely completely clean towel. And even if I do, with the white applicators that I use rarely apply AIO and have it stay white. Now mind you by the time you get past 2xAIO and hit SG, then yeah, the applicator stays white, but that's after all that prepping.



Now, I agree again in that I never condone QDing a visibly durty car. Dusty perhaps, but not like a layer of dust. But, I say if you're going to do it, do it in the way the minimizes harm. QD and a plush microfiber towel does it. It's actually more of the plush than the fibers. Cause yes while the actual fibers may never scratch, the plushness enters to be more important into the equation in concern to marring. Have you ever gotten specs of cinder or dirt in your towel? You notice how difficult the stuff is to get out of the nap of the towel? perfect example. It's the final reason why I don't necessarily condone waffle weave drying (buffing yes). Just me.



If you are going to wipe a dirty/dust whatever car with a microfiber and QD, I would recommend you spray it down with some good streams of water. You want to get as much of the physical matter off as possible, the stuff that is not particulate gets sprayed with QD, gets dissolved and get's safetly remove with the plush side of a microfiber cloth. And that is probably the best way to do it.



Also, if you have bugs it's time to make the judgement call. Bugs do more harm sitting there than you and a QD bottle and microfiber do. So, spray the QD (you can even let it sit on there with some tissue) and dissolve that bug and then wipe it with a microfiber towel. At that point there's something to be said about the wiping technique. You want to wipe in such a way that you release new clean fibers to the surface of the car as you picking up the bugs. That way you're not smearing bugs on your car. It's sorta a rolling up carpet technique kind of motion.



Finally, QD makes a great water spot preventer on freshly cleaned cars because it wets out the water (breaks it's surface tension) allowing you to dry the care more effectively and preventing drying spots.



My final tip is to wash your car late in the day because it get's humid and when it's humid out water does not evaporate as fast.





Now is that hard core enough for ya :p
 
I own a Expedition and I wash and dry in section. I do the tires and wheels first. I then wash and dry from the windows up.

I then wash and dry the front end, hood and fenders. Then I wash and dry each side and do the hatch last. If I get ovr spray when rinsing I just dry it why I dry that section.

I never have to worry about spots doing it this way
 
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