Use hose to wash off water-never would have believed it

[mschuyler]

I don't know where i first heard of this: Use the hose without a sprayer to "wash off water." Might have been the Mike/Richard two bucket video. Anyway, the idea is to let the hose run onto the wet vehicle lightly which will result in less water, therefore less drying. I had the black Acura out today trying to wash it btween pollen dumps, so what the hey, let's try this. The car was completely washed. Water beaded up all over the place. I took the sprayer off and gave it a shot, just let the water dribble out of the hose onto the car.



I was amazed. The lack of pressure took a tremendous amount of water off the car leaving it much less 'beady' than before. It basically broke up the beading altogether. I then dried it with a MF WW towel, and it took only ONE towel. Normally I would expect to use two or three on this car.



So it does work!

 

[Thomas Dekany]

thanks! But it is a well known fact.

 

[BMW335i]

That's pretty much standard procedure around here.

 

[orngez]

its a technique often referred to as "flooding" glad it worked for you...always fun to learn a new technique

 

[Hey Moe!]

Yep, it does work! Go for it!

 

[David Fermani]

Sorry to change topics a little, but I wash and rinse with a pressure washer and sometimes I blow the water off with the sideways cutting pressure of the gun. It leaves a very fine mist of water that quickly and easily dries with a towel.

 

[BigAl3]

i like to use the fireman nozzle turned all the way and it does a good job sheeting/flooding the water off, making drying alot easier.

 

[vdubbya]

Flooding technique here!



Works like a charm!