Just curious what folks here are doing for drying. I have some dedicated MF drying towels on the way from Autopia. Hopefully I'll get to try them out this weekend. Anyway, what do you use? Water blade, MF towels, terry towels, leaf blower, etc...?

 

Microfibre cloth...

 

MF

 

California Water Blade followed by a Chamois.

 

MF towels i got from COSTCO...8 towles in a package for like 5 bucks :bigclap:

 

that's what you dry your car w/? And it's $8 for 12 towels

 

i use a PVA drying skin similar to the Absorber. Works super well

 

I wonder if they're the same ones they carry at Sam's Club? The ones I picked up there were 16" square yellow jobbies for about the same price and quantity. I was was thinking about using them for drying, but I used one on my windshield first and it left little f'in fibers everywhere! If they're that poorly made, then who knows how badly they might scratch.

BTW - The cheapie MF's I picked up at Target left no fibers or anything when I used them on the rear window.

 

They are pretty good, they just lint on glass for some reason. I've found that after about the 4th or 5th wash they no longer lint. It also varies from batch to batch. I use my walmart ones currently on windows, but they aren't nearly as plush as the costco ones.


And the Costco and Sams club ones are the same

 

you guys should check out this drying technique, it's awesome.

http://www.autopia.org/forums/showth...&threadid=5120



As far as what I use to dry, I use the Big Blue WW microfiber towels from CMA. I also just bought one of Griots drying towels.

 

I use the trickle method.

[From the thred linked above]
"but frankly, low-pressure, high volume water is easiest and perfectly sufficient. Take the nozzle off the hose. Let it pour over the top. You will see the water sheet off. Move the hose down to "feed" the sheet as it flows down the car - this will keep the sheet wide and it will carry away more water that way. (i.e., feed the wet part, not the dry part.) This gets rid of about 90% of the water"

then follow with a mf towel. No need for the water blade that way.

 

I just drive home from the coin-op car wash @ 45 mph. Then, I follow with MF towels. Works great!