I with I could use something like Mr Clean spottless rinse so I don't have to rub a shammy on my paint, but the water here in Jax has too much calcium and leaves spots. I'm uses a water blade in the past and right now I use a synthetic shammy but I with there was something better for the paint..don't want the swirls, you know?

 

I use a leaf blower to dry the majority of the car. Any left over water I dry with microfiber cloths.

The less material that touches the car, the less likely you are to get scratches and swirl marks.

 

waffle micro fiber cloth and a leafe blower. Take a look at he detailed image site and they got the $hit you need.


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The only thing that worries me about that is the idea of airborne dirt getting launched at my paintjob at 110mph. Not a problem for you guys though? I guess there's always that chance while highway driving though...

 

If you use the low setting it is good and a better alternative to rubbing the dirt in with a "shammy" or having water spots. Plus i do drive this thing in the rain so if that don't hurt the paint i doubt the leaf blower will. However this was my concern first too until i saw the most of the guys in my dasd's antique car club do this, and they are the most **** people i know. So i gave it a ry and it works great with no paint damage.

 

pakshak waffle weaves

 

I vote using Mr. Clean, been using it for years and the spotless rinse is great. It saves time and helps reduce swirl marks in the long run. Your water should be filtered once or so before it gets to your hose from the house and the additional filter in the Mr. Clean unit should get out the rest of the impurities in the water.

I like to use of of those colored microfiber towels about 10-15 minutes after Mr. Clean just to remove the water from the windows and sunroof.

Never used a water blade but the blower idea didn't seem to work as well as you would think it would, MO.

 

absorber and microsoft towels

 

leaf blower FTW. But with water restrictions however I am using a no rinse method. It works great ONR FTW!

In fact ONR works so well that even when water restrictions are lifted I plan to continue to use ONR unless my car is extremely dirty. The ONR method has yet to put a scratch on my car. Washing the traditional way did put a few scratches on it.

 

+1... All about minimizing the scratches and swirles on BO.

 

woot ONR is great

 

wash/dry one section at a time and it doesn't matter if you have hard water or soft. avoid overspray by sheeting the water across each section. I use one of those firehose nozzles opened to it's fullest. works like a champ.

 

lolol... "Microsoft" I think u meant Microfiber.. I too use the absorber and Microfiber towels as well.. But crap I never thought about using my leaf blower.. I have one of those real deal leaf blowers, I'm afraid I'd blow the paint off lol..

 

rofl! haha i did'nt even notice, I meant Microfiber