Drying Towels, Am I Missing Something?
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Have decided to give up using chamois leathers on my cars after causing a few scratches with them.
Bought a couple of 'Sonus' Der Wunder Drying Towels.
Have used them a couple of times on mine & my girlfriends cars.
Not sure if I'm using them correctly- even after using both towels from dry, on a just rinsed car, the car still doesn't seen completely dry.
With the current sunny weather, water marks can be seen all over the cars.
Have tried folding the towels into quarters and rubbing with them and also laying the towel fully open on the paintwork and patting dry.
Any experiences?
Edited for carp spelling.
Bought a couple of 'Sonus' Der Wunder Drying Towels.
Have used them a couple of times on mine & my girlfriends cars.
Not sure if I'm using them correctly- even after using both towels from dry, on a just rinsed car, the car still doesn't seen completely dry.
With the current sunny weather, water marks can be seen all over the cars.
Have tried folding the towels into quarters and rubbing with them and also laying the towel fully open on the paintwork and patting dry.
Any experiences?
Edited for carp spelling.
Edited by Parabola on Monday 1st June 15:07
Had you asked prior to grabbing those, I'd have suggested the Dodo Juice "Yoda Blanket" - then again, did you sheet the water on the paintwork with an open hose?
That generally leaves less to be absorbed than straight rinsing with the pressure washer lance or a spray head on the hosepipe.
That generally leaves less to be absorbed than straight rinsing with the pressure washer lance or a spray head on the hosepipe.
Another thing is did you wash them before your first use? If so how? Fine to wash in the machine with no bio but no softner.
A trick when drying cars is to spray with quick detailer. Do this after sheeting the water with an open ended hose and prior to drying. It'll help to reduce the drying marks and increase lsp durability. Dodo do a specific detailer to aid in drying.
A trick when drying cars is to spray with quick detailer. Do this after sheeting the water with an open ended hose and prior to drying. It'll help to reduce the drying marks and increase lsp durability. Dodo do a specific detailer to aid in drying.
PJ S said:
Had you asked prior to grabbing those, I'd have suggested the Dodo Juice "Yoda Blanket" - then again, did you sheet the water on the paintwork with an open hose?
That generally leaves less to be absorbed than straight rinsing with the pressure washer lance or a spray head on the hosepipe.
Rinsed the soapy water off with a Karcher- I'll deff try using just an open hose next time.That generally leaves less to be absorbed than straight rinsing with the pressure washer lance or a spray head on the hosepipe.
I'll chuck the towels in the washing machine too. Thanks for the tips.
The other idea behind me buying the towels was to save time instead of my normal routine of using Autoglym Aqua Wax. Are these 'quick detailers' similar stuff to that?
Using an open hose to rinse off the car causes the water to 'sheet' off of the bodywork leaving less water for the Sonus to absorb. Spraying the car leaves millions of water bubbles and thus more water to remove.
A QD will break up the remaining surface tension of the water and allow that to flow downwards...leaving a nearly dry car...great in the winter too. A decent QD will also remove any hard water spots too.
The Autoglym wax you mention can be applied to a wet car and does a reasonable job...better than many and easy to use but does not have the deep wet look of a Dodo Juice when applied with Lime Prime, nor the lifespan of a Collinite.
A QD will break up the remaining surface tension of the water and allow that to flow downwards...leaving a nearly dry car...great in the winter too. A decent QD will also remove any hard water spots too.
The Autoglym wax you mention can be applied to a wet car and does a reasonable job...better than many and easy to use but does not have the deep wet look of a Dodo Juice when applied with Lime Prime, nor the lifespan of a Collinite.
mneame said:
Another thing is did you wash them before your first use? If so how? Fine to wash in the machine with no bio but no softner.
A trick when drying cars is to spray with quick detailer. Do this after sheeting the water with an open ended hose and prior to drying. It'll help to reduce the drying marks and increase lsp durability. Dodo do a specific detailer to aid in drying.
+1 for a QD spray as Matt suggests, Something like Meguiars Last touch 50:50 with water works fine.A trick when drying cars is to spray with quick detailer. Do this after sheeting the water with an open ended hose and prior to drying. It'll help to reduce the drying marks and increase lsp durability. Dodo do a specific detailer to aid in drying.
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