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Old 05-05-2008, 04:09 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default How do you dry your car?

So i was reading on another forum on how people dry there cars. It seems like quite a few people are using a leaf blower to dry there cars off. Just curious what methods you guys/girls use to dry your cars off and if anyone has tried the leaf blower method.

I normally just use a normal towel to dry mine off.
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Old 05-05-2008, 04:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I use a blower to get the water out of the all cracks and wheel lugs. Then i use a chamois to get the left over water off.
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Old 05-05-2008, 04:18 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I use free flowing water for my final rinse, then use a leaf blower to get the hard places (hood scoop, trunk, wheels, tires) then use a microfiber towel.
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Old 05-05-2008, 04:37 PM   #4 (permalink)
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i use a squeegy type thingy, and microfibers.
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Same method as Steeda97, but I use the electric leaf blower over the entire car, then waffle weave as necessary.
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Well yeah i use the leaf blower over the whole car. But its especially good around those trouble areas.
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leaf blowers? lol.
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I'm actually going to try it next time I wash my car.
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...... How does that method work?

Oh on a side not my chin spoiler came in this afternoon. Ill be installing here within the next couple of weeks.
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...... How does that method work?

Oh on a side not my chin spoiler came in this afternoon. Ill be installing here within the next couple of weeks.
couple of weeks?! lol. it only takes 5mins.
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couple of weeks?! lol. it only takes 5mins.
I wont be back home until the 15th and i wont be free till the 19th. Im busy with school and my sister graduation not to mention work and summer school. So give me a break.....










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oh man i really want a kit kat bar now.
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ohhh wait this is how i dry my car

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I use the absorber, works well for me.
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one of you guys should market your own prototype of a handheld car dryer. Probobly make a lot of money selling to maniacs for their cars like us!
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lol i used my dirty oil cloth the other day......i just pressure washed that greasy thing before i used it, then rang it out a few times and it worked fine actully.

ok now.....normally i just use the same towel i just finshed showering with but i forgot to put it in the car at the pressure washer station
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lol i used my dirty oil cloth the other day......i just pressure washed that greasy thing before i used it, then rang it out a few times and it worked fine actully.

ok now.....normally i just use the same towel i just finshed showering with but i forgot to put it in the car at the pressure washer station
are you saying you showered at the car wash place? haha.
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