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Old 07-09-2008 | 09:16 PM
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http://www.shamwow.com/

ANyone use these? if they are even HALF as hood as they show they look worth it.

looks like it would be great for drying cars.

Lol... hell, it even shows a mustang in the pic ya know...

 
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Old 07-09-2008 | 11:19 PM
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WOW! That thing looks sham-tastic. I would give it a try if i could buy one for $3. but buying a bunch for 20 bucks and potentially losing out isn't a risk i wanna take.
 
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Old 07-09-2008 | 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by JackThe Ripper
http://www.shamwow.com/

ANyone use these? if they are even HALF as hood as they show they look worth it.

looks like it would be great for drying cars.

Lol... hell, it even shows a mustang in the pic ya know...

maybe for around the house but i wouldn't touch that thing to my paint
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 12:32 AM
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there comercials are great, and they had them @ a car show in the Orange County Convention Center and they were drying a door that they kept soaking with water, but i didnt see it on windows or **** but the commercial blows my mind.
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 08:33 AM
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I was told they suck and dont work for ****!!
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 10:10 AM
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Isn't it just a chamois?....
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 10:12 AM
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wow.
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 10:55 AM
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You can get the same thing for cheaper at alot of stores. Its just a chamois like they said. I have 4 of the absorber ones they sell for cars that are cheap and work great for drying my cars off fallowed up by a microfiber drying towel to get the rest of the car.
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 05:03 PM
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I use chamois to dry my car. Works great if used correctly. Have to constantly ring it out, or it wont work for ****.
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 05:59 PM
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The Shamwow sucks big time, I seriously recommend just using a regular chamios (the cow skin) or waffle weave microfiber towl. The shamwow just sucks.
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 01FR500
The Shamwow sucks big time, I seriously recommend just using a regular chamios (the cow skin) or waffle weave microfiber towl. The shamwow just sucks.
this this from personal experience?
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 07:33 PM
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Not sure about the shamwow, but i definatly recomend just a normal chamois.
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by JackThe Ripper
this this from personal experience?
Yeah, At work we used to use a regular chamois, and a guy bought the Shamwow thinking he and his Shamwow was the shiznit, well the Shamwow sucks. I want my regular camois back.
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 08:00 PM
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You dont need to touch your paint with anything to dry it if its properly maintained.
 
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Old 07-10-2008 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 03gtmustang
You dont need to touch your paint with anything to dry it if its properly maintained.
Idk about where you live, but here in Florida you need to dry your car immediately after washing. All the damn calcium in the water will leave white spots everywhere if not dried, properly maintained or not.
 
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Old 07-11-2008 | 09:59 PM
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i have the samething and it works really well with my car...except its not a shamwow its "the absorber". really worth the money
 
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Old 07-11-2008 | 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by SeanStang
Idk about where you live, but here in Florida you need to dry your car immediately after washing. All the damn calcium in the water will leave white spots everywhere if not dried, properly maintained or not.
Guess I should of included using a proper water filtration system.
 
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Old 08-23-2008 | 10:20 PM
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I've used 'em too, and they're not so great. They're good for absorbing spills on the carpet, but on the car they don't work for crap. Camoise work 10x better.
 
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Old 08-23-2008 | 10:28 PM
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Crap. I was really hoping it was all it was hyped up to be. Every time the commercial comes on I look for anything that could be fake. I planned on getting those this week...bummer

Oh well, what microfiber towel works best? Been wanting to go MF for a while, but wanted to get some feedback from you guys first.
I've used those Jumbo towels at the closest cheap-o car wash place, and they work good but I wanted something that works a little better.
 
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Old 08-23-2008 | 11:05 PM
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I have some waffle weave MF towels that work fine.

Got mine at autozone.
 
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Old 08-24-2008 | 09:16 AM
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I dry my car with a leaf blower. Works awesome.
 
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Old 08-24-2008 | 09:26 AM
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Use the waffle weave microfiber towel to get as much as you can, then use an electric leaf blower. It really gets the water out of the hard spots, such as hood scoops, 3rd brake lights, trunk lids, wheel lugs, wheel wells, everything.

It really saves time.
 
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Old 08-25-2008 | 09:47 AM
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I use absorbers and MF waffel weave towels.
 
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Old 08-25-2008 | 09:57 AM
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Towels can't get it all. I don't know if its just me, but i hate when i detail my car, and then i drive it up the road and i got water coming out of my hood scoop and a million other places. Leaf blower FTW!
 
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Old 08-25-2008 | 01:41 PM
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Shamwow is suck.


Welcome back crimsonred02
 
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Old 08-30-2008 | 04:36 PM
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in my opinion the shamwow sucks the big one....i always used the absorber and be far is way better than the shamwow pos!!!!!
 
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