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I just use my compressor with two water traps with filter for clean air at 150 LBS PSI. Works really well but I see how a leaf blower may give a broader air flow which may be better.
I use a Master Blaster. It works very good in removing all the water from the crevices. I have been using it for over five years and like the results I get.
Do your car a huge favor and ditch that turkey. A quality microfiber waffle-weave absorbing towel is much softer and safer on your paint. "The Absorber", much like the old-school chamois, should go the way of the Dodo bird.
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Originally Posted by FYRARMS
Do your car a huge favor and ditch that turkey. A quality microfiber waffle-weave absorbing towel is much softer and safer on your paint. "The Absorber", much like the old-school chamois, should go the way of the Dodo bird.
Thanks for the warning but I have been using the Absorber for years and not a scratch or swirl mark on the paint.
Same way professional detail shops do, with a squeegee.
Anyone dragging a squeegee across a car's finish is no professional. If you are trying to mar the clearcoat or cause a scratch with a trapped speck of dirt, that is the way to do it.
You ever see one using a leaf blower, or blower of any kind?
Literally, ALL the time. That is why they sell them on professional detailing product websites. Geezus, the same companies who manufacture the detailing chemicals that professionals use also sell their own branded blowers. Blowers and waffle-weave microfiber drying towels are extremely popular with most professional detailers.
Anyone dragging a squeegee across a car's finish is no professional. If you are trying to mar the clearcoat or cause a scratch with a trapped speck of dirt, that is the way to do it.
Literally, ALL the time. That is why they sell them on professional detailing product websites. Geezus, the same companies who manufacture the detailing chemicals that professionals use also sell their own branded blowers. Blowers and waffle-weave microfiber drying towels are extremely popular with most professional detailers.
I strongly disagree, been using a squeegee for 30 years, never scratched a car. All the detailers I've ever dealt with, and there have been a few, used squeegees. These shops are detailing $150K cars. Using a blower is mostly just an exercise in blowing water around from one area of the car to another.
When I wash a car there's no dirt on it to cause a scratch. Towels cause scratches, washing with "waterless" washes cause scratches. Using a "detailing" cleaner on an unwashed car causes scratches.
That being said, anything you touch the car with will cause scratches. The key is to keep them to a negligible depth and most importantly in a straight line.
I strongly disagree, been using a squeegee for 30 years, never scratched a car. All the detailers I've ever dealt with, and there have been a few, used squeegees. These shops are detailing $150K cars. Using a blower is mostly just an exercise in blowing water around from one area of the car to another.
When I wash a car there's no dirt on it to cause a scratch. Towels cause scratches, washing with "waterless" washes cause scratches. Using a "detailing" cleaner on an unwashed car causes scratches. That being said, anything you touch the car with will cause scratches. The key is to keep them to a negligible depth and most importantly in a straight line.
agree with this statement - so why touch it if you don't have too - for sure not a squeegee - use a blower - no touching, just driving
That is awesome that you have had great squeegee luck over the past 30 years. Good for you! Most of us, however, improved our products and methods over the past 30 years. Hell, my cars ran great with carburetors and drum brakes over 30 years ago, but I much prefer the performance, safety, and reliability that modern technology offers me.
Originally Posted by revitup
Using a blower is mostly just an exercise in blowing water around from one area of the car to another.
No, it blows the water off the car, and does an amazing job of getting water out of all the seams and tight areas that a squeegee (lol) or a towel can't reach.
When I wash a car there's no dirt on it to cause a scratch.
It is actually very rare that there is NOT a small bit of debris left somewhere on your finish after you wash it. You won't see it, but your squeegee will definitely let you know it is there when it leaves a nice mark on your finish.
Towels cause scratches, washing with "waterless" washes cause scratches. Using a "detailing" cleaner on an unwashed car causes scratches.
No, no, and no. Not when done properly with the proper products. This is 2018. Professional detailers have been blogging, YouTubing, and documenting their processes and products used for several years. You should check out any of the gazillion of them some time.
That being said, anything you touch the car with will cause scratches.
No. Even a silicone squeegee by itself will not scratch. It is that one piece of trapped debris that causes the scratch. The problem with a squeegee is that the debris has nowhere to go except under the squeegee blade and dragged across your paint. Hence, a scratch. A quality microfiber towel pulls the debris up off the paint and into the nap of the towel. I mean, that is why they were created, and why a gazillion of them have been used for years by professionals.
But, hey, don't worry about what the pros at one of the most popular detailing product distributors and blogs say...
05-02-2018, 03:10 PM
