This is what I use. Works like a charm..
Small Ryobi blower
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Small Ryobi blower
Recently, someone mentioned that they intended to use their leaf blower to dry the car after washing. I too tried that but found the leaf blower a little ungainly and a bit heavy to manage close to my car. But I discovered a small Ryobi blower that is easy to handle and I already had the battery pack. I have nothing to do with them or any retailer, just passing along an idea. It is a very handy and relatively inexpensive solution.
Melting Slicks
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This is the one I use...it has a soft tip if you hit anything with hit
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-40...B01K/327354338
My car has never seen a drying towel. With the System X ceramic, I just blow it dry and the water (what little there is) just flies off.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-40...B01K/327354338
My car has never seen a drying towel. With the System X ceramic, I just blow it dry and the water (what little there is) just flies off.
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I bought this one since I have five batteries that I use with my eight other One+ Ryobi tools. It's real easy to handle but it uses up the battery pretty fast. A 2 amp hour battery is just enough to do the car.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...B01B/327353620
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...B01B/327353620
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I bought this one since I have five batteries that I use with my eight other One+ Ryobi tools. It's real easy to handle but it uses up the battery pretty fast. A 2 amp hour battery is just enough to do the car.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...B01B/327353620
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...B01B/327353620
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Here is the much smaller and cheaper one I was referring to.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...P755/301289973
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...P755/301289973
Melting Slicks
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I used to do a quick sweep with 175psi air from my 80 gallon 240v 7.5hp compressor with a wide air nozzle then towel dry anything left. Great for cleaning the wheels after foaming them up too. Maybe a low pressure high CFM blower would work better but never tried. Anyone else use compressed air?
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I used to do a quick sweep with 175psi air from my 80 gallon 240v 7.5hp compressor with a wide air nozzle then towel dry anything left. Great for cleaning the wheels after foaming them up too. Maybe a low pressure high CFM blower would work better but never tried. Anyone else use compressed air?
bad *** setup sir.
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Here is the much smaller and cheaper one I was referring to.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...P755/301289973
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...P755/301289973
Also, the entire black portion on the "shop" blower is rubber, so it more than likely won't scratch like my larger plastic chute ryobi blower that I use for the yard...
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Get a stubby nozzle for your leaf blower, much easier to handle than have the long snout on it. https://stubbynozzles.com/
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This is the one I use...it has a soft tip if you hit anything with hit
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-40...B01K/327354338
My car has never seen a drying towel. With the System X ceramic, I just blow it dry and the water (what little there is) just flies off.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-40...B01K/327354338
My car has never seen a drying towel. With the System X ceramic, I just blow it dry and the water (what little there is) just flies off.
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this is the one i use...it has a soft tip if you hit anything with hit
https://www.homedepot.com/p/ryobi-40...b01k/327354338
my car has never seen a drying towel. With the system x ceramic, i just blow it dry and the water (what little there is) just flies off.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/ryobi-40...b01k/327354338
my car has never seen a drying towel. With the system x ceramic, i just blow it dry and the water (what little there is) just flies off.
Melting Slicks
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I have a Ryobi also. It works good, gets heavy after a while.
If the battery dies or it is not doing the job, I just turn on the air compressor and finish with that.
Either one works, always take more time than I expect.
If the battery dies or it is not doing the job, I just turn on the air compressor and finish with that.
Either one works, always take more time than I expect.
Melting Slicks
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I bought this one since I have five batteries that I use with my eight other One+ Ryobi tools. It's real easy to handle but it uses up the battery pretty fast. A 2 amp hour battery is just enough to do the car.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...B01B/327353620
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-ON...B01B/327353620