The reason why I ask this question is because I have a Super Black Z, and with this hot Cali weather we've been having I need something that will dry my car ASAP. Today I've tried my cousins absorber, and loved it. Now I am wondering how much better the Big Blue Towel is since I have read nothing but good comments on.

 

You can dry with big blue without "wiping" your car and causing swirl marks on that beautiful black paint. You just spread the blue over the wet area, press, and remove. Very little friction needed against the car.

Blue will cover about 3/4 of one side of the hood at a time, so you can move quickly before the water spots.

You might want to read about the proper drying techniques on autopia.org.

 

Thnx and will read.

 

Do you have a link to the "big blue" towel???

 

Never used a Big Blue Towel, but I love my Absorber. Been using the same one for years.

 

try these following sites...

www.pakshak.com
www.properautocare.com
www.premiumautocare.com

i have the little big blue towel from properautocare.com... and i have the humongous 25x36 from pakshak.com... both are pretty much the same quality. I'd go for the pakshak since its cheaper.. free shipping and they have great customer service

 

I have the waffle one from Pakshak and it's nice but I still prefer the absorber. I would however recommend the ultra MF towels that they have for polish removal.

 

I used to use an Absorber on my Z and previous cars, but recently switched to the waffle-weave drying towel from pakshak. Having done so, I can say I will never go back to the Absorber.

The Absorber definetly has it's absorbant quality, but it was it's 'grip' on the Z that made me want to get something else. Like MSOsr alluded to, the Absorber has the potential to create a lot of friction on the car. It grips the car so strongly that if some particle was missed during the wash, or came between your absorber and the car during drying, you could be dragging that particle over your finish very forcefully.

When you wash your car you have the benifit of a liquid wash to act as a lubricant to protect your finish while you drag your wash mit over the finish. This is the sole purpose of using a soap during the wash (in my opinion). Same for using a Quick Detail spray - it is a lubricant. But when drying your car, there is just your drying means and water.

It makes sense to me to use something soft and absorbant (and even sacrifice some absorbing qualities) to achieve a safe drying of the car.

 

I have the super absorber, but i have a white car!!!! Not a big deal to me!

 

Another vote for the BBT. I have a couple of absorbers, but I too was really nervous about the friction created by dragging it across the surface. I simply place the BBT over the car, press, and and lift. I dry first with the water blade so the BBT is just to pick up the remnants.

 

I think if you're using both the blade and the BBT it would be a good combo but if you're only using the BBT it just get'stoo wet by the end. You can't ring it out like the absorber.

 

That seems contradictory to me in logic. You don't like the absorber because of potential friction, but use the blade?

 

The absorber really grips the surface of my paint, almost to the point where it's difficult to pull it across. The increased surface area of the absorber also increases the possibility of creating swirl marks by capturing fragments underneath. It seems to me that it would be a lot harder to do this with the blade; however, the possibility still isn't entirely removed. I don't exactly like the sound the blade makes as it goes across my paint either

 

I would think of it this way. In making bulldozers, do they stick a large piece of stuff out in front of a tractor, or do they stick a straight piece of metal out front and push it?




Not sure one is better than the other, but to me, there is less risk with the absorber than a straight blade that has no areas for dirt to hide in.

 

I have the absorber and love it. I don't drag it across the paint though like some others mentioned. I just pat the car with it. I would never drag the absorber - it seems like that would scratch the paint for sure.

 

I don't get this issue with dragging it across the paint? When I clean the Z I clean it good enough where there is nothing on the paint to scrape. If the area could still be dirty (underneath) then I don't use it there but I think that's the case with any rag. I've used the absorber for a long time and have never had an issue and have never heard of anyone having an issue.

No matter what product you have there is always someone that says they have something better. All I know is the Absorber does everything I need it to do. It dries faster then anything available and it makes the Z shine.

 

I see what you're saying, but then I'd have to say that the blade would simply move the particles of dirt, not press them against the surface of the car. There's now way the dirt particles could get caught underneath the blade to cause it to scratch. The blade has that little lip on it, and when dragged it takes the water, and dirt, with it. Or so I'd think...

Anyway, both methods are fine. I think the 100% sure way of removing water without introducing micromarring of any kind would be to simply blot with something like the Big Blue Towel.