What's the best thing to use to dry off a car after washing it?

 

Big Blue Towel, it's great. http://www.properautocare.com/bigbludryint.html
Much better than the chamois.

 

The Absorber. They sell them at Kmart. Doesn't scratch paint, and it has a wierd smooth feel doesn't look like it would be good to dry things, but to my suprise it was super thirsty.

 

After washing I hit the road at 65MPH for about 3 minutes, this will blow most of the water off the car and out of the cracks, very little drying required.

 

You also get dirt and dust embedded in your car by doing this though.

 

Big Blue Towel. One will dry the entire car. Super Soft microfiber.

 

I hoped you would like the Big Blue. Yup, its the definitive drying towel. Absorber is ok, the Water Bandit is better, the Big Blue is best.

 

Hmmm, I used the Absorber for my Miata, and would of recommended that, but ol' Brad knows his stuff, so I think I'll be buying a big blue towel shortly here...

 

MICRO-FIBER .It is very absorbant and will not scratch you paint.

 

MICRO-FIBER .It is very absorbant and will not scratch you paint.Here is the website I ordered from:
www.pakshak.com

 

I finally tried the leaf blower trick and it actually works. You do look slightly retarded using a leaf blower on your car in your driveway but it gets the water from all the cracks. If you have a couple good layers of wax on most of the water will roll right off. Then it takes a small towel to get the little spots left behind.

 

As stated above... The ABSORBER is the best thing I've ever used. It can be washed in the machine just like other towels but it's far softer and much more thirsty than a regular 100% cotton towel. I've had to same one over 4 years and it still looks and works great!

 

I tried the Absorber, too. Works great.

 

Four years!?!

I think it's time you replace that one! You have probably forgotten how well they really work. I starting using The Absorber on my old car when it was new. In four years, I went through four or five of them (using them on two cars). After about a year, I would buy a new one, and delegate the old one to just rims. Different color each time, to remember which is for what.

 

Little Blue, a smaller version of Big Blue. I purchased both. I'll use Big Blue to get 99% of the water off and little Blue to finish her off.

 

You're probably right... It just still works sooo well. Hard to toss it when it's still doing the job

 

It's not how it looks that will annoy your neighbors, I can guarantee that! Every Sunday from ~1:30-2:30pm an old neighbor of mine would use his very loud leaf blower to dry his car. It was a Chevy Caprice.

At first he claimed he never thought it was loud, but his ear protection kind of gave him away. When asked why he was wearing those he responded that the noise made his ears hurt.

Anyway it turns out his wife was angry at him about it as well, along with all the other neighbors. His blower was one of those with a very high pitched engine.

He never did it again after being confronted with this and actually sold and moved out of the neighborhood over the whole thing. He was really a jerk about it so no one cared, though we felt sorry for his wife.

 

Hrm... well I use the California Water Blade myself. Works fine for me.

 

What are the good/bad points of the different blends/thread counts of the microfiber towels?

JD

 

I used the Absorber before switching to the Big Blue drying towel... Definitely the best.

http://www.properautocare.com/bigbludryint.html

In one picture, the towel looks white, but it really is blue.



The Viper microfiber towels and applicators are very good, but you might want to avoid the glass towels... They left a lot of lint. I think the detailing ones are better (and cheaper).