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[Help] Drying car after washing

I use an absorbent microfiber towel for most of the car, and a regular towel for around doors and door openings

reply to Caddyroger
I use one of these »www.cleantools.net/WebSite/inner···age.aspx works awesome!
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I use microfiber towels.

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reply to Caddyroger
The first time I washed my truck, I dried it with a chamois. The second time I washed my truck, I used a microfiber towel to dry it. I think I will be using the microfiber towel from this point on. The microfiber towel seemed to dry just as well and hold quite a bit of water but I don't have to get it wet and wring it out in order to start drying like you do with a chamois...plus the towels are mine and the chamois was borrowed so I would need to buy my own chamois as I don't like to borrow things more than once or twice.
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reply to Caddyroger
I like the way a mircrofiber cloth dries, but once you run a microfiber cloth through a wash/dry cycle, it also has micro-lint; and that invariably ends up on the vehicle.

Therefore, I will stick with my nearly 20 year old chamois... still no lint.
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reply to Caddyroger
What, no Sham-Wow?

reply to Caddyroger
Air and Sunshine never saw the need to dry the car any other way.

reply to Caddyroger
I'm trying to decide whether to wash my car this year...
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reply to south1178
If i go fast enough i dont get spotting, plus i don't care if it has a spot here and there its not like you can see it when i pass by anyhow. And even if you could see it i could care less, its a spot big deal, i have more important things to worry about.

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reply to Caddyroger
I'd recommend a MF towel over any other mechanical way of drying. I've used a lot of different type but (I hate to admit) the one I like most is sold at K-mart. It's a large yellow MF drying towel. I only use the plush side.

With that said... I also use my electric leaf blower often. Sounds a little strong but it avoids putting anything else on the paint. But it also does a much better job of getting water out of those nooks and crannies. Don't knock it until you try it!

In any case I _highly_ recommend removing much of the water by letting free flowing water from the hose drain out over the paint. This will remove almost all of the water from the paint.

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Re: [Help] Drying car after washing

reply to No_Strings
The paint has gone chalky.
It is too depressing to wash it, and too much work to hit it with compound for 3 months of shine.
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reply to Caddyroger
I use the gas pedal to dry my car.

reply to tcope
No, it is the UV from the sun, and being parked outside without shade.

The car has no clearcoat.
Newer vehicles have had the paint process changed to include an additional clearcoat step. These do not go chalky.
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