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[Wing Commander]

I got one of those 'silicone blades' (Autoglym) recently and it makes a massive difference to drying off the car with a minimum of towels/microfibres. Before, my main towel would be soaked 1/2 way through, leaving water marks everywhere.

Eek! I've seen these used at OPCs, but surely there's a risk of scratching the paintwork, especially if a bit of grit or something gets caught by the blade?!

[nsm3]

You just need to rinse it occasionally to prevent that problem, but if there was a bit of grit still on the car after washing, you'd cause damage with a drying cloth anyway? I was nervous at first admittedly, but now I swipe away with impunity!

[Wing Commander]

Fair play!

[Macananon]

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Personally I'll leave it to the Romanian boy's!

[antsjey]

I got one of those 'silicone blades' (Autoglym) recently and it makes a massive difference to drying off the car with a minimum of towels/microfibres. Before, my main towel would be soaked 1/2 way through, leaving water marks everywhere.

Eek! I've seen these used at OPCs, but surely there's a risk of scratching the paintwork, especially if a bit of grit or something gets caught by the blade?!

I used to use one of those blades but after getting into detailing a few years ago my detailer said throw that blade in the bin straight away!
Basically you never want to drag anything across your paintwork ever as you never know what is on your blade, cloth or paint at any moment.
Even when drying it is more of a pat down and absorb as opposed to rubbing the cloth across the paint. A bit particular perhaps but seems to be best practice in the long term!

[steve w]

Friend of mine uses a Karcher Window Vac on his New Merc E Class.
SteveW

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That's some cloth action. If most of those are for the exterior, can I suggest de-ionised water (get an Aqua Gleam 0 or 20ppm or both) and an air blower. I'd recommend MetroVac, I got a Master Blaster and it has enough force to bow a door panel in, not permanently but it clears water off the surface of the car and out of hard to reach areas and shuts so quickly.

If you have a decent protective coat on the car or wax, it makes light work of cleaning if used in combination with snow foam.

I got fed up with microfibre towels - they're good for 1 or 2 uses before their selling point becomes their failure (picking up particles which scratch).