car washing question - drying problems

[blamy]

Originally Posted by Scruge

This may sound odd, but I wash car in rain.. very easy and takes 15 minutes.

1. I let car get wet from rain.

2. I have a very dense soft brush on long handle like car wash places uses to pretreat areas. I then brush (no soap) down the car and rinse with hose. 10-15 minutes tops

3. I let sit in rain for awhile longer to allow rain to rinse tap water away.

4. I next put car back into garage. The car will dry spotless in garage. You can speed up drying by blowing with leaf blower before returning to garage.

Excellent idea as the rainwater does not have all the minerals that tap water has so it dries without spots. I wash in the rain also but I still wipe the car dry after I put it back under the carport. P.S.I really like your definition of political correctness! You hit the nail on the head with that one.

[richard schumacher]

Mr. Clean Autodry needs no toweling.

[hyo silver]

I use a capfull of car shampoo in the wash bucket, and a large bucket of cold water to rinse the dirt off the washcloth before it goes back in the soapy warm water. Frequent rinsing is necessary, more so if it's really hot, though I try to work in the shade or at least the cool of the day. Maybe the local soft water helps, but a chamois does a fine job of drying, with no spots or streaks.

[rigormortis]

i have burned through 2 mr clean auto dry filters and the results were poor. it did
reduce spotting but it did not eliminate it. i got better results on my moms white
buick tho.

if u are really detailed about using the filtered water trying to get the non filtered
water off the car, you can burn through the mr clean filter really quick

its just not worth it, an inline rv filter would cost about 50-60 and it would last
a lot longer then "about 10 washes"

keep in mind i am just reporting my expierence with black paint

[GatorJZ]

Originally Posted by Patrick Wong

Why not use a clean chamois skin to dry your car?

Do yourself a favor and try one (actually, buy two) of the models of waffle weave drying towels I mentioned above. If you spend any time at all at Autopia, you will quickly come to two conclusions. First, these people are absolutely anally retentive about car care. Second, you would be very hard pressed to find anyone there who still uses a chamois. There is a reason for that, it is old "technology" that presents a far greater chance of damaging your finish. If it was better, they would use it, if it was as good or nearly as good, there would be a "chamois camp" and a "waffle weave" camp. There is not a chamois camp" because the WW is the superior way to dry your vehicle.

[Rae Vynn]

I use old, laundered white cotton towels to dry Rudy.
I also use Zaino "Show Car Wash", only at half-strength, to wash him.
We use microfiber cloths to clean, a hose to rinse.

When the Zaino is all gone, I'll switch to Dr. Bronner's soap to wash him, as it is biodegradable.