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General => Detailing => Topic started by: musicman87 on 19 September 2010, 15:15

Title: Rubber Drying Blades?
Post by: musicman87 on 19 September 2010, 15:15

Used to use one of these on my last Alfa, not used one on my golf though.

What are your views on them? Do they scratch the paint?

Title: Re: Rubber Drying Blades?
Post by: Uruk Hai on 19 September 2010, 16:40

I wouldnt go near one, get a good drying towel instead !

Title: Re: Rubber Drying Blades?
Post by: stealthwolf on 19 September 2010, 17:49

Come now. They even did a stint about this on Fifth Gear. The blades scratch and damage the paintwork. If you want to do that, surely rubbing some grit across the paintwork would be more effective?

Title: Re: Rubber Drying Blades?
Post by: Dan J on 19 September 2010, 21:31

steer well clear, drying towels ftw

Title: Re: Rubber Drying Blades?
Post by: musicman87 on 20 September 2010, 08:16

Yeah i agree - i've got one of the Waxamomo drying towels and it brilliant! I wouldn't use one but i saw a valeter cleaning a 5-series for one of my neighbours and he was using one!

Nasty!

Title: Re: Rubber Drying Blades?
Post by: new to vw on 20 September 2010, 08:25

I only ever use one on the glass...never the bodywork though......if it gets dropped it gets binned :grin:

Title: Re: Rubber Drying Blades?
Post by: Tazzy on 20 September 2010, 17:50

i wouldnt even use one of these to clean my home windows

Title: Re: Rubber Drying Blades?
Post by: Steve30 on 20 September 2010, 18:17

i used to use one couple of yrs ago, but then I found all these hairline scratches all over the car nightmare gadget that should be banned :angry:

Title: Re: Rubber Drying Blades?
Post by: Tazzy on 20 September 2010, 18:37

before i bought the golf, i had an astra, took it to the poles for as quick clean before i sold it...

they scratched it with the blade and took off all the lacquer off the alloys by using too much of that stuff they use, so then the alloys looked like they were in primer

great!!!!