Advice on drying my car....

[Booth11]

A run around the block does the trick, but best avoided if it's p!ssing with rain and instantly undoes all that cleaning effort 

[dubber36]

Also a quick spin will also clean the rust off the brake discs, but can sometimes leave a rust coloured line on the inside of the wheel rim where the water has blown out of the disc vents.

Never go for a drive if you have just applied tyre dressing tho'.

[Eccie]

If I'm feeling lazy or in a rush, or its bloody freezing, I have been know to get the petrol leaf blower out

[Booth11]

If I'm feeling lazy or in a rush, or its bloody freezing, I have been know to get the petrol leaf blower out

I've got a leaf blower gathering dust at the back of a garden shed.  I find a rake does a much better job and less cumbersome.  No good for drying cars though 

[Blackmass]

Washed the car again Sunday Morning. Used my new Wo-Wo drying towel...which left lovely little red bits all over my car.
Lesson one:  Wash towels before use 

[Booth11]

Washed the car again Sunday Morning. Used my new Wo-Wo drying towel...which left lovely little red bits all over my car.
Lesson one:  Wash towels before use 

Oh dear!  Everyone seems to learn this lesson the hard way, i.e after your car is covered in bits of coloured lint    I remember first time I got a new batch of yellow towels and used them straight out of the packet on a black car....not a good look, yellow fibres all over and loads stuck to the door felts which took forever to get remove.  Never did that again.  In any case pre washing them helps with the absorbancy imo.

Better luck next time 

[Wo-Wo]

Washed the car again Sunday Morning. Used my new Wo-Wo drying towel...which left lovely little red bits all over my car.
Lesson one:  Wash towels before use 

Hi, sorry about that. I've asked the manufacturer to next time add a small label explaining to people to wash them first. If it's any consolation I thought I would bypass this point on Bevs Pure Whote Beetle on Saturday, epic fail!!!

On a side note, what did you think? I think they get better after a couple of uses and the damper they get too.

[Blackmass]

Washed the car again Sunday Morning. Used my new Wo-Wo drying towel...which left lovely little red bits all over my car.
Lesson one:  Wash towels before use 

On a side note, what did you think? I think they get better after a couple of uses and the damper they get too.

I think I need to use it a few more times before I give it review TBH. I need to improve my technique and I need to buy a quick detailed or quick wax to give it some lubrication. The towel sucked up the water that quickly that it seemed to glue itself to the bodywork. 😊

Quick side note: How do you recommend I launder the towel?

[Wo-Wo]

Cleaning MF seems to be an interesting topic on detailing websites. Personally I bung all of them in on a 30 degree wash and then hang them on the line to dry.

There are MF washes out there but I have no experience of them, Chemical Guys do one.

If you buy the wowo MF cloths then these 100% need washing separately unless you don't mind having pink cloths which is what I now have 

In terms of technique then I find doing the windows first dampens the cloth enough to start on the paint work and I have a separate one for door shuts and wheels.

[Booth11]

In my experience drying towels are always worse when brand new but get much better after a few washes, which improves the absorbency.  If you eant to be picky then you shoukd wash them in non bio washing powder/liquid without the addition of any fabric conditioner, and if tumble drying don't use any dryer sheets.  But that's if you are on the OCD side of the line   

I use 3/4 towels, including seperate ones for wheels.