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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by yellowmars
Yeah, I use it. But I use a different soap. Then I use the filter to spray it down. It works really well. So, basically I use it for the filter part. Any filter or distilled water would work.
Pretty much, i hand wash it then rinse with that filtered water, Otherwise i cant stand trying to use it to soap and wash then rinse.

Ive tried the Leaf Blower trick too, although it does a nice job, its gets a lil old holding that thing up in the air to get the roof and ****.

Pretty much, Wash, Rinse, and Take your time to Shammy it and thats the best options.
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Old Mar 3, 2006 | 12:05 PM
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You will get water spots when it rains with this product.
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Old May 1, 2006 | 01:46 PM
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Thumbs up ah.... leaf blower....

Originally Posted by superscout03
When you dry your car use an electric leaf blower, one of the good ones, it gets all the water out of the cracks and off the car without using a towel. Thats what I do.
+1 My dad heard about that on a corvette website. Zaino brothers reccomended it... I get a perfect wash everytime, which is difficult to do in az. Unfortunately, i have to california dust it after it's dry, there is so much dust where i live, in about 20 minutes, it's covered.
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Old May 1, 2006 | 01:56 PM
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Drying On Only Takes About 5mins With Two-three Bath Towels...

Best Way....use The Two Bucket System... One For Soap And One For Just Water For Rinsing The Mit. If You Know How To Do It Right, When It Dries Out, There Will Be No Spot Even If You Havent Wiped It With Dry Towels
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Old May 1, 2006 | 01:58 PM
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although MR.Clean would be best if youre in Rush and needed the car wash quick...otherwise spend time on the car if you have the time. i do mine 1.5hours on the outside, 30mins on rims and 45mins interior...dont forget to buy the right stuff too...
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Old May 1, 2006 | 02:00 PM
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Mr clean is awesome stuff. I NEVER get any water spots specially when i wash the car and its hot as hell out side
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Old May 1, 2006 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by lowbdgtmechanic
Drying On Only Takes About 5mins With Two-three Bath Towels...

Best Way....use The Two Bucket System... One For Soap And One For Just Water For Rinsing The Mit. If You Know How To Do It Right, When It Dries Out, There Will Be No Spot Even If You Havent Wiped It With Dry Towels
I'm sorry sir, but that is a fallacy. The two bucket method makes it so that less dirt and particles are in your wash mitt during the washing process, and when you rinse it in the other bucket, it gets the dirt in there and not back into the soap bucket. Spots come from your local water supply...and water is REQUIRED to have a certain amount of minerals, so it's essentially IMPOSSIBLE to not have spots unless you use something called CR Spotless, which is a very expensive but very good filtration system; the auto dry deal is based off of this principle, but they make a cheaper product to market to everyone, not true paint affecionados and high end detailers.

Using a leafblower liek ealier stated in this thread is a good solution, but at the same time you can induce damage over time because you are infact blowing particles in the air onto your paint at 200+ mph, pitting it ever so slowly. I only use that for the cracks and crevices on cars. Otherwise, good MICROFIBER WAFFLE WEAVE towels are the way to go.
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Old May 1, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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Nice i was always wondering about the auto dry.
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Old May 1, 2006 | 02:09 PM
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tthis thing works on every color except black...
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Old May 1, 2006 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Mitchubishi
I'm sorry sir, but that is a fallacy. The two bucket method makes it so that less dirt and particles are in your wash mitt during the washing process, and when you rinse it in the other bucket, it gets the dirt in there and not back into the soap bucket. Spots come from your local water supply...and water is REQUIRED to have a certain amount of minerals, so it's essentially IMPOSSIBLE to not have spots unless you use something called CR Spotless, which is a very expensive but very good filtration system; the auto dry deal is based off of this principle, but they make a cheaper product to market to everyone, not true paint affecionados and high end detailers.

Using a leafblower liek ealier stated in this thread is a good solution, but at the same time you can induce damage over time because you are infact blowing particles in the air onto your paint at 200+ mph, pitting it ever so slowly. I only use that for the cracks and crevices on cars. Otherwise, good MICROFIBER WAFFLE WEAVE towels are the way to go.
how did i know u were gonna post?
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Old May 1, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by ballistic speed
how did i know u were gonna post?
Because it's my job . I'm doing a write up in the "how to" section for a Full Detail on an Evo . And c'mon, even you know how stringent I am about waffle weaves!

F_uck, "Absorbers", screw "shammies", to hell with California Water Blades and f_uck normal bath towels unless they are 100% (ONE HUNDRED PERCENT) Cotten MADE IN THE USA; internationally manufactured towels 99.9% of the time have a polyester backing, which induces marring.
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Old May 1, 2006 | 05:47 PM
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Mitchubishi owes me a wash and I trust him to wash my car because he knows his stuff lol
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Old May 1, 2006 | 05:55 PM
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Pfffttt...I'll owe you a wash when I say I owe you a wash...and I know I never said that!

















Now I did say a wash AND wax....
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Old May 1, 2006 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by superscout03
When you dry your car use an electric leaf blower, one of the good ones, it gets all the water out of the cracks and off the car without using a towel. Thats what I do.
and how much do one of those bad boys cost? (eletric leaf blower) and where can i get one?

thanks, i'm a newb at this.
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Old May 1, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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Sears, around 40-100 bucks.
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