Anyone Else Use a Leafblower To Dry?
02-17-2011, 01:39 PM
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Anyone Else Use a Leafblower To Dry?
Been reading a lot on show car forums and bmw forums, even Zaino's site talks about using a leaf blower to dry a car.
http://www.amazon.com/Toro-51599-Var...=UTF8&s=garden
Was looking to get that one since it is rated 200+mph. Anyone else use one and provide comedy to the neighbors when they wonder what the hell you are doing?
http://www.amazon.com/Toro-51599-Var...=UTF8&s=garden
Was looking to get that one since it is rated 200+mph. Anyone else use one and provide comedy to the neighbors when they wonder what the hell you are doing?
02-17-2011, 02:45 PM
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Lol its ok one of my neighbors is like straight off the boat from japan and is OBSESSED with my car because he didn't think americans knew what a rotary engine was lol. Everytime im out there washing my car he is out there washing his and giving me pointers (hes like a 24/7 lurker on the meguiars forums he tells me lololz, he nearly shat his pants when i showed him my porter cable)
02-17-2011, 03:43 PM
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I will admit it.
I have used a small electric leaf blower I was given to dry the car off.
It actually works really well.
It rains a lot in Fla., and don't like having water spots on the car, so this is useful at those times.
I have used a small electric leaf blower I was given to dry the car off.
It actually works really well.
It rains a lot in Fla., and don't like having water spots on the car, so this is useful at those times.
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We will see how it goes, worst comes to worst I can use it to clean the garage and deck and stuff. 
02-17-2011, 06:13 PM
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幹他媽!
u can't completely dry a car with a leaf blower- only move large portions of residual water off the roof, hood, and trunk. ive tried it before, and honestly it doesn't save that much time, cuz u still have to go over the area and crevices with a micro fiber...
02-17-2011, 08:31 PM
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I have a cheap electric leaf blower I've been using to dry the car for years. Not every time (although I probably should) but a fair bit.
It's not about being faster, it's about less physical contact with the cars finish causing fine scratches.
It's not about being faster, it's about less physical contact with the cars finish causing fine scratches.
02-18-2011, 04:12 AM
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Yeah I use a leaf blower as well. I pretty much blot the car dry, then take the leaf blower to blast all the crevices and trim like the mirrors, vents, lights, and bumpers so all the water comes out and doesn't dry on the surface. I can't stand water spots dripping. It's also really useful when detailing because I use it to just sheet the water off and could care less about water spots at that point because I'll be polishing anyways. Saves a lot of towels and the paint. Lol
03-13-2011, 05:11 PM
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For what its worth I actually gave this method a shot today and really had great success. I bought one of the blowers I listed above. I found that if I dont have it on full speed, it still dries out the car pretty well buttttt because the air isn't powerful enough it kind of leaves some tiny streaks behind. I had to use it on full speed to get a nice streakless dry. Anyway, i really like it, took a hell of a lot less time and effort than drying with a drying towel ... im sure my neighbors loved the noise though lol
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03-13-2011, 08:00 PM
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yeah most enthusiast use the leaf or vac blowers to dry .They also put the microfiber on the paint to pat dry. Not the rub around on the paint.
It's definitely not what most people would do. But then again, people goto go far lengths to not make swirls on their paint.
It's definitely not what most people would do. But then again, people goto go far lengths to not make swirls on their paint.
