What's the best thing to use to dry a car?

[Bishop]

buffers/polishers only remove the top layer of paint when you use an abrasive cutting pad. i only use light cut compound on my car about once every 4-6 months and I polish once a month with glaze and caranuba to seal it. when i do use the glaze and wax i dont use an abrasive cutting pad, the pads i use have no cutting action whatsoever. they dont leave swirls if used correctly. buffers remove swirls better than hand waxing ever could. I used to wax my car by hand and i have found better results using a polisher. I had very minute swirls in my paint and i could never find any hand products that would remove them. I tried 3m swirl mark remover, meguiars swirl remover, meguiars light cut compound by hand. none of them ever worked until i bought my porter cable 7424 DA polisher and applied them with that then within 2 hours the swirls were gone.

you are correct sir. It will only remove layers of clear if you use a cutting pad. If you are applying wax with a black or blue pad (lake country) it won't take off can clear.

[brads94accord]

you are correct sir. It will only remove layers of clear if you use a cutting pad. If you are applying wax with a black or blue pad (lake country) it won't take off can clear.

also the red pads do not have any cutting...


the only lake country pads that cut go in this order from highest to lowest

yellow
orange
white


obtw to everyone interested in a porter cable 7424 we keep mentioning lake country pads because they are very good pads

[Bishop]

also the red pads do not have any cutting...


the only lake country pads that cut go in this order from highest to lowest

yellow
orange
white


obtw to everyone interested in a porter cable 7424 we keep mentioning lake country pads because they are very good pads

i havent seen a red pad before. I only have the yellow, orange, white, black and blue. black is for applying waxes and sealants. The blue pad applies paint glaze in an ultra thin, even coat. It can be used to apply wax, also. If i do a whole detail and use all 5 pads and finish off with the blue pad, the surface is smooth as glass.

If anyone is interested in buffers, this is my setup. If you have never used a circular polisher, i would not suggest buying one. If you dont know what you are doing it is very easy to burn through the paint.

This is the pad kit i got http://www.autogeek.net/curvededge.html
And this is the circular buffer i have http://www.autogeek.net/dw849.html

[brads94accord]

i havent seen a red pad before. I only have the yellow, orange, white, black and blue. black is for applying waxes and sealants. The blue pad applies paint glaze in an ultra thin, even coat. It can be used to apply wax, also. If i do a whole detail and use all 5 pads and finish off with the blue pad, the surface is smooth as glass.

If anyone is interested in buffers, this is my setup. If you have never used a circular polisher, i would not suggest buying one. If you dont know what you are doing it is very easy to burn through the paint.

This is the pad kit i got http://www.autogeek.net/curvededge.html
And this is the circular buffer i have http://www.autogeek.net/dw849.html

definately from what i have heard have someone show you how to use it. I personally have never used one before but i have used my DA long enough so i think i have a general idea of how it works.

i need to get a rotary polisher. the prelude i painted would look so much better if i polished it with a rotary. i got most of the wetsanding marks out w/ my DA but you can still see them up close. it urks me.

[Jaimecbr900]

Flynn's products are better than Meguiars in my experience.

Meguiars is very good, but Flynns is even better.

With that said, to dry it is faster to use a combo of the squeege and absorber. Problem with the squeege is that if you hit a dry spot, it can come out of your hand and scratch the car. Been there, done that. Nothing a little cleaner wax can't fix, but it could be bad. The absorber type drying towels work great, as long as they are kept clean. You can wash them easily, so that's not a big thing.

Microfiber towels work great for waxing. That's all I use to take off wax most of the time. Again, as long as they are clean.