I going to take a look. Since I having the back of my car painted from the crash, I might as well find out what is good for detailing.
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It's only natural to give a hairdresser's car a blow dry after you've washed it.
Leaf blower is safer than using microfiber towels.. Especially if you are "wiping" it since this will take any contaminants you may pick up and drag them across the paint giving you swirls. If you don't have a leaf blower and need to use a towel/microfiber make sure not to wipe it across the paint, rather fold it in half and put it on the paint, tapping the towel to absorb the water in that spot, then move over to the next spot and repeat for the rest of the car.
California wiper blades are also really good at giving scratches if you get small contaminants on them. Although I still use it on my nb since the paint is already crap and I don't really care about it that much.
I prefer a waffle weave MF towel, and spraying panels to be dried with spray wax before drying, this minimize the changes of swirls from drying. Blowers are great for getting the water out of nooks and crannies like the lights, and in between body panels.
A good way to minimize drying in the first place is to use a bare hose and rinse by letting the water run off everything. It's hard to explain, but watch this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGFSJveN_6Y
Whoever told you that is smoking crack. Think about it logically. A dust particle being blown across your paint has more of a chance to damage your paint than grinding that same dust particle across the paint with a towel? If that was the case, then driving your car down the road, where all manner of dust is in the air would scratch your paint to hell and back. Before you dry the car, you're going to rinse the hell out of it anyway so no dust should even be on the car unless you wash it outdoors and the wind is whipping up dirt by the gallons.
Here's the deal: The less you touch the paint, the less opportunity there is for you to damage the paint. That's not rocket science, that is nothing but common sense.
First, you want to use an ELECTRIC leaf blower. Gas blowers spew exhaust and that will land all over your car. Second, the air that is sucked in by the leaf blower is filtered before it exits. An electric leaf blower does NOT blow remotely hard enough to 'sandblast" the paint. Last of all, any dust that is capable of sandblasting the paint is heavier than air so it is NOT going to be floating around in order to get sucked up into the leaf blower and somehow get past the filter and exit.
BINGO. You sir, completely understand. http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/approved.gif
BAM! Two in a row. http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...s/approved.gif
No offense but I wouldn't let anyone from a 'old school' body shop anywhere near my car with a bucket of soap. They are just as bad as car dealership detailing hacks. http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/h...leys/nonod.gif
You can get one that works very well at Sears for $30. I used this one for years until I bought my Air Force Master Blaster.
I have started some threads on this forum that will teach you all about how to touch your paint without damaging it, as well as how to fix your damaged paint. You will find them very easy to follow.
Yea, those things are the work of pure evil on paint.
This is a false myth that people pass around on detailing forums. The only way to prevent swirling on paint when wiping on it is to make sure that the paint is dust or dirt free BEFORE wiping on it. The other way to ensure that you don't create any swirls is not using some cheap, crappy made in China towels to wipe on your clean paint. Cheap towels can do as much to damage paint as dirt does,
I made a video that shows that years ago. Adam's is finally catching up. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAmb9DWdnFc
Junkman's video is proof positive! You can't harm your paint if you don't touch it. Nice job! (from three years ago too).