portable air gun/blower for drying ?..

[aliitp]

The title might sound weird but this idea just crossed my mind, am looking for a portable air gun/air blower (tight nozzle) to dry the car after washing, am not going to dry the whole car (that's another subject) but will use it to dry the tight areas around the car frame, tight areas etc, can this be built with the so called 12v portable air compressor and a handle/gun such as this ?
http://www.fluidcontrol.no/Products/HoseReels%20SprayGuns%20Spraying/01%20Air%20gun/Gallery/01-air-gun.jpg

I still haven't figured this out, so any suggestions are appreciated for a portable and near silent (don't wanna wakeup the neighbours) solution...

thanks,

[Rsurfer]

Since AG doesn't carry a cordless blower..try Google Makita, great little blower with plenty of power.

[clone of the stig]

..try Google Makita, great little blower with plenty of power.

If red is more your color, the Milwaukee version can be found for cheaper at the orange big box store. Exact same thing. That being said, if you are looking for something with pin-point precision like what you have pictured OP, this may not be what you are looking for. I have one and it's good for moving water of body panels and drying out engine bays.

[scuff]

DeWalt does as well (http://www.cpopowertools.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-dewalt-Site/default/Search-Show?q=blower). I played with one of theirs, and it might work, but it wasn't cheap.

As far as a portable pressurized solution, the only useful system (short of a serious air compressor & tank) that'd work would be a Powertank (http://powertank.com/) or similar CO2 inflation system. Nothing else I know of will deliver enough volume and pressure to do what the OP wants.

Also, none of these solutions will be "near silent". Moving that much air makes some noise.

[jsgntulok]

Check this out: Metro Blaster SideKick (http://www.autogeek.net/metro-blaster-sidekick.html) It is one very powerful blower and it is not very loud, so I don't think the neighbors will notice.

[scuff]

Check this out: Metro Blaster SideKick (http://www.autogeek.net/metro-blaster-sidekick.html) It is one very powerful blower and it is not very loud, so I don't think the neighbors will notice.

Not very portable, though.

[Setec Astronomy]

Since AG doesn't carry a cordless blower..try Google Makita, great little blower with plenty of power.

hmm...they used to carry that blower here.

[FUNX650]

Check this out: Metro Blaster SideKick (http://www.autogeek.net/metro-blaster-sidekick.html) It is one very powerful blower and it is not very loud, so I don't think the neighbors will notice.

Not very portable, though.
You must define portable
quite differently than I do.

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/autogeek/sidekick2.jpg

:confused:


Bob

[dcjredline]

Battery powered leaf blower. That is what I have in my garage and would take on the road with me. Mine would only be good for one car so you would have to find a solution to that problem

[aliitp]

Thank you all, I really like the Makita, but I really wish the nozzle could be narrower to push water out of tight areas around car frame, window frame etc.. but so far so good, any other thoughts ?...

As for Defining portable, I do NOT have a AC power outlet in my garage, so probably something that is battery powered (TBH never trusted those got good power till i saw the Makita !!), maketa sounds cool since i already need a damn blower for me :D :D

I was wondering though, it seems to me a blower could be too harsh on the paint, wouldn't it suck air into the core and just blow water off the paint, won't that cause damage or possibly scratches to the paint ?...

thanks All !..

[Whitewater25]

X2 on the battery powered leaf blower. I have a bunch of Makita cordless tools so it was a no brainer to get the small cordless blower. I dry all the crevices on body & wheels with one fresh 3.0 battery. If you use it in a dust storm it may move enough dirt to hurt the paint but not otherwise,I don't think it has that much velocity,just volume of air. You could put a crevice tool from a shop vac on the end of the leaf blower hose to shrink the outlet a little more.

[scuff]

The title might sound weird but this idea just crossed my mind, am looking for a portable air gun/air blower (tight nozzle) to dry the car after washing, am not going to dry the whole car (that's another subject) but will use it to dry the tight areas around the car frame, tight areas etc, can this be built with the so called 12v portable air compressor and a handle/gun such as this ?
http://www.fluidcontrol.no/Products/HoseReels%20SprayGuns%20Spraying/01%20Air%20gun/Gallery/01-air-gun.jpg

I still haven't figured this out, so any suggestions are appreciated for a portable and near silent (don't wanna wakeup the neighbours) solution...

thanks,


You must define portable
quite differently than I do.

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/autogeek/sidekick2.jpg

:confused:


Bob
OP doesn't appear to be looking for a 110VAC solution.

[Rsurfer]

Battery powered leaf blower. That is what I have in my garage and would take on the road with me. Mine would only be good for one car so you would have to find a solution to that problem
Two batteries/charger

[scuff]

X2 on the battery powered leaf blower. I have a bunch of Makita cordless tools so it was a no brainer to get the small cordless blower. I dry all the crevices on body & wheels with one fresh 3.0 battery. If you use it in a dust storm it may move enough dirt to hurt the paint but not otherwise,I don't think it has that much velocity,just volume of air. You could put a crevice tool from a shop vac on the end of the leaf blower hose to shrink the outlet a little more.

DeWalt makes a rubber multi-tip kit for theirs; Makita and their brethren may do the same. I like the cordless blower idea, but I think it'd make the most sense if the OP already owned some tools that used the same batteries, or planned to buy into a system. Otherwise, there's a fair amount of money that would be tied up in a blower, charger, and at least one high capacity battery. FWIW, the top tier (Makita, DeWalt, Milwaukee, whatever brand is your fav that I failed to mention) brushless 20V lithium tools are incredibly powerful & light, with excellent battery endurance. Once you have a few batteries, buying more bare tools isn't so expensive.

[PaulMys]

Also, be careful of just "putting a crevice tool on the end of a leaf blower". Attachments for blowers lock together for the reason that some units can reach 200 mph nozzle velocity. An attachment just pushed on the end of the nozzle could eject with such force as to not only scratch the paint, but dent the body as well.