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    Drying your car...leaf blower style!

    So I had been reading about people using blowers to dry their cars and was skeptical about it, well decide to get one and try for myself!



    Bam $29.99 electric leaf blower @ 150mph. Basically cut my drying time in half and those hard to dry crevices "crying" side mirrors blown away! I still had my sham to dry any spots I missed. I know it's no metro or anything fancy but being able to dry where i normally had a difficult time just by blowing it away?! Awesome! Hey for the price, cutting down drying time and less physical work, I give it 2 thumbs up
    P.s. got to give the credit to Bobby for getting me interesting in getting one of these

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    Re: Drying your car...leaf blower style!

    Welcome to the 21st century
    “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flash Gordon View Post
    Welcome to the 21st century
    Lol thank you. Good to be here

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    Re: Drying your car...leaf blower style!

    Pretty nice if you ask me!!

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    Re: Drying your car...leaf blower style!

    My tool of choice



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    Re: Drying your car...leaf blower style!

    my favorite aspect of having one of these is being able to rinse and dry the car without washing it. for those times when it just has dust or pollen; if there is some lower panel grime or some bugs, just presoak with sprayed ONR, hit the car with a strong stream to blast all the dust/pollen/lower grime off, and then stream the water as best you can. then blow it off and bam. it takes 5 minutes to do an entire car.

    nice purchase. just make sure you can fasten the extension cord somehow because if it come apart as you are using it it can whip into a panel and leave a dent. my toro blower has a little area to snap the cord into which sort of collars the plug end and prevents it from being able to drop away from the machine.
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    Re: Drying your car...leaf blower style!

    Quote Originally Posted by craz0boy View Post
    I still had my SHAM to dry any spots I missed.
    Please invest in a good drying towel or should I say 20. You are on the right track so ditch the Sham

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    Quote Originally Posted by ExpressDetail View Post
    Please invest in a good drying towel or should I say 20. You are on the right track so ditch the Sham
    I have tons of brand new microfiber towels don't worry. After I bought the blower went to a near by friends house because I couldn't wait to try it out. The sham was all he had

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    Re: Drying your car...leaf blower style!

    It will get the job done, and it only weighs five and a half pounds.
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    Re: Drying your car...leaf blower style!

    Quote Originally Posted by Bostonbull View Post
    My tool of choice


    Me too

    My favorite is blowing off water on the wheels. No more waterspots on my chrome and no more waiting for the tires to dry Also i usually like to leave some water on the paint so i can spray some AW and finish drying off w/ this The Supreme Guzzler Waffle Weave Microfiber Drying Towel by Cobra is a medium size drying towel for cars, compact trucks and SUVs.


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